Lady in the Water is in Business
Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Warner Brothers, Newsstand
Production has reportedly started on M. Night Shyamalan Lady in the Water, his first effort for Warner's.
Though a comment on an earlier post about the film suggested that it
would have religious themes, in reality it seems to be pretty solidly
all about bedtime stories. Shyamalan wrote the film for his kids, and
it centers around a man who rescues a young woman who turns out to be,
um, a character from a bedtime story. Like most bedtime story escapees, she's just trying to get back to
bedtime storyville. Later, somehow, it's revealed that everyone living
in the building managed by the rescuer is actually in a bedtime story.
Whoa. (Is this a huge spoiler that's totally ruining the movie for
everyone? I certainly hope not, but perhaps it's foolish of me to
assume that Warner's wouldn't include such Giant Twists in their press
materials. If they have, it's going to be totally their fault when no
one is surprised.) Perhaps I'm just a really big 8-year-old, but I
think that sounds potentially really cool and - dare I say it? -
magical. The film stars Paul Giamatti, Ron Howard's kid, and Jeffrey Wright and is due out sometime next year.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
8-29-2005 @ 10:03PM
Finished.Law.School said...
I'm not sure but I am betting there will be a very predictable twist at the end of this movie that will make everyone regret that they paid money to see it...
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8-30-2005 @ 9:46AM
paintist said...
The solution to walking away from M. Night Shyamalan movies and still think it was a good movie, is leaving 30 minutes before the movie is over. Make up any ending for yourself and I'll assure you its better than what he decided on.
I think Signs ended with Mel Gibson dying from an allergic reaction to the corn. Everyone was at his bedside vigil when he died, it was very moving.
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9-07-2005 @ 5:30PM
Kel said...
I just hope he stays away from a twist ending. Every movie since The Sixth Sense has had diminshing returns in the twist factor. MNS is very good at telling stories and making his characters seem very real and believeable (huge exception: the guy in the leotard at the end of Signs). I hope that he focuses on that aspect rather than trying to shock us at the end.
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