Reminder: M. Night Shyamalan’s Next Movie Is Also a Nicholas Sparks Book (Really)

M. Night Shyamalan’s ever got a story to tell, and his adjacent 1 is… interesting. It’s called Remain and has been antecedently described arsenic a supernatural emotion story. The twist? It’s coming retired arsenic a publication first, courtesy of oft-adapted romance writer Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook, A Walk to Remember).

If this sounds familiar, it’s due to the fact that this quality was archetypal reported backmost successful January: some connected surface and the page, the communicative concerns an designer named Tate Donovan who’s precocious been discharged from a psychiatric installation aft his sister’s decease near him severely depressed. While moving up successful Cape Cod to plan his champion friend’s summertime home, helium meets a pistillate named Wren who “makes him situation everything helium knows astir his logical and controlled world.”

Shyamalan and Sparks co-created the concept, but volition tackle the communicative separately successful their respective mediums. In an X post revealing Remain‘s cover, the filmmaker said much accusation connected his movie (which he’s penning and directing) would travel “soon.” All that’s known close present is Jake Gyllenhaal has been tapped to play Tate; Deadline reported successful March that Phoebe Dynevor (Famous) had signed connected arsenic Wren, but that’s yet to beryllium confirmed.

I’m excited to stock the screen for the caller mentation of REMAIN, my upcoming collaboration with @NicholasSparks

The book, written by Nicholas, volition beryllium disposable connected 10/7/2025. More quality connected the movie I’m penning and directing coming soon. pic.twitter.com/L5iEMQFEr3

— M. Night Shyamalan (@MNightShyamalan) April 22, 2025

It’s not the archetypal clip idiosyncratic from Hollywood has entered the publication concern oregon vice versa, and but it doesn’t ever pb to thing rather similar this. Shyamalan’s been successful his thriller container recently, truthful if anyone could propulsion disconnected thing arsenic ambitious and unusual arsenic this, he’d beryllium the guy.

For anyone funny astir Remain the novel, it hits shelves October 7—meanwhile, the movie’s merchandise model is up successful the air.

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