In 16 films, he established himself as the new master of the thriller: when will he return to cinema?

While Watchers, Ishana Shyamalan’s directorial debut, hits theaters this Wednesday, Signs, directed in 2002 by her father M. Night Shyamalan, airs tonight on 6ter. An opportunity to evaluate the Sixth Sense director’s projects, Unbreakable and Split.

Starring Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix and Abigail Breslin, Signs takes place in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. After losing his wife, Graham Hess left the pastorate. While tending to the farm, she tries to raise her two children, Morgan and Beau, as best she can. Her younger brother Merrill, a former baseball star, has moved back in with her to help her out. One morning, a small family discovers the appearance of giant signs and strange circles in their fields. Could extraterrestrials be behind such supernatural phenomena? Graham and Meryl will try to unravel the mystery surrounding these paintings.

Movie: A Family Affair

FYI, the drawings of Bo (played by a young Abigail Breslin) in this sci-fi film are by Saleka Shyamalan, M. Night Shyamalan’s oldest daughter, then 6 years old. We’ll also find him on the poster for Trap, Dad’s next feature film. The latter plays the role of a singer at the concert where the action of the film takes place.

A year after Knock at the Cabin, the prolific director is back trapHis new movie. A psychological thriller filmed late last year in Canada, starring Josh Hartnett, Hayley Mills, Rolando Dávila-Beltran, Ariel Donoghue and Alison Peele.

In this feature film scheduled to hit theaters August 7, a father and his daughter attend a concert, but the father quickly realizes that the event is a trap set by the police to catch serial killer ‘The Butcher’…

If Shyamalan has been keeping us in suspense until now, the first trailer for the feature film (seen above) is pretty clear and already lets us know who the serial killer is… Interviewed by AlloCiné for the launch of the recording – Announcement Trap, M. Night Shyamalan we wanted”I always try to create a film that is a combination of several genres and really stands out. Above all, I want to surprise the audience with a completely unique and never-before-seen vision.”

It’s a point of view I’ve never tried before.

He adds: “I think the audience will be surprised by my approach because the film unfolds through the eyes of the main character who turns out to be the villain. It’s a point of view I’ve never tried before. I also think the film has a dark humor that will surprise a lot of people, as well as moments of unexpected tension and fear.

Shyamalan produced his daughter

But the summer will be intense for the Shyamalan family, as M. Night Shyamalan is also producing his second daughter’s first feature film. Ishana Shyamalan. under the name supervisors, Adapted from AM Shine’s suspense novel, the thriller is currently in our theaters.

In this movie, Mina (Dakota Fanning) gets lost in the middle of the forest. A young woman finds refuge in a house where three people already live. Then he discovers the rules of this very secret place: every night, the residents must allow themselves to be watched by the mysterious inhabitants of this forest. They cannot see them, but they watch everything.

Shot in Ireland, the film is the first feature film for Ishana Shyamalan, who is already working on writing and directing episodes of her father’s TV series Servant. While promoting his film, the latter explains that the first day of shooting was very stressful, but he had the chance to form a deep connection with the film crew: “I was very, very nervous. It was the first day of filming for a reality show that takes place in the bunker, so he was pretty happy. So I had this happy, fun streak to start with and then move on to more serious stuff. It was very nerve-racking. I was nauseous and scared during the whole shoot. But it was fun to get over it and move on.

Being on set is very exciting because you create an incredibly deep family relationship with everyone on set. You went through the war together. So that was a really interesting aspect of the movie because I felt like I connected with everybody. It’s almost too much emotion when you’re doing a project like this. It was really beautiful and surreal.“

And of course, M. Night Shyamalan went to Ireland for a few days to support his daughter. Ishana Shyamalan tells us, “He was making his own film, but he came anyway. He went back and forth, but he visited me and was very attentive.”

It didn’t interfere too much, it would shine on its own.

The lead actor of Les Guetteurs, Dakota Fanning From the outside it looks like: “He came periodically during the filming. He’s certainly a brilliant filmmaker and a wonderful producer, but he’s also a proud father to see his daughter take her own path and he’s been there to support her as best he can. It didn’t interfere too much, it shone on its own, which it could do perfectly. But it was so nice to see the family bond between them. This is clearly a very creative family that encouraged the creativity and artistic talents of Ishana and all the family members. So it was great to witness that.“

Ishana Shyamalan’s film opens in theaters on Wednesday, June 12, and Trap by M. Night Shyamalan It will be shown in theaters from August 7. The unstoppable filmmaker is already in the process of preparing another film, the plot, theme and casting of which – as always – are still under wraps.

Meeting Ishana Shyamalan for Les Guetteurs