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M. Night Shyamalan is currently working on his enigmatic new thriller Old. The project is shrouded in mystery, though word has it it’s based on the graphic novel Sandcastle by Pierre Oscar Levy and Frederik Peters, which tells of an idyllic beach which contains a dark secret: it makes people… old. In the book we find a group of adults and children trapped in the cove, each half-hour ageing them and bringing them closer to the reaper’s clutches.
The movie is reportedly inspired by rather than a direct adaptation of Sandcastle, but judging by the title they’re keeping the core supernatural premise (though given that this is Shymalan we’re all expecting some kind of twist). Deadline recently reported that Old will be fully unveiled with a trailer during this Sunday’s Superbowl and the director has just posted a short teaser on Twitter to hype that up:
— M. Night Shyamalan (@MNightShyamalan) February 2, 2021
The caption “5…” indicates that we’re beginning a countdown, so expect four more small clips from the film to land on his Twitter until this Saturday.
Everything we’ve heard makes the story sound like a great fit for Shyamalan. Right now he’s on something of a hot streak, with his last three movies (The Visit, Split and Glass) cumulatively grossing $625 million on relatively low budgets. Alongside his movie work, the filmmaker is also the executive producer of Apple TV show Servant. The second season completed filming towards the end of 2020, so expect it to return sometime this year.
Old sounds as if it’s going to be a truly scary existential horror that grapples with a process we’re all experiencing and all slightly scared of. If M. Night Shyamalan can capture the dread of parents helplessly watching their hair turn grey and skin wrinkle while their young children age into adults in front of their eyes we could be in for a seriously disturbing movie. I can’t wait to check out the full trailer on Sunday.
Old is scheduled for release on July 23, 2021.
The wild ride of 2020 should have prepared us for almost anything given the constant stream of twists and turns that last year provided, but nobody was prepared for the Armie Hammer cannibalism controversy. In a sentence that would have sounded scarcely believable just a couple of months ago, The Social Network star has been facing intense scrutiny after a series of graphic and disturbing messages reported to have been sent by him were leaked online.
Several more of his former flames have come forward to make similar claims, and if all the evidence were to be taken at face value, then it would certainly appear as though the 34 year-old has a desire to consume human flesh. Hammer dismissed the allegations as ‘bullsh*t’ as anyone would do in the same situation, while he’s since dropped out of Jennifer Lopez action comedy Shotgun Wedding to be replaced by Josh Duhamel having originally stepped in for Ryan Reynolds himself, and he’s also left Paramount Plus drama The Offer, which tells the story of how Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather was made.
In an even more bizarre turn of events, Hammer’s Call Me by Your Name collaborators Luca Guadignino and Timothee Chalamet then announced they were teaming up for literary adaptation Bones & All, which follows a young woman with a compulsion to eat everyone that she loves. The actor’s wife Elizabeth Chambers, who he separated from last year, has now released a statement on the entire situation, and you can check it out below.
“For weeks, I’ve been trying to process everything that has transpired. I am shocked, heartbroken, and devastated. Heartbreak aside, I am listening, and will continue to listen and educate myself on these delicate matters. I didn’t realize how much I didn’t know. I support any victim of assault or abuse and urge anyone who has experienced this pain to seek the help she or he needs to heal.
At this time, I will not be commenting further on this matter. My sole focus and attention will continue to be on our children, on my work and on healing during this incredibly difficult time. Thank you for all of the love and support, and thank you in advance for your continued kindness, respect, and consideration for our children and me as we find ways to move forward.”
Clearly, Armie Hammer is into some very dark stuff in his private life, and looking at how things are going, it could be a long time before he manages to rehabilitate his public image to any sort of degree.