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Ew. Today is the 10 Year Anniversary of ‘The Village’
Usually people celebrate anniversaries – especially as of late with the new “cool” being to point out our favorite films from years past.
But today’s a different kind of anniversary…it’s the day M. Night Shyamalan’s hope of becoming the new ‘Steven Spielberg’ died.
Our reader Bret C. was quick to remind us that today marks the 10th anniversary of the release of Shyamalan’s The Village, which boasted an absolutely moronic finale that was clearly forced to appease fans of The Sixth Sense. It was also a sucky movie.
In it, the population of a small, isolated countryside village – featuring Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt and Joaquin Phoenix – believe that their alliance with the mysterious creatures that inhabit the forest around them is coming to an end.
After Shyamalan’s 1999 The Sixth Sense, Hollywood and accompanying press were quick to dub him the new Steven Spielberg, only they spoke way too soon. His criminally underrated 2000 Unbreakable was panned by critics, and even his 2002 Signs, which has its moments, received extreme criticism.
By then, hope was dwindling that Shyamalan was the man we all thought he would be, and if anything, The Village lay him harshly in a coffin setting the stage for the 2006 Lady in the Water to hammer the final nails in.
Today we raise a glass, turn it over, and poor it to the ground in remembrance of the most overhyped director of the decade. Next up, we’ll be talking about J.J. Abrams…
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It’s now been five years since the release of sequel Happy Death Day 2U, Christopher Landon’s sequel to the Groundhog Day-style slasher movie from 2017. Both films star Jessica Rothe as final girl Tree Gelbman, and director Christopher Landon had been planning on bringing the character – and the actor – back for a third installment. So… where is it?!
We’ve been talking about a potential Happy Death Day 3 for several years now, with the ball in producer Jason Blum’s court. Happy Death Day 2U scared up $64 million at the worldwide box office, a far cry from the first film’s $125 million. But with a reported production budget of just $9 million, that first sequel was profitable for Blumhouse. So again… where is it?!
Chatting with Screen Geek this week while promoting her new action-thriller Boy Kills World, franchise star Jessica Rothe provided a hopeful update on Happy Death Day 3.
“Well, I can say Chris Landon has the whole thing figured out,” Rothe explains. “We just need to wait for Blumhouse and Universal to get their ducks in a row.
Rothe continues in her comments to Screen Geek, “But my fingers are so crossed. I think Tree [Gelbman] deserves her third and final chapter to bring that incredible character and franchise to a close or a new beginning.”
Back in 2020, Christopher Landon had revealed that the working title for the third installment was Happy Death Day to Us, said to be “different than the other two films.”
In the meantime, Christopher Landon is directing a mysterious thriller titled Drop for Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes, along with a werewolf movie titled Big Bad for Lionsgate.
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