Here’s a twist for you: M. Night Shyamalan‘s next movie is the highest-testing film of his career.
That’s according to the prolific writer-director, who took the stage at Warner Bros. Discovery’s upfront presentation to advertisers in New York on Wednesday to tout his upcoming film, Remain.
Remain is a romantic thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Phoebe Dynevor, and Julie Hagerty. The project is co-created with author Nicholas Sparks and tells the story of an architect recovering from depression who moves to Cape Cod and encounters a mysterious woman. The creative collaboration resulted in a bestselling novel (released last year) and an upcoming film (coming Feb. 5, 2027).
“My new movie began with a conversation, an unexpected one, with a celebrated author, Nicholas Sparks,” Shyamalan said. “He sold more than 130 million books worldwide and wrote one of the most iconic love stories ever, The Notebook. Romance is his territory. Mine’s a little different. I’m drawn to suspense, to twists and tension and stories that leave you just a little unsettled long after they are over. That feels like home to me.”
Continued the director: “We started from nothing, just a couple of questions: What scares you? What moves you? What stays with you? We challenged each other. We traded ideas and slowly wove two very different perspectives into a single, thrilling, supernatural love story. In the end, we get to tell it our own way. Mine through film, Nicholas through his novel.”
