Samuel L. Jackson is back as “Glass”
M. Night Shyamalan is known for having hits and misses. There are two films that show the best he has to offer. It’s no surprise they are connected. “Unbreakable” and “Split” are two critically acclaimed films that can fall into the superhero genre. His latest film “Glass” brings all the pieces together.
It was fitting that Shyamalan & Co. came to Comic-Con to debut the trailer for “Glass” because “The Sixth Sense” director said he was inspired to make its predecessor, “Split,” at the convention. He recounted that he got the idea to make the movie after he ran into James McAvoy at a party when the actor was promoting one of the recent iterations of “X-Men” films.
McAvoy, whose hair had been closely cropped for the role of Professor X, inspired the look of the character he’d play in “Split,” the filmmaker revealed.
The trailer begins with Sarah Paulson’s Dr. Ellie Staple, a psychiatrist who specializes in delusions of grandeur, as she meets the film’s supposed superheroes. Glass was filmed in an abandoned mental hospital — “Creepy, creepy, creepy,” said Jackson — and Paulson remembers it as the “coldest place that I’ve ever been in my life.”
M. Night is actually saving the Dark Universe for Universal Pictures with his Superhero films. It’s an awesome thing to see. I hope “Glass” branches off into new characters to tell a bigger story and to see more films in this franchise.
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