Some good news for fans of M. Night Shyamalan's 2000 cult comic book-inspired film Unbreakable and his more recent breakout hit Split: the next film in the sequence, Glass, is now filming in Philly! While there are certainly cinematic secrets and plenty of twists ahead, Shyamalan has been rather vocal during his pre-production run-up to the new, highly anticipated film. We know that production should run about 39 days, and that the current script should result in a roughly two-hour-and-fifteen-minute movie. I, for one, am anxious to see how Shyamalan's shared cinematic universe comes together.

Unbreakable's Spencer Treat Clark and Charlayne Woodard join Bruce WillisSamuel L. JacksonAnya Taylor-Joy, and Sarah Paulson for Glass in anticipation of the film's January 18, 2019 release. That may seem like an inordinately long time to wait between production and release, but clearly Universal is looking to replicate the success of Split by keeping a similar release date window. (Like the old saying goes, if it ain't broke, it's unbreakable.) This release will also be an uncommon team-up between studios: Disney's Buena Vista International will handle international distribution while Universal takes on domestic distribution, a partnership that grew out of Willis' cameo in Split even though Unbreakable was originally under Disney's Touchstone banner (THR).

Here's a timeline / peek into Shyamalan's thought process over the last couple of weeks leading up to today's production start for Glass:

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Keep an eye out for more from the set of Glass now that production's underway!

Here’s the official synopsis for Glass:

From Unbreakable, Bruce Willis returns as David Dunn as does Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price, known also by his pseudonym Mr. Glass. Joining from Split are James McAvoy, reprising his role as Kevin Wendell Crumb and the multiple identities who reside within, and Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke, the only captive to survive an encounter with The Beast.

 

Following the conclusion of SplitGlass finds Dunn pursuing Crumb’s superhuman figure of The Beast in a series of escalating encounters, while the shadowy presence of Price emerges as an orchestrator who holds secrets critical to both men.

 

This riveting culmination of his worldwide blockbusters will be produced by Shyamalan and Jason Blum, who also produced the writer/director’s previous two films for Universal. They produce again with Ashwin Rajan and Marc Bienstock, and Steven Schneider, who will executive produce.

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Image via Touchstone
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Image via Touchstone

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