M. Night Shyamalan directing sci-fi movie with Will & Jaden Smith?!

By Eric Walkuski

Posted 15 years ago

Last Updated on July 23, 2021

This sounds like a belated April Fools joke, but all indications are it’s real.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, M. Night Shyamalan has just signed on to direct a sci-fi adventure film set to star Will and Jaden Smith. (Jaden, in case you didn’t know, is the brat from the new KARATE KID movie.) Shyamalan co-wrote the screenplay with Gary Whitta (THE BOOK OF ELI).

The film is still untitled, but the story takes place 1,000 years into the future where a young boy has to navigate an abandoned and sometimes scary Earth to save himself and his estranged father after their ship crashes.

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