Jul 22, 2008 by B. Alan Orange

M. Night Shyamalan and MCR Form the Night Chronicles

M. Night Shyamalan and Media Rights Capital have joined forces to create the Night Chronicles, which will see one thriller made per year for the next three years. According to Variety, Shyamalan will produce and write the films, but he will choose a different director for each one.

This will be the first time the director has produced something he has written without actually directing it himself. While he will create the stories and ideas to be used in the thriller, the chosen director will have to come up with a finished screenplay on his own. Both Shyamalan and MRC will retain full artistic control over the projects.

President of MRC Tory Metzger stated, "These films will be based on ideas in keeping with what has made Night so successful, and has made him unique to his time." At this time, M. Night has two ideas that he would like to turn into films. The production company will be based near Philadelphia.


Sources: Variety

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Comments (42)

  1. JR

    m night rules who agrees everybody boos

    4 years agoby @supbitchFlag

  2. ed_wood

    Not as much of a fan anymore. The Happening really let me down.

    4 years agoby @ed-woodFlag

  3. Spadicus

    I'm glad he's limiting himself to one role. Though I'd much rather see his direct films he didn't write.

    4 years agoby @spazFlag

  4. CDT1013

    More power to ya. I'm to lazy for that.

    4 years agoby @jmt1000000Flag

  5. PUNISHER

    M. Night is still awesome.

    4 years agoby @cerealkillerFlag

  6. Mieko_Siede

    When it comes to a subject that interests me sometimes I can get a little long winded @ CDT1013

    4 years agoby @mieko-siedeFlag

  7. The Dark Knight

    hmm well some people just don't understand him now

    4 years agoby @thedarkknight23Flag

  8. T.Clark

    Sly can write a hell of a lot longer :)

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  9. CDT1013

    Wow, a whole paragraph. I think it may be one of the longest I have ever see on here.

    4 years agoby @jmt1000000Flag

  10. Mieko_Siede

    M. Night Shyamalan is a good writer with some brilliant concepts. But it often ends with the concept. His movies don't leave me feeling fulfilled. The Village, The Happening, those were going somewhere, but in his scheme of things, trying to sell a psychological mind-f*ck he loses it. Unbreakable had a good concept, but it didn't deliver for me visually as he was trying to tell it. We were all caught off-guard with The Sixth Sense which introduced this love affair we had with him early in his career. But now that movie doesn't grip me, it doesn't hold me. It was just a different style. Lady in the Water had some interesting themes to it. The dealing with prophecy and the mysteries layered in this world that we as man are ignorant to, perhaps even willfully at times was a timeless but well directed concept. But it became predictable and preachy. His characters tend to favor in some way from one movie to the next. I agree, he doesn't allow you to get involved enough to care for his characters which is one of the turn offs. You don't care one way or the other if they live or die. His dialog becomes too much in the body of the movie instead of letting some of the scenery do the story telling. I understand what he tries to do with it, I understand the plots completely, it just becomes a bit much. His movies just drag in a monotone sense. But there are those moments when he just grips you, and those are the moments that keep you in the movie and kind of allow yourself to dismiss the negatives. I think Signs is the only movie he's made that I almost fully liked. But when we search for a mind chaser we allow his antics to hold us the reason why he will always be in the chair be it director or producer because his box-office sales keeps it that way. Am I an M.Night fan, no, not really. But I do think has talent and a unique vision. Would I accept an opportunity to allow him to turn one of my books into a big screen adaptation, maybe, maybe not. I don't think his vision is broad enough. He's just one of those people that has to do things his way, it is on the audience to either take it or leave it.

    4 years agoby @mieko-siedeFlag

  11. CDT1013

    Agreed.

    4 years agoby @jmt1000000Flag

  12. T.Clark

    Everyone who thinks M is a lost cause can f*ck themselves...bitches

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  13. CDT1013

    We'll see. Maybe this will make the finished product better. I'd hope.

    4 years agoby @jmt1000000Flag

  14. Nyfresh

    kinda figured that

    4 years agoby @leo16Flag

  15. Err

    douchebag, not 'souchebag'

    4 years agoby @err2005Flag

  16. Nyfresh

    lol

    4 years agoby @leo16Flag

  17. Err

    that was pretty nice, like the trees were making her open the windows to let the poisonous air in.

    good stuff.
    ive met my share of souchebag elderly whom i wished would slam their heads into things, for my amusement.

    4 years agoby @err2005Flag

  18. Err

    shut up, stupid.

    4 years agoby @err2005Flag

  19. CelluloidDreams

    Nooooooooooo!!!! M. Night Shyamalan is so over!! "The Happening" was the nail in his career coffin!!!

    4 years agoby @2movieguysFlag

  20. Nyfresh

    err remember the part when the old lady kills herself, bicth start slamin her head into the wall,lol, im sorry i thought that was just hilariuos, come on

    4 years agoby @leo16Flag

  21. Nyfresh

    LOL, he does look like old Micheal,lol

    4 years agoby @leo16Flag

  22. They call me ITCHY BALLS

    ...and he thinks he's Alfred Hitchc*ck or something by appearing in his films.

    4 years agoby @danbrchFlag

  23. They call me ITCHY BALLS

    For some reason, this dude looks like Michael Jackson during his "Thriller" years.

    4 years agoby @danbrchFlag

  24. wolfbiker904

    i used to like this guy now he's a f*cking retard. he is a good director but sucks at picking good actors and write decent scripts. after the happening i probobly won't watch anymore of his movies.

    4 years agoby @wolfbiker904Flag

  25. Err

    totally.
    the lawn mower scene, how could i forget.

    you got me looking forward to adding that to my collection, thats some funny stuff.

    4 years agoby @err2005Flag

  26. Nyfresh

    na dont worry i understood exactly wat u ment, i also did like SOME SCENCES in the movie, like the one when the dude turn the lawnmower on and laid down infront of it, i was rollin with that part, again it could b the weed

    4 years agoby @leo16Flag

  27. Err

    nice.

    to clarify i didnt mean to imply that i thought it was an award winner.

    i liked it on a b-movie level, like the way one likes movies like the gate, or the man with the screaming brain, or that movie joshua (the fangoria movie, not the sam rockwell movie- the sam rockwell 'joshua' was an actual bonafide 'good' movie).

    4 years agoby @err2005Flag

  28. Nyfresh

    who???

    4 years agoby @leo16Flag

  29. Nyfresh

    LOL.... well i just couldnt beleave it was that bad, i didnt even see it high the second time (thought that might b the reason i didnt like it, lol)

    4 years agoby @leo16Flag

  30. Reverend Green

    M. Night who?

    4 years agoby @beanFlag

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