M. Night Shyamalan Gets Green Light for ‘The Happening’
According to Daily Variety, Shyamalan has gotten the go ahead from 20th Century Fox to make ‘The Happening’, a movie that follows a family trying to escape a looming natural disaster. Shyamalan will write and direct the flick which is currently scheduled for a June ‘08 release.
This news may surprise many movie fans and critics who widely panned Shyamalan’s last effort Lady in the Water. Internet rumors have swirled around for months that Shyamalan would have trouble getting support for his next movie given the poor box office showing of Lady in the Water. But I guess in Hollywood one blockbuster and a little buzz carry a lot more weight than talent.
I read somewhere that Shyamalan may direct the screen version of one of my favorite cartoons - Avatar. Everything I’m hearing now about ‘Lady in the Water’ and the fact that I didn’t really like ‘Signs’ or ‘Unbreakable’ really has me concerned about Shyamalan ruining Avatar.