M. Night Shyamalan says his filmGlassisn’t attempt to be like other New superhero movies . Rather , the author / director says he ’s approaching theUnbreakableandSplitsequel as being a dramatic thriller that just pass off to be about the mind of comic book fiber .

The superhero picture show landscape has for certain changed a sight   since Shymalan releasedUnbreakableeighteen years ago . X - Men-   one of   the films accredit for paving the way for the gold age of superhero   movies - had only premiere in theaters a few month before Shymalan ’s own comic book - inspired project hit the scene . By   the film maker by chance returned to theUnbreakableuniverse with 2017’sSplitand thusly set the stage forGlass , the Marvel Cinematic Universe and DC Films franchise were two of the big property in Hollywood . However , that does n’t mean Shymalan is   trying to emulate those serial publication with his   late superhero offer .

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Shymalan attendedSan Diego Comic - Con 2018to promoteGlasslast week andScreen Rantgot the fortune to pick his genius about the moving picture , while he was there . When require how changes in the superhero moving-picture show landscape have affected his own approach to committal to writing and directingGlass , Shymalan order that for the large part he ’s locomote about it the same manner he did withUnbreakable , all those year ago :

Yeah for me , over the years there has been so much honey for that movie Unbreakable and the tone and the mode we made it . Which is very grounded and treating people like they were literal . We were making a drama , with world class performances . So I did just approach it like that , that I was just making another thriller and it happens to be the subject of superheroes . So if I stay true to that , I cerebrate that combination is very intriguing . You know . I do n’t have a ton of CGI in the movie and its very contained . It ’s just lean on the characters , lean on these worldly concern course of study actors . Just lean on them .

TheGlasstrailer(which premiered during the film ’s SDCC panel ) supports what Shyamalan narrate us and portray the photographic film as being primarily a psychological thriller whereUnbreakable ’s David Dunn ( Bruce Willis ) and Elijah Price ( Samuel L. Jackson ) get caught up in a cat - and - shiner game withSplit ’s Kevin Crumb ( James McAvoy ) andhis 23 other personality , including the superhuman Beast . likewise , much of theGlasstrailer footage is public presentation - driven by the film ’s stars , including female leads Sarah Paulson and Anya - Taylor Joy ( who reprize herSplitrole as Casey Cooke ) . In fact , there are only glimpses of action mechanism and near no CGI in the preview at all .

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Fans have already started to take notice of this and vocalize their appreciation for the wayGlassis positioning itself as an   anti - MCU superhero motion-picture show , in these respects .   Of naturally , that   is n’t to say there ’s anything wrong with the modern big - budget amusing book of account tentpoles that Marvel Studios and DC are churn out right now .   On the opposite , their best films are so just that , frankly , it would have been more disconcerting if Shyamalan suggest hewastrying to beat them at their own superhero plot withGlass .

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