New Line Cinema will produce The Watchers, based on the A. M. Shine novel on the same name. The project is set to be directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan, marking her feature directorial debut. There’s a lot of excitement around the thriller which is being fast-tracked for a 7 June 2024 global theatrical release; cameras rolling later this year. New Line beat out other studios with a competitive bid.
John Baker of Bell Lomax Moreton has sold producing rights to M. Night Shyamalan and Ashwin Rajan of Blinding Edge. Nimitt Mankad with Inimitable Pictures will also serve as a producer, and Jo Homewood will executive produce. The filmmaker is the daughter of 2x Oscar nominated, $3.3 billion grossing filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan.
Shine’s novel, an Irish folk horror, was published by Head of Zeus in 2021.
The Watchers 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 that are watched and stalked by mysterious creatures each night.
