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 showrun by her father, has adapted her film from the A M Shine novel of the same name. Production on the thriller will begin later this year with the studio eyeing a June 7, 2024 worldwide release, reported entertainment outlet Deadline. M Night Shyamalan Shows Support for ‘Big Brother’ Bruce Willis After Announcement of Retirement (View Post).
The Watchers revolves around Mina, a 28-year old artist who gets stranded in an expansive, untouched forest in western Ireland. “When Mina finds shelter, she unknowingly becomes trapped alongside three strangers that are watched and stalked by mysterious creatures each night,” the official logline read. M Night Shyamalan and Ashwin Rajan are on board to produce the film through Blinding Edge Pictures. Nimitt Mankad with Inimitable Pictures will also serve as a producer, and Jo Homewood is attached as an executive producer. Knock at the Cabin Movie Review: Dave Bautista, M Night Shyamalan’s Home-Invasion Thriller Feels Like a Series of Missed Opportunities (Today News 24 Exclusive).
“We couldn’t be more excited to make Ishana’s first film with The Watchers.Equal parts visual, immersive, and terrifying, the script grips you from the first page and never lets go,” said Richard Brener, president and Chief Creative Officer, New Line Cinema. Ishana, a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, also directed the second unit on her father’s hit films Old (2021) and Knock at the Cabin (2023).