M. Night Shyamalan

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q51489: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Praying with Anger (1992); Lady in the Water (2006). Count them as director (13 films), writer (3 films), producer (1 film) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Devil: 1 line

  1. unmapped (story credit) · them, directly: M. Night Shyamalan ⇒ Devil (the host's read). Shyamalan produced Devil and it was based on his story.
    “Uh, I will, of course, he produced it. It was based on his story.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 2:51:06 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (19) everyone in directing

Writing (3) everyone in writing

Acting (2) everyone in acting

Producing (1) everyone in producing

What was said about them, by kind

career (3)

  1. career (career comparison): Jordan Peele → M. Night Shyamalan. Adam says the next-Spielberg mantle thrust on Peele is what happened to Shyamalan, who has come out the other end better.
    “It's what happened to Shamalan, who, by the way, has come out the other end to me better in M 90 year than, than ever”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:32:30 · Adam Nayman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): James Cameron → M. Night Shyamalan. Blank Check's first three series were Shyamalan, the Wachowskis and Cameron Crowe, all with a rise and expensive follies arc.
    “And we did, the 1st 3 series we did were Shyamalan, the Wachowskis, and Cameron Crowe.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 0:05:04 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): The Happening → M. Night Shyamalan. A speaker went to The Happening as a palate cleanser after Hulk, hoping it would be a rebound for Shyamalan like The Visit.
    “I remember the happening felt. It just so felt like a movie that was going to be his reboot.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 1:25:41 · Griffin or David (0.30 sure it was them)

people (4)

  1. people (critic casting irony): Bob Balaban → M. Night Shyamalan. A filmmaker getting back at critics casts Balaban, the actor critics love as their on-screen surrogate.
    “Bob Bellaman is like the ultimate film critics actor.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson · 1:21:19 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. people (falling out): M. Night Shyamalan → Nina Jacobson. Shyamalan left Disney reportedly because Jacobson did not read the script immediately and then did not like it.
    “Disney's president of development, Nina Jacobson, took her son to a party instead of staying home to read the script for lady in the water.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson · 1:41:12 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. people (casting analogy): Marion Cotillard → M. Night Shyamalan. In the Inception-as-filmmaking read, Cotillard stands in for Shyamalan.
    “Marian Cotiard is M. Night Shyamalan.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson · 1:47:30 · Griffin Newman (0.70 sure it was them)
  4. people (early collaborator): Bruce Willis → M. Night Shyamalan. Willis took a risk on then-unknown Shyamalan and kept working with him.
    “He's in the 6th sense with a little known filmmaker named M Night Shyamalan, who he went on to work with all the time.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:08:10 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

unmapped (6)

  1. unmapped (muse): Bryce Dallas Howard → M. Night Shyamalan. Howard is called Shyamalan's muse, though he never worked with her again after two films.
    “never worked with ever again after 2 films established as his muse.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson · 0:25:24 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (wanted to direct): M. Night Shyamalan → Harry Potter (the films). Shyamalan always said he wanted to direct a Harry Potter movie.
    “he wanted to direct a Harry Potter movie.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson · 1:18:04 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (answering critics): M. Night Shyamalan → The Village. A scene where a character is outraged that the critic presumed to know his motives is read as Shyamalan reacting to critics of The Village.
    “this is M. Night Shyaman being like, don't tell me what my motivations were for making the village.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson · 1:28:06 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. unmapped (commissioned chronicler): M. Night Shyamalan → Michael Bamberger. Shyamalan hired a writer to follow him around and document the making, which became The Man Who Heard Voices.
    “I'm going to hire you to follow me around and write the entire process of how an M.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson · 1:40:32 · Richard Lawson (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. unmapped (authorship comp): Obsession → M. Night Shyamalan. The star of the movie is the mystery of who made it, as with early Shyamalan films.
    “And that's why I think Shyamalan's the real comparison point is the star of the movie becomes what's going on here?”
    The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ with Griffin Newman! · 0:15:52 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  6. unmapped (story credit): M. Night Shyamalan → Devil. Shyamalan produced Devil and it was based on his story.
    “Uh, I will, of course, he produced it. It was based on his story.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 2:51:06 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

verdict (2)

  1. verdict (verdict): James Cameron → M. Night Shyamalan. Avatar is a cilantro movie like late-period Shyamalan: you either get it or cannot stand it.
    “where it's like he's kind of become a cilantro filmmaker”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 0:24:06 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Avatar → M. Night Shyamalan. Avatar is both achingly sincere and goofy, so some viewers tap out in the first ten minutes.
    “And Avatar is both so achingly sincere and so goofy”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 0:24:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about M. Night Shyamalan: In the Return-of-Kings joke, the cookbook's prediction is that Ghostbusters would be remade with an all-female cast.
    “Yeah, he predicts in the book that 10 years hence, Ghostbusters will be remade with an all female cast.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson · 1:13:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)