{"id":24051,"date":"2024-06-03T22:46:22","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T02:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=24051"},"modified":"2024-07-30T08:52:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T12:52:34","slug":"the-watchers-ishana-night-shyamalan-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=24051","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Watchers\u2019: Exclusive Interview with Writer\/Director Ishana Night Shyamalan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHJXaNHan3UWwwUKozSB2BQ\"><b>Check out more of CinemaDaily US\u2019 video interviews on our YouTube channel<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One presumes that filmmaker<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ishana Night Shyamalan has been around movies for her entire life, considering who her father is, so when she decided to write and direct her first movie, it may not have been too big a surprise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on a novel by A.M. Shine, Shyamalan\u2019s new fantasy-thriller, <\/span><b><i>The Watchers<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, stars Dakota Fanning as Mina, a young woman living in Ireland, whose car breaks down in the middle of the woods, where she encounters a trio of individuals (Georgina Campbell, Olwen Fou\u00e9r\u00e9, Oliver Finnegan), holed up in a bunker. The bunker inhabitants are being watched and stalked by mysterious creatures, known as \u201cWatchers,\u201d as Mina begins to learn that not everything is what it seems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinema Daily US <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">spoke to Ms. Shyamalan via Zoom a few weeks ago, talking about how Shine\u2019s book inspired her to make her first feature film.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>The Watchers<\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">opens nationwide on Friday, June 7.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24030\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24030\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WatchersPoster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24030\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WatchersPoster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WatchersPoster.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WatchersPoster-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Copyright New Line Cinema\/Warner Bros.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>Director\/Screenwriter:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm10064730\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ishana Night Shyamalan<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Cast: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell, Olwen Fou\u00e9r\u00e9, Oliver Finnegan<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Producer:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> M. Night Shyamalan, Ashwin Rajan, Nimitt Mankad, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Production Co: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blinding Edge Pictures, Inimitable Pictures, New Line Cinema<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Distributor:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Warner Bros.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Rating:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> PG-13 (Violence|Some Sexuality|Language)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Genre:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Thriller, Fantasy<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Language:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> English\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Release Date (Theaters):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> June 7, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Runtime:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 102 Minutes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>If you like this video interview, please share your comments below.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/edward-douglasgmail-com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check out more of Edward Douglas\u2019 articles<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can watch the trailer for <\/span><b><i>The Watchers <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">below:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"dYo91Fq9tKY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE WATCHERS | Official Trailer\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dYo91Fq9tKY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out more of CinemaDaily US\u2019 video interviews on our YouTube channel One presumes that filmmaker Ishana Night Shyamalan has been around movies for her entire life, considering who her father is, so when she decided to write and direct her first movie, it may not have been too big a surprise. 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