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Split is a 2016 American psychological thriller film and the second installment in the Unbreakable trilogy and a "stealth sequel" to Unbreakable, written, directed and produced by M. Night Shyamalan, and starring James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Betty Buckley.
The series originated with the film Unbreakable, directed by Shyamalan and released in 2000.When M. Night Shyamalan conceived the idea for Unbreakable, the outline had a comic book's traditional three-part structure (the superhero's "birth", his struggles against general evil-doers, and the hero's ultimate battle against the "archenemy").
In its second weekend, the film fell 53% to $18.9 million (a steeper drop than Split's 35%), but it retained the top spot at the box office. [51] The film again finished its third weekend on top, grossing $9.5 million, [52] before finally being dethroned in its fourth weekend, when it finished fifth with a gross of $6.3 million. [53]
Betty Buckley, who stars alongside James McAvoy in M. Night Shymalan's upcoming thriller, "Split," recently revealed to AOL Entertainment that there is a "subliminal message" in the film.
Shyamalan's horror thriller film Split has been described as a thematic sequel to Unbreakable, [49] and was released on January 20, 2017. Although it was filmed substantially as a standalone film, an uncredited cameo by Bruce Willis as David Dunn indeed establishes Split as a story within the same world.
The Split was produced by Robert Chartoff, who also wrote the screenplay, and Irwin Winkler. They had just made Point Blank, another movie based on a Parker novel, for MGM. Winkler first offered the lead role to Steve McQueen, who was interested, but ultimately decided to make Bullitt instead. Brown, who had read the script and was enthusiastic ...
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Slight spoilers ahead for Wicked part one. In Wicked the stage musical, act one ends with the iconic song, "Defying Gravity." Part one of the film, in theaters now, ends similarly. "We found it ...