The twist is going to be that this is all happening in the same universe as Signs. Then his next film will be a Signs/Unbreakable/Split universe and the twist will be that it's also taking place in the same universe as the Sixth Sense. By the time the 3rd film rolls around Willis will be dealing with ghost-alien hybrid super-villains only he can see.
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M. Night Shyamalan announces sequel to Unbreakable on Twitter
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So excited for this. Loved Unbreakable (wife & friends hated it though) and unfortunately had the Split ending ruined for me by a co-worker.
Definitely. I watched it a few weeks back with my 14 year old son who loved it and has asked a few times to re-watch it. He was blown away by the Split ending. Can't wait to tell him about Glass.
Definitely. I watched it a few weeks back with my 14 year old son who loved it and has asked a few times to re-watch it. He was blown away by the Split ending. Can't wait to tell him about Glass.
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
Bring. This. Shit. The. Fuck. On.
SCULLIBUNDO
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Damn good call, but did you think Split would be it?
brandonh83
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I've always thought that if he returned to what he was good at, that something like this would happen.
I'm happy that he did, and happy for him. Dude's taken a lot of shit (some rightfully so, some... definitely in the vitriolic side of the field) but I've always had insurmountable respect for the guy. His earlier movies were fucking brilliant IMO.
Still didn't think Split was great-- but when it ended, I was like ohhh damn he back boyz. We'll see how Glass turns out, but I think he knows he's gotten some of his stride back so I hope he doesn't fuck it up.
Bobby Roberts
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Obviously not, the post says he thinks Unbreakable 2 is going to be it.
Split is what "redeemed" him.
(Also, the idea that Sam Jackson needs "redeeming" is weird)
Psychoward
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Jackson was good in Kingsman tho and that was 2015, great in Django too although that was longer ago. He does make a lot of one note typecast garbage though but he doesn't need redeeming really, he's still got it.
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
I must be one of the rare folk that loved pretty much all his movies outside a few. Airbender and After Earth I wasn't a fan. Everything else i either loved or liked.
SCULLIBUNDO
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Nope. But I can tell you I haven't been that surprised and pumped in a movie theatre in a very long time. As soon as those first opening notes of Visions started, the hairs on the back of my neck stood up and my wife thought I was going insane.
I was.
DontBeThatGuy
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Check the date on that post...
SCULLIBUNDO
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That quote is from 2008. I'm trying to think of shit outside of Snakes on a Plane and other films that weren't Black Snake Moan that I could have been referencing at the time.
Forsaken82
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I feel sorry for anyone who hasn't seen Split yet reading this thread.
brandonh83
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The Sixth Sense through The Village are fantastic, IMO.
Lady in the Water was lame, The Happening was pure nonsense, Last Airbender I actually found enjoyable to a degree but wasn't very well done, and After Earth was pure crap (but also a shitty screenplay in general). The Visit, despite some decent word of mouth, wasn't as good as I'd hoped based on that.
Split was pretty good, but not great or excellent for me. Like it didn't have quite enough to it or something. Was missing another subplot or more character development.
Or, the news? This is news. They're not even trying to cover it up. The director announced all of this on Twitter.
James McAvoy and Anya Taylor-Joy, from Split, are in Glass. You can't really announce this without spoiling that there's a connection.
Psychoward
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ah ok, jackson got redemption much earlier then
TimeEffect
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Fantastic. As a superhero movie, I hope it becomes more pronounced. I LOVED the grounded nature in the first two, and would love to see that continue, but turned up for the 3rd movie.
I loved Unbreakable and Split
I loved Unbreakable and Split
NotTheGuyYouKill
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GOD IS REAL
Technosteve
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Sequel of the happening next plz. Fav movie
brandonh83
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I'd take one set in the Signs universe that explains that the aliens left behind some kind of strain which caused all the Happenings to Happen.
I agree, but I loved The Visit and Split. I'm glad the past year The Village is getting a rewatch on certain blogs. It holds up really well and better than I remember it.
Psychoward
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I know you can't announce it without spoiling split's twist but it's still a nice surprise for people who had already seen Unbreakable. That being said, knowing the twist hardly ruins the movie and I hadn't seen Unbreakable before seeing Split and still enjoyed the movie fine. But yeah I knew eventually Split's twist couldn't last.
brandonh83
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I didn't like The Village the first time I saw it because I went in expecting a horror film. It was marketed all wrong. But when I got around to watching it for what it was, I mean there's some phenomenal stuff about that movie. It's beautifully shot, personal, the score is god-tier and the atmosphere in general was terrific.
Sure. Honestly the Unbreakable connection doesn't directly factor into the film's main plot as it stands.
I watched Split tonight after hearing this news, it was really good. Had me and my boyfriend hooked. I loved the way they slowly led up to the revelation of
his powers. Like where the kid identity wasn't strong enough to open the door when the 2 girls were holding it, and then he switched identities and breezed through it
After all the stuff I've read about how the guy behaves on set and how much of an asshole he apparently is, I can totally imagine this being his reaction when someone presented him the idea for a "Unbreakable" sequel.
SCULLIBUNDO
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I really hope it keeps the grounded TONE of Unbreakable. So much effort was made to make David Dunn human. The marital problems where him and his wife try going on a date night, him having problems of feeling unfulfilled in his life, him needing comfort from his wife. David Dunn is really just a sensitive man. That's what makes him going after serial killers and super villains so much more interesting and scary. The stakes of this average guy with all these normal, relatable insecurities standing up to that kind of crazy shit.
I really, really hope M Night doesn't forget that. We already lost John McClane to Bruce Willis' willingness to phone it in. Unbreakable was one of his greatest, most nuanced performances. I'm praying Night and Willis give everything to preserving who David Dunn is. Don't let him just become another Bruce Willis-faced hero.
And yet Night has never said a bad word about him and this is their third movie together.
Technosteve
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I just want the twist to be the aliens are actually flowers
Big Green Anus
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I just watched Unbreakable and Split for the first time a few days agomand both films were good. Hoping for more Ms. Patricia!
Yet he keeps doing those Die Hard sequels.
Split was entertaining so pretty happy to hear he's going to follow it up with
Bruce Willis beating the shit out of James Mcavoy.
Good to see Casey back too.
Good to see Casey back too.
Heres hoping she actually has powers and blows her uncle's head up scanners style.
(I may or may not have been rooting for something like that to happen in Split once it started looking like the unbreakableverse)
(I may or may not have been rooting for something like that to happen in Split once it started looking like the unbreakableverse)
Yekshemesh
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Bruce Willis against The Beast?! I'm in!!
More_Badass
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The Happening is one hell of a comedy though
Reptars Revenge
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Glass, January 18, 2019. SO pumped, so long away ahhhhh
Shpeshal Nick
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Fuck. I must have bad taste. I liked both Lady in the Water and The Happening.
FinaruDensetsu
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MNSU gonna be better than MCU
brandonh83
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Prototype Viktor
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Look at M Night being diverse
2 white leads
2 black leads
Tho it's only 3 guys a 1 woman
2 white leads
2 black leads
Tho it's only 3 guys a 1 woman
BlackGoku03
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Great news. Glad he's back to form.
Discotheque
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Hedwig is the best lol
I only see one black lead.
Unless you think McAvoy has a secret black guy personality.
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