Filmworld
Shyamalan pins hopes on his new movie
New York, Aug 19
Acclaimed Indian-American
filmmaker Manoj Night Shyamalan is set to return with a comedy thriller
movie, a media report said on Wednesday.
Set to be released on
September 11, "The Visit" is an intimate family drama tucked inside a
horror picture, the New York Times reported.
Written, produced
and directed by Shyamalan, the $5-million film is about two teenagers
visiting their oddly behaving grandparents who scratch the walls at
night and have a weird secret in the shed, among other places.
After the failure of "Lady in the Water", "The Happening", "The Last
Airbender" and "After Earth" at the box office, the "The Sixth Sense"
fame director is looking forward to repeat his success story with "The
Visit".
The film has been an unexpected hit with audiences in
sneak-peek screenings. It was lauded at the Comic-Con International
held in San Diego in July.
"I admit that I was skeptical going
in," an attendee said, adding, "But it was one of the best horror movies
I have ever seen. And it was funny.
"M. Night Shyamalan's best
film in a very, very, VERY long time," William Bibbiani, a critic at
CraveOnline, wrote on Twitter after attending a screening of the movie
last month.
After four flops in a row, Shyamlan became a part of
the team behind "Wayward Pines," a mystery series on television and
gathered much praise.
"Because there are fewer resources in
television, I learned how much fat I had on me, how many puffed-up bad
habits," Shyamalan was quoted as saying. "There was this great feeling
of slowly shedding the fat," he added.