MrSmearkase

Directed by Drew and John Erick Dowdle (Quarantine), this is the first of a planned line of M. Night-produced films under the new shingle, The Night Chronicles. And, yes, they do have that 'mind of M. Night' tagline in the trailer and poster.

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The picture is not currently rated, although I do remember reading not too long that the studio was looking for a PG-13. It doesn't look too bad, and I actually enjoyed Quarantine, so I'll give this one a go. Also, I really dig the poster.

GenPion

I think this looks awful, and I'm probably one of the biggest M. Night fans on this forum. This just looks like a throw-away horror flick. But, of course, it's just an early trailer... and maybe the movie itself will fare better. I'll probably net-flix it.

valkyrie

I'm convinced someone replaced M Night with a cardboard cutout during the premiere of Unbreakable. Either that or he got a lobotomy and it didn't make the press.

So sad.

Eric D.

Shouldn't the studio stop pimping his name at this point? It's no longer a good sign when he's attached to something.

Giantrobo

Hmm, looks interesting to me. But since this is attached to M. Night and I want to fit it with dvdtalkers...just to be safe, I'll say that it will probably suck and i have Zero interest in seeing this.

MBoyd

This might be the best thing for his career at this point. Throw his name on a few low budget horror flicks and watch them print money for the studio. The teenagers won't know he didn't direct them.

maingon

I thought the trailer looked good, just dont know why they say from the mind of M. Night. Hes not the director or writer.

DonnachaOne

M.Night comes up with the stories, then has someone else direct and write while he godfathers the project. Luc Besson does a similar schtick these days.

It seems to be enough to get a theatre release. Look at the cast - the biggest stars are Bokeem Woodbine and Geoffrey "I, in defiance of natural law, get to have sex with Christina Hendricks" Arend. Shyamalan has some brand power left in him, I suppose.

Yavin

Where's Keanu Reeves and Jeff Daniels when you need them?

GoldenJCJ

Simple rules of deduction lead me to believe the devil is:

Supermallet

Simple rules of M. Night lead me to believe the devil is:

asianxcore

Probably (as others mentioned) the same reason why Quentin Tarantino's name was on Hero, Iron Monkey and both Hostel films. To get butts in the seats.

Trailer didn't look that bad. Just hoping it doesn't turn out to be some crazy CGI creature of some sort.

Bob_Bobbson

Yeah, but after The Happening and Air Bender, is that actually going to work?

PopcornTreeCt

That's what I was thinking.

Coral

Still hard to believe the geeky guy in the suit is married to Christina Hendricks.

The Bus

Fixed

Osiris3657

I was about to mention Joseph Gordon Levitt's buddy from 500 Days of Summer, but damn, he's married to Christina Hendricks?!? Impressive.

Rypro 525

saw the trailer before Inception. When M Nights name came up, people either cheered or booed. And alot of people seemed invested in the trailer until his name came up

mmconhea

If you really want to fit in, you summarize why you hates each of his movies, except unbreakable, which was the best superhero movie ever.

Abob Teff

Simple rules of M. Night lead me to believe the devil is:

Supermallet

Brilliant!

RocShemp

valkyrie

There is no justice in this world.

Indy Jones Fan

I think it's pretty obvious that the devil will turn out to be

Zen Peckinpah

It's 80's Jeff Goldblum and Curtis Armstrong composited!

Best moment at the movies seeing Inception the other night was the entire crowd laughing at the "From the mind of M. Night Shyamalan" title card.