{"id":96559,"date":"2017-04-27T09:28:24","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T08:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=96559"},"modified":"2017-04-27T09:28:24","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T08:28:24","slug":"split-sequel-glass-confirmed-by-m-night-shyamalan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/split-sequel-glass-confirmed-by-m-night-shyamalan\/","title":{"rendered":"Split sequel Glass confirmed by M Night Shyamalan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re going to begin this news story with a massive spoiler warning for the film <strong><em>Split<\/em><\/strong>. If you haven&#8217;t seen <strong><em>Split<\/em><\/strong> and you&#8217;ve been avoiding spoilers like the devil, then please just know that they&#8217;re making a sequel and then leave. James McAvoy&#8217;s face is the warning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/james-mcavoy-split-image.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-96560\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/james-mcavoy-split-image-616x397.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"616\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/james-mcavoy-split-image-616x397.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/james-mcavoy-split-image-600x387.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/james-mcavoy-split-image-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/james-mcavoy-split-image-768x495.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, if you saw <strong><em>Split<\/em><\/strong> (turn back now if not), you&#8217;ll know that the hugely successful psychological thriller ended by\u00a0being a secret sequel to Shyamalan&#8217;s beloved superhero movie <strong><em>Unbreakable<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, there&#8217;s spoilers for <strong><em>Unbreakable<\/em><\/strong> too. If you haven&#8217;t seen <strong><em>Unbreakable<\/em><\/strong> yet, be warned. God, this crossover is a minefield.<\/p>\n<p>Since the movie came out, everyone&#8217;s been asking the filmmaker if he&#8217;s going to tie the two films together and he&#8217;s been open about writing the script. Now he&#8217;s tweeted that the film is definitely happening and the cast is confirmed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My new film is the sequel to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Unbreakable?src=hash\">#Unbreakable<\/a> AND <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Split?src=hash\">#Split<\/a>. It was always my dream to have both films collide in this third film.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 M. Night Shyamalan (@MNightShyamalan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MNightShyamalan\/status\/857263596576833537\">April 26, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So, Bruce Willis will reprise his role as David Dunn following his little cameo at the end of <strong><em>Split<\/em><\/strong>, while Samuel L Jackson will be back as <strong><em>Unbreakable<\/em><\/strong>&#8216;s mentor\/villain Elijah Price, aka (all together now) Mr Glass. McAvoy&#8217;s multiple personality character will return, as will Anya Taylor-Joy&#8217;s Casey Cook, who survived <strong><em>Split<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Universal Pictures will release <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Glass?src=hash\">#Glass<\/a> on January 18, 2019 all over the world. How\u2019s that for not keeping a secret!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 M. Night Shyamalan (@MNightShyamalan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MNightShyamalan\/status\/857265585721311233\">April 26, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Split<\/em><\/strong> is an appropriate title for a film that seemed to divide audiences and critics. Some praised it as an inventive genre thriller, while others took issue with its\u00a0use of mental illness and abuse for those kinds of storytelling devices. However, everyone seemed to be united in praising McAvoy&#8217;s performance(s), and we do all love <strong><em>Unbreakable<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0and have been clamouring for a sequel for years.<\/p>\n<p>How do you feel about this? Are you excited to see these two films cross over?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Glass will be released on 18 January 2019. Keep up with the latest genre news with the new issue of SciFiNow.<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"616\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qsr6SgcKNiM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So many Split spoilers in this article about the sequel, so be careful<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":96561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Uncategorized","MSN_Publish_Option":false,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[2615,3],"tags":[5688,5458],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/split-james-mcavoy-anya-taylor-joy.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96559"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}