M Night Shyamalan and Joaquin Phoenix want to spook us again

M Night Shyamalan and Joaquin Phoenix are looking to reunite for a new film after having worked together in Signs and The Village to great success.

Three-time Oscar nominee Joaquin Phoenix is looking to reunite with filmmaker M Night Shyamalan for a new feature film.

M Night Shyamalan and Joaquin Phoenix may reunite for another movie soon. (Buena Vista Pictures)

The 40-year-old Irrational Man actor previously worked with The Sixth Sense director on the science fiction thriller Signs and the 2004 psychological thriller The Village.

Watch the trailer for The Village here

The project, to be produced by Jason Blum, will start shooting in November in the director's hometown of Philadelphia, reported Deadline.

Plot details about the film have not been released, but it will reportedly have a lower budget.

Shyamalan's upcoming film, The Visit, stars Kathryn Hahn, Ed Oxenbould, Peter McRobbie and Benjamin Kanes and is the director's attempt to regain some lost goodwill after the disappointing reception to his last few films.

The Visit is slated to release in US on September 11.

Watch the trailer for The Visit here