M.Night Syamalan's Next Film - The Happening

Planet earth takes revenge in Shyamalan's next

For all the ways human beings have exploited the earth, the planet will take its revenge in Hollywood director Manoj Night Shyamalan’s next movie.Titled ‘The Happening’, the movie will be made under the production house 20th Century Fox.

Reports have it that Shyamalan will co-produce the film with Sam Mercer and Barry Mendel. The team has previously produced Shyamalan’s Oscar-nominated ‘The Sixth Sense’, ‘Unbreakable’, ‘Signs’, ‘The Village’ and ‘Lady in the Water’.According to the reports, ‘The Happening’ is about a family on the run from a natural crisis that presents a large-scale threat to humanity.At the centre of the movie’s story will be a husband-wife and their kid.The movie's budget is expected to be around $57 million. It is likely to be shot in Philadelphia.

‘The Happening’ is slated to release in August 2008.Shyamalan’s career has been on the downslide of late. His last movie ‘Lady in the Water’ was labeled one of the worst films in America last year.

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