M. Night Shyamalan’s daughter, Ishana Shyamalan, makes her directorial debut with “The Watchers,” a horror film based on A.M. Shine’s book. The story follows a group trapped and monitored nightly by enigmatic creatures. Their motives remain shrouded in mystery. In this article, we discuss about The Watchers: release date, cast, plot and more.
The Watchers: release date
On June 7, The Watchers will have an exclusive theatrical release. As a result, it will be the first movie in the 2024 summer blockbuster schedule.
Right now it is set to share its release date with The Crow in theaters.
The Watchers: Cast
In the upcoming film The Watchers, Dakota Fanning will play Mina, a character who is detained by the enigmatic Watchers. Almost her whole life, Fanning has been in cinema, appearing in films such as I Am Sam, War of the Worlds, Man on Fire, Coraline, Twilight, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and The Equalizer 3. Along with her role in the upcoming Netflix series Ripley, she has made appearances in other well-known TV shows like The Alienist, Gen: Lock, and The First Lady.
Georgina Campbell (Barbarian, Suspicion), Oliver Finnegan (Outlander, Creeped Out), and Olwen Fouere (The Northman, The Tourist) are among the other actors in the cast of The Watchers.
The Watchers: Plot
Here is the official synopsis for The Watchers from Warner Bros.:
"From producer M. Night Shyamalan comes The Watchers, written and directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan and based on the novel by A.M. Shine. The film follows Mina, a 28-year-old artist, who gets stranded in an expansive, untouched forest in western Ireland. When Mina finds shelter, she unknowingly becomes trapped alongside three strangers who are watched and stalked by mysterious creatures each night."
The Watchers: Trailer
Check out the first trailer for The Watchers right here, which teases how whatever the Watchers are, they can see us but we can’t see them:
You can view an additional teaser for the horror film right here:
The Director
Ishana Shyamalan is a first-time director; however, she has directed several episodes of the Apple TV Plus original series Servant, where she also served as a writer and producer. The Watchers is her first feature film. It also doesn’t hurt to receive knowledge from your father, the well-known director of films like Unbreakable, Old, and The Sixth Sense.
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