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M. Night Shyamalan Considering "Unbreakable 2"Posted: September 19th, 2008 by WorstPreviews.com Staff
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M Night Shyamalan's last two films have not done much to help him strengthen his reputation as a bankable director. Films like "Lady in the Water" and "The Happening" have been ripped up by the fans and critics, so why not go back to what worked in the past?
"I tell you I get asked about it all the time, so it's not [an idea] I ever forget," Shyamalan told MTV News. "I genuinely just asked this question the other day — should I make 'Unbreakable 2'?"
If Shyamalan does indeed decide to revisit "Unbreakable," he'll have at least one of the original film's stars ready and willing to join up — Samuel L. Jackson, who played the very-breakable villain, Elijah Price, in the movie. "Every time I see [Shyamalan], he says, 'I've written this thing for you,' so I say, 'why are you always doing these movies I'm not in?'" said Jackson.
According to both Shyamalan and Jackson, "Unbreakable" was originally intended to be a trilogy, but a series of bad reviews as well as fan and film critic misconception of Shyamalan's work quickly tabled the idea of a possible franchise. As Jackson put it, "He was a victim of what Quentin [Tarrantino] was a victim of. 'Jackie Brown' is a great movie, but it's not 'Pulp Fiction 2.' 'Unbreakable' is a great movie, but it's not 'I see f**king dead people.'"
Likewise, Shyamalan has his own take on the lack of a sequel. "I made the mistake of getting caught up in the hype of the immediate reaction of the movie, which, experience has shown me, is not accurate to any of my movies," he explained. "And If I had been more confident and said 'I believe in that movie, I love that movie, and I should just go start writing the second one,' that would've been the right move. I've still been thinking about it a lot and wonder if it's too late."
Shyamalan even sat down with Jackson during the film's production to discuss where his character could and would go had the film spawned a sequel. "Back then we talked about what the rest would entail," recalled Jackson. "I broke out of the mental institution. I'm out there doing stuff and ["Unbreakable" co-star Bruce Willis' "David Dunn" is] after me. It's very cool. He still wears that rain thing, that windbreaker."
So will Shyamalan give us "Unbreakable 2"? "I do love the [comic book movie] genre, I just wanna make sure that I'm able to express who I am," he explained. "I don't want to get so lost in the subject that I have to neuter everything that's me in it, so maybe 'Unbreakable' is the comic book thing I should do — I keep coming back to that."
Source: MTV News
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DeathMaster writes:
on September 19th, 2008 at 11:52:29 AM
Unbreakable is my favorite movie of all time, yet this news doesn't really lighten me up. I mean, that story was closed, done.
What you might get as result is the next thirteen in a dozen wannabe superhero movie. Shyamalan should stick to psychological thrillers, not half-baked horror like the previous movies.
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Kal-El writes:
on September 20th, 2008 at 1:25:33 PM
Unbreakable was his last good movie, probably the last time he took notes from anyone other than himself. A Bruce Willis/Sam Jackson superhero sequel would be too subtle to clash against the Marvels and DCs in the summertime, but I might actually plop down ten bucks to see it, to see if M. Knight can tell a story without the entire outcome resting on a ridiculous twist in the third act.
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minkowski writes:
on September 21st, 2008 at 1:19:43 AM
Unbreakable is his best film simply because it has replay value. Too much of the Sixth Sense's worth was wrapped up in the plot twist. Having said, I wonder if Shyamalan ruined any chance filmgoers will return to see any film he makes. He's really ruined his good name, starting with his film Signs.
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