More Magic From Shyamalan
Will new film break box office records? Give us a signM Night Shyamalan hopes film-goers drawn to his exotic brand of supernatural suspense will give him another box office killing.
Signs, the latest film by the Indian-born artist - who is just 31 - features Mel Gibson battling extra-terrestrials and his own demons in a story of faith, fate and family.
Perfect Storm and Erin Brockovich actress Cherry Jones, who has a key role in Signs, said: "There's nobody like him.
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It was Shyamalan's blend of paranormal and psychological realism that made his breakthrough movie, The Sixth Sense, which grossed nearly £450m worldwide and garnered six Oscar nominations.
He said: "I like the challenge of making a B film that resonates. I like taking B subjects and treating them with A ethics and an A approach, an A crew, an 'A' cast."
He said his most significant cinematic influences were Night Of The Living Dead, Invasion Of The Body Snatchers and Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds.
