4 More Join M. Night Shyamalan’s Upcoming Supernatural Thriller
We told you last week that James McAvoy was in negotiations to star in M. Night Shyamalan’s next genre film, taking over a role that was originally meant for Joaquin Phoenix. Today the cast has grown by four.
According to Variety, Anya Taylor Joy, Betty Buckley, Jessica Sula, and Haley Lu Richardson have joined McAvoy in Shyamalan’s next thriller.
Joy and Buckley are signing on for lead roles opposite McAvoy, while Sula and Richardson will round out the cast in supporting roles. Shyamalan will write, direct, and produce along with Jason Blum.
As with any Shyamalan project, plot details are under lock and key, but the film will likely include elements of the supernatural. Given Blum’s involvement, the movie’s budget will be relatively small, which would be more on par with Shyamalan’s The Visit, which overperformed at the box office, bringing in $83.1 million worldwide.
Marc Bienstock will also produce, while Ashwin Rajan and Steven Schneider are on board as exec producers. Production is expected to start this November in Philadelphia. The film is not currently set up at a studio.
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