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Hollywood's nepo baby directors responsible for the biggest box office flops of 2024

Hollywood's nepo babies directors were responsible for some of the biggest box office flops in 2024. She is the daughter of Oscar nominee M. Night Shyamalan; pictured June in New York City Another was Jake Kasdan, the son of four-time Oscar nominee Lawrence Kasdan, and his Christmas-themed action-comedy flick Red One, which received a theatrical release last month; pictured December …

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3 months ago

Caddo Lake ending: The M. Night Shyamalan movie’s twists, explained.

Slate

Following the knockout success of Trap, M. Night Shyamalan’s latest project is Caddo Lake, Max’s new mystery thriller from Topside directors Logan George and Celine Held. Ellie’s father disappeared when Ellie was a baby, and Celeste wound up marrying a man named Daniel Bennett, who has an 8-year-old daughter, Anna, from a previous relationship. But after feeling odd sensations while …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Trap viewers complain of one major ‘plot hole’ in new twist-filled M Night Shyamalan thriller

The Independent

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Cinemagoers have complained of an apparent “plot hole” in Trap, the …

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5 months ago

ALISON BOSHOFF: Jealous Huw Edwards was 'poison' in BBC newsroom, claim ex-colleagues

Daily Mail

There is understandable shock in the BBC newsroom after former anchor Huw Edwards admitted child pornography charges in court last week. Highly-paid Huw Edwards would complain bitterly in private about the pay cut he was forced to take in 2018, following a row over gender pay inequality One issue which rankled was Huw's belief that colleague Fiona Bruce hugely outearned …

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5 months ago

How ‘The Sixth Sense’ trapped M. Night Shyamalan in a twist ending forever

LA Times

About midway through “The Sixth Sense,” Bruce Willis’ Malcolm, a compassionate child psychologist, attempts to cheer up Haley Joel Osment’s Cole, a disturbed boy struggling with secrets he’s too scared to reveal. But in “The Sixth Sense,” Malcolm learns something profound about himself — he is so consumed with compensating for having failed a suicidal former patient, he never realized …

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5 months ago

‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ sets a new high mark for R-rated films with $97M second weekend

The Hindu

After 10 days in theaters, Deadpool & Wolverine is already the highest-grossing R-rated movie ever, not accounting for inflation. In its second weekend, the Marvel Studios blockbuster starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman continued to steamroll through movie theaters, collecting $97 million according to studio estimates Sunday. Worldwide, the Shawn Levy-directed Deadpool & Wolverine has quickly amassed $824.1 million in …

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5 months ago

Trap is another of M Night Shyamalan's big swings and it's almost a home run

ABC

For better and sometimes worse, no-one makes movies quite like M Night Shyamalan. Within Trap's first few minutes, we're led to believe that Cooper is very much the killer, a revelation that frees up Shyamalan to roam across unexpected terrain. Ishana Night Shyamalan follows in her father's footsteps with The Watchers Photo shows Ishana Night Shyamalan with cast members Olwen …

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5 months ago

With a $97M second weekend, ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ sets a new high mark for R-rated films

Associated Press

NEW YORK — After 10 days in theaters, “Deadpool & Wolverine” is already the highest-grossing R-rated movie ever, not accounting for inflation. That raised its two-week total to $395.6 million, pushing it past the long-reigning top R-rated feature, “The Passion of the Christ,” which held that mark for 20 years with $370 million domestic. Worldwide, the Shawn Levy-directed “Deadpool & …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Trap: M. Night Shyamalan’s new movie is Psycho at a Taylor Swift concert.

Slate

Over the past few weeks, calls have risen for Taylor Swift to make an endorsement in the presidential race. Trap is a propulsive cat-and-mouse thriller, but it’s also a gift from Shyamalan to his own daughter, Saleka, who plays Riley’s favorite pop star, Lady Raven. Although Lady Raven’s concert is a comparatively modest affair—the “Eras” tour’s budget has been estimated …

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5 months, 1 week ago

M Night Shyamalan’s Trap debuts with 50% rating on Rotten Tomatoes; critics call it a disappointing ‘bait and switch’

Hindustan Times

M. Night Shyamalan, known for his supernatural plots and twist endings, has received ambiguous reactions for Trap, the newest addition to his extensive oeuvre. The film features Josh Hartnett who plays the role of a serial killer, dubbed as The Butcher, and also, Shyamalan’s daughter, Saleka, who wrote, produced, and performed all the songs in the film, as pop sensation …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Is Trap good or bad? Reviews for M Night Shyamalan’s twisty new movie are in

The Independent

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The reviews are in for M Night Shyamalan’s mysterious new film …

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5 months, 1 week ago

M. Night Shyamalan lays his own parent 'Trap,' and it's truly bonkers : Pop Culture Happy Hour

NPR

M. Night Shyamalan lays his own parent 'Trap,' and it's truly bonkers : Pop Culture Happy Hour M. Night Shyamalan's new thriller Trap stars Josh Hartnett as a father attending a pop concert with his teenage daughter. It quickly turns out that the entire concert is surrounded by police who are trying to catch a dangerous serial killer in the …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Movie Review: Josh Hartnett goes big as the serial killer in M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Trap’

Associated Press

In our spoiler phobic culture, movie trailers don’t often offer a lot of information. So it seemed like a particularly bold and even confusing move for “ Trap,” the latest film from M. Night Shyamalan, to reveal so much so soon. Perhaps that something else is that “Trap” really doesn’t take itself that seriously. One thing “Trap” does especially well …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

M. Night Shyamalan's latest movie is a collaboration with his daughter

NPR

M. Night Shyamalan's latest movie is a collaboration with his daughter NPR's Debbie Elliott talks to writer-director M. Night Shyamalan and actor-singer Saleka Shyamalan. ELLIOTT: "The Sixth Sense" was M. Night Shyamalan's first box office hit. You know, in a deeper way, you know, the movie for me when I was writing it was kind of, like, a graphic novel, …

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6 months ago

I really do believe in the original movie: M Night Shyamalan on 'Trap'

Hindustan Times

Los Angeles, Filmmaker M Night Shyamalan says the concert at the centre of his upcoming suspense thriller will feel like a real one as he likes the idea of "cinema as windows within windows". I really do believe in the original movie: M Night Shyamalan on 'Trap' The thriller master's new film was has taken some of its ideas from …

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7 months ago

Dakota Fanning finds a character she is drawn to in Ishana Night Shyamalan’s ‘The Watchers’

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — It can sometimes be difficult for child actors to shed public conceptions of them as a kid, hindering them from being taken seriously in Hollywood as adults. She is, after all, the youngest person to receive a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination — she was 7 at the time — in the show’s nearly 30-year history for …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Ishana Night Shyamalan reveals filmmaker inspiration behind her debut horror – and it’s not her father

The Independent

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Ishana Night Shyamalan, the daughter of renowned horror director M Night …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

The Watchers TRAILER: Dakota Fanning finds herself TRAPPED by unknown captors as she stars in chilling thriller directed by M. Night Shyamalan's daughter Ishana

Daily Mail

Dakota Fanning is headlining a scary new thriller and the first trailer for the film is causing goosebumps. The 30-year-old actress, who still receives birthday gifts from her War of the Worlds co-star Tom Cruise, takes on the role as Mina, an artist in Ireland whose road trip ends when her car conks out in a lush forest. Dakota Fanning, …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Ooru Peru Bhairavakona review: Vi Anand and Sundeep Kishan's horror film is more Disney than M Night Shyamalan

Hindustan Times

Ooru Peru Bhairavakona review: Vi Anand’s horror comedy film, Ooru Peru Bhairavakona, hit screens this Friday. Ooru Peru Bhairavakona review Look at Vi Anand’s filmography and you see these grand ideas that are innovative, fun and sometimes quite unique, but they don’t always translate into an engaging film. Haunted mansions galore Ooru Peru Bhairavakona has a haunted mansion that will …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Dakota Fanning has signed on to star in Ishana Night Shyamalan's directorial debut The Watchers

Daily Mail

Dakota Fanning has signed on to star in the upcoming thriller feature The Watchers. The news about the 29-year-old actress was revealed on Wednesday, and the movie will also serve as Ishana Night Shyamalan's directorial debut, according to Deadline. Leading lady: Dakota Fanning has signed on to star in the upcoming thriller feature The Watchers; she is seen in 2020 …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Toni Collette's First Reaction To Getting Cast In ‘The Sixth Sense’ Was ‘Ugh’

Huff Post

Toni Collette attends the New York premiere of "The Power" in March. Dimitrios Kambouris via Getty Images Toni Collette’s sixth sense was actually pretty spot-on — even if she thought it was a bit off at first. One director was the famed Martin Scorsese, who was eyeing Collette for a part in “Bringing Out the Dead.” The other was a …

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1 year, 10 months ago

M. Night Shyamalan locks multi-year first-look deal at Warner Bros

The Hindu

Filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan has signed a multi-year deal with Warner Bros Pictures Group under which he will be directing and producing films for the studio. According to entertainment website Deadline, the pact comes after Warner Bros. Pictures Group co-chairs and CEOs Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy signed a first-look deal with director Akiva Goldsman and two-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker …

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1 year, 10 months ago

M Night Shyamalan’s daughter Ishana to make directorial debut with ‘The Watchers’

The Hindu

Writer Ishana Night Shyamalan, daughter of filmmaker M Night Shyamalan, is set to direct her first feature film titled The Watchers for production banner New Line Cinema. Ishana, who recently served as writer and director on the critically-acclaimed Apple TV+ series Servant, which was showrun by her father, has adapted her film from the A M Shine novel of the …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Knock at the Cabin review: M Night Shyamalan unspools a horrific moral conundrum with Hitchcockian flair

The Independent

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It follows a couple, Eric and Andrew, who are holidaying with …

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Hollywood's nepo baby directors responsible for the biggest box office flops of 2024

Caddo Lake ending: The M. Night Shyamalan movie’s twists, explained.

Trap viewers complain of one major ‘plot hole’ in new twist-filled M Night Shyamalan thriller

ALISON BOSHOFF: Jealous Huw Edwards was 'poison' in BBC newsroom, claim ex-colleagues

How ‘The Sixth Sense’ trapped M. Night Shyamalan in a twist ending forever

‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ sets a new high mark for R-rated films with $97M second weekend

Trap is another of M Night Shyamalan's big swings and it's almost a home run

With a $97M second weekend, ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ sets a new high mark for R-rated films

Trap: M. Night Shyamalan’s new movie is Psycho at a Taylor Swift concert.

M Night Shyamalan’s Trap debuts with 50% rating on Rotten Tomatoes; critics call it a disappointing ‘bait and switch’

Is Trap good or bad? Reviews for M Night Shyamalan’s twisty new movie are in

M. Night Shyamalan lays his own parent 'Trap,' and it's truly bonkers : Pop Culture Happy Hour

Movie Review: Josh Hartnett goes big as the serial killer in M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Trap’

M. Night Shyamalan's latest movie is a collaboration with his daughter

I really do believe in the original movie: M Night Shyamalan on 'Trap'

Dakota Fanning finds a character she is drawn to in Ishana Night Shyamalan’s ‘The Watchers’

Ishana Night Shyamalan reveals filmmaker inspiration behind her debut horror – and it’s not her father

The Watchers TRAILER: Dakota Fanning finds herself TRAPPED by unknown captors as she stars in chilling thriller directed by M. Night Shyamalan's daughter Ishana

Ooru Peru Bhairavakona review: Vi Anand and Sundeep Kishan's horror film is more Disney than M Night Shyamalan

Dakota Fanning has signed on to star in Ishana Night Shyamalan's directorial debut The Watchers

Toni Collette's First Reaction To Getting Cast In ‘The Sixth Sense’ Was ‘Ugh’

M. Night Shyamalan locks multi-year first-look deal at Warner Bros

M Night Shyamalan’s daughter Ishana to make directorial debut with ‘The Watchers’

Knock at the Cabin review: M Night Shyamalan unspools a horrific moral conundrum with Hitchcockian flair