Why Is David Dunn Locked Up With Mr. Glass?

Unbreakable

Newteaser imagesfor M. Night Shyamalan ’s upcoming filmGlassrecently drop , the most compelling of which has leave behind fans wondering : what is Bruce Willis ' David Dunn doing locked up in an mad asylum with James McAvoy ’s Kevin Wendell Crumb and Samuel L. Jackson ’s Mr. Glass ?

Glassis both a sequel to Shaymalan ’s 2017 rack up filmSplitand the conclusion to his superhero trilogy that began withUnbreakablein 2000 . InUnbreakable , David Dunn , a Philadelphia - based certificate guard and syndicate man , last a tragical gear chance event without a prick . This plunge him on a journeying of ego - uncovering where he pick up he has cracking enduringness , ca n’t be physically harmed , and has the power to feel evil in others . Dunn is tutored in his ability by Elijah Price , a comic book of account aficionado who suffers from an affliction paired to Dunn ’s powers : his bones are so brickly , he can be easily injured , hence his nickname " Mr. Glass " . Dunn eventually give away Elijah is criminally mad , responsible for the train crash and numerous other terrorist acts in his quest to get hold David , his opposite identification number .

Related:How Disney And Universal Teamed Up To Make An Unbreakable Sequel

The animosity between David and Elijah sweep almost two decades , which is why the hatful of the two of them jail together is so shocking . Meanwhile , sitting between the Unbreakable world and Mr. Glass is the primary character ofSplit , Kevin Crumb , a.k.a . ' The Horde ' , who has 24 rent personalities , some of them felonious , including a grotesque incarnation dubbed The Beast . Splitended with people in a diner watching news report of the Horde loose upon their metropolis , one of whom was David Dunn . This amazing reveal not only linkedUnbreakableandSplittogether as a shared universe , it also provided a ready update on the status ofDavid Dunn and Mr. Glass17 years later : Elijah is still locked away in an mental home while David remains a dark - collar working Isle of Man whose true abilities are not publically jazz .

So how then are all three incarcerate together - particularly David , the only larger-than-life one of the group ? David was obviously a barren human beings at the end ofSplit- could age and or a weakness in his major power be how he was captured ? Was he possibly hiding his ability all this meter ? If so , it could beDavid choose to contend the Hordebrings attention to himself that he was avoiding all along . David ’s physical appearance indicates a time leap sinceSplitas David bet noticeably old and greyer . Is he possibly even weak than he was when rooter visit him in his heyday ?

The key to this whodunit is the unseen fourth person in the photo , a psychologist ( Sarah Paulson ) who specializesin individuals who trust they are superheroes . As Shyamalan himself explain toEW , people styling themselves as a superhero or supervillain is"the modern - daytime equivalent of ‘ I consider I ’m Jesus ’ or ‘ I ’m an emperor' . “The citizenry of theGlassuniverse seem to have scorn the notion of masses with powers and those who believe they are existent - life comic book characters are lock up for psychological treatment .

While Kevin and his split personalities , including someGlasswill introduce for the first time , are a wildcard , the view of restart hostilities between David and Elijah is what has longtime fans ofUnbreakableare excited for . After all , Mr. Glass is the title character this time . Even though he seems much older and even more physically helpless than before , no doubt his unholy head has a plan for revenge almost two decades in the qualification . WhetherGlassconcludes the chronicle set about inUnbreakableis anyone ’s guess , but David Dunn must rue the fact that Mr. Glass is still a part of his liveliness .