Glass trailer brings together M Night Shyamalan’s superhumans from Unbreakable and Split | Hollywood - Hindustan Times
close_game
close_game

Glass trailer brings together M Night Shyamalan’s superhumans from Unbreakable and Split

Associated Press | By, San Deigo
Jul 21, 2018 09:32 AM IST

The trailer for Glass debuted at the San Diego Comic Con on Friday and at Hall H with director M Night Shayamalan, Bruce Willis, James McAvoy and more.

Director M. Night Shyamalan says he could have launched the trailer for Glass in front of the summer’s biggest movies in theaters, but that he wanted to hold it for Comic-Con.

Samuel L Jackson, James McAvoy and Bruce Willis in Glass.
Samuel L Jackson, James McAvoy and Bruce Willis in Glass.

The filmmaker said Friday at the annual comic book convention that he felt strongly that the Hall H audience should be the first to see it.

Hindustan Times - your fastest source for breaking news! Read now.

“It was always meant for you guys,” he said.

The kind of people who turn out for Comic-Con and wait in the massive and sometimes overnight line to get into Hall H are the same kind who once helped turn Unbreakable into an enduring film even after it got lukewarm reviews from critics.

“I’ve been dreaming about being in this hall forever,” Shyamalan said. “This is the mecca right here.”

Glass melds the worlds of Unbreakable and Split, two very different films about three very different superhumans, Samuel L. Jackson’s fragile but brilliant Mr. Glass, Bruce Willis’ strong and “unbreakable” David Dunn and James McAvoy’s Kevin Wendell Crumb, who has 24 personalities. The three actors reprise their roles in Glass.

The trailer showed the three in an asylum being interviewed by a psychiatrist played by Sarah Paulson who believes that their powers are merely delusions of grandeur.

M. Night Shyamalan, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, and Sarah Paulson speak onstage at Universal Pictures' Glass and Halloween panels during Comic-Con International 2018 at San Diego Convention Center on July 20. (AFP)
M. Night Shyamalan, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, and Sarah Paulson speak onstage at Universal Pictures' Glass and Halloween panels during Comic-Con International 2018 at San Diego Convention Center on July 20. (AFP)

All but McAvoy, who was sick, turned up in San Diego to promote the film in the convention’s largest venue, the 6,500-seat Hall H.

Shyamalan marveled at how different things are for comic book films now versus when he was preparing to promote Unbreakable in 2000. He recalled the studio’s marketing team explaining then that they were going to avoid using the term “comic book” because it was a fringe genre.

“It’s fascinating given what’s happened since then,” he said.

While little was revealed about what will occur in the film, Shyamalan did tease that his film will likely be on the edge of a PG-13 and R-rating. It will be released in North American theaters in January.

Follow @htshowbiz for more

Oscars 2024: From Nominees to Red Carpet Glam! Get Exclusive Coverage on HT. - Click Here!

Get more updates from Bollywood, Hollywood, Music and Web Series along with Latest Entertainment News at Hindustan Times.
SHARE THIS ARTICLE ON
Share this article
SHARE
Story Saved
Live Score
OPEN APP
Saved Articles
Following
My Reads
Sign out
New Delhi 0C
Sunday, March 10, 2024
Start 14 Days Free Trial Subscribe Now
Follow Us On