M. Night Shyamalan’s Split/Unbreakable Sequel is Officially Happening
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At the end of M. Night Shyamalan’s 2017 comeback film Split, Shyamalan gives a not-so-subtle hint that we’ll be hearing from James McAvoy’s Kevin Crumb character again, and that Unbreakable’s David Dunn (Bruce Willis) and Mr. Glass (Samuel L. Jackson) will be joining him.
Now, we know a little more about the new flick that the master of twists was tipping us off about at the end of his latest thriller. A sequel to both films is indeed happening, and it’s called … Glass. The film is slated for a Jan. 18, 2019 release and includes Willis’ Dunn, Jackson’s Mr. Glass, McAvoy’s Crumb and Anya Taylor-Joy’s Casey Cooke.
According to a series of tweets from Shyamalan, the script for Glass is already finished and the film is being produced by Blumhouse (who worked on Split) and Universal.
In that same tweetstorm, Shyamalan also stated that it was “Always my dream to have both films collide in this third film,” and now that dream is becoming reality.
When we last left Dunn and Mr. Glass in Unbreakable, Dunn helped send the secret “supervillain” to a institution for the criminally insane after finding out about his carefully orchestrated terrorist attacks. And in Split, Kevin Crumb had fully embraced his “Beast” personality at the end and was roaming the streets of Philadelphia alone. So it’s not exactly clear how Shyamalan is going to bring the two villains together, but one possibility is that Crumb helps break Mr. Glass out of the institution and the two team up to wreak havoc on the City of Brotherly Love before Cooke and Dunn stop them.
Stay tuned for more info on Glass, and find Shyamalan’s announcement tweets below.
Okay. Here we go. Finished the new script.
— M. Night Shyamalan (@MNightShyamalan) April 26, 2017
It’s taken 17 years but I can finally answer the #1 question I get, “Are you making a f#&@ing sequel to Unbreakable or what?”
— M. Night Shyamalan (@MNightShyamalan) April 26, 2017
My new film is the sequel to #Unbreakable AND #Split. It was always my dream to have both films collide in this third film.
— M. Night Shyamalan (@MNightShyamalan) April 26, 2017
The iconic Bruce Willis returns as David Dunn
— M. Night Shyamalan (@MNightShyamalan) April 26, 2017
The incomparable @SamuelLJackson will return as Elijah Price/Mr. Glass
— M. Night Shyamalan (@MNightShyamalan) April 26, 2017
The virtuoso #JamesMcAvoy returns as Kevin Wendell Crumb, Patricia, Dennis, Hedwig, Barry, Jade, Orwell, The Beast, Heinrich, Norma, Pol-
— M. Night Shyamalan (@MNightShyamalan) April 26, 2017
And the prodigy, @AnyaTaylorJoy will return as Casey Cooke
— M. Night Shyamalan (@MNightShyamalan) April 26, 2017
I’m reteaming with my partners @jason_blum and @Universalpics for this crazy comic book thriller.
— M. Night Shyamalan (@MNightShyamalan) April 26, 2017
And the film is called GLASS…
— M. Night Shyamalan (@MNightShyamalan) April 26, 2017
Universal Pictures will release #Glass on January 18, 2019 all over the world. How’s that for not keeping a secret!
— M. Night Shyamalan (@MNightShyamalan) April 26, 2017