Blinding Edge Pictures

Blinding Edge Pictures
Company typePrivate
Industry
FoundedAugust 2, 1998 (1998-08-02)
FounderM. Night Shyamalan
Headquarters
Berwyn, Pennsylvania, United States[1]
Key people
M. Night Shyamalan[1]
Ashwin Rajan[2][3]
DivisionsThe Night Chronicles

Blinding Edge Pictures is an American film and television production company, founded in 1998 by M. Night Shyamalan.[2][4][5] The company is known for producing films, such as the Unbreakable series, Signs, The Village, The Happening, After Earth, The Visit, Old and Knock at the Cabin.

Overview

On August 2, 1998, M. Night Shyamalan founded Blinding Edge Pictures. The first films produced by the company include Unbreakable, Signs, and The Village.

In July 2008, The Night Chronicles was formed as a division for Blinding Edge Pictures and Media Rights Capital.[6] The plan for this division was to create a trilogy of films with Shyamalan writing and producing the stories and picking the filmmakers while Media Rights Capital would finance the films. The first installment in The Night Chronicles trilogy was the 2010 horror film Devil helmed by John Erick Dowdle, the film revolves on five people trapped in an elevator where one of them is the Devil.[7] In June 2010, Reincarnate (formerly Twelve Strangers) was announced to be the second installment in the trilogy which would be helmed by Daniel Stamm, the film revolves on a jury that's haunted by supernatural forces while deliberating on a murder case.[8] In September 2010, the third installment in the trilogy would be a sequel to Shyamalan's film Unbreakable, the film would've focused on a villain origin story.[9]

In 2015, the company released its first television series Wayward Pines created by Chad Hodge and executive produced by Shyamalan and released by Fox.[10][11]

In January 2016, it was announced that Shyamalan would executive produce a reboot of Tales from the Crypt as part of TNT's new two-hour horror block. The network ordered a 10-episode season that was slated for Fall 2017.[12][13] The series was to keep the episodic anthology format based on the Tales from the Crypt comics by EC Comics rather than the 1989 series, with the Cryptkeeper not being featured in the reboot. In June 2017, it was announced that TNT would not move forward with the series due to legal rights.[14][15]

In 2019, the company released its second television series Servant, created by Tony Basgallop and executive produced by Shyamalan and released by Apple TV+.[16]

In February 2023, Shyamalan signed a multi-year first-look directing and producing deal with Warner Bros. Pictures, thus ending his deal with Universal Pictures.[17] The deal would have Shyamalan and his company develop original projects for the filmmaker to produce and/or direct for WBPG production divisions Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema. The first two films from the deal included The Watchers, written and directed by Shyamalan's daughter Ishana Night Shyamalan and Trap, written and directed by Shyamalan, both released in 2024.[18]

Filmography

Release date Film Director(s) Budget Gross Distributor(s)
November 22, 2000 Unbreakable M. Night Shyamalan $75 million $248.1 million Buena Vista Pictures
August 2, 2002 Signs $72 million $408.2 million
July 30, 2004 The Village $60 million $256.7 million
July 21, 2006 Lady in the Water $70 million $72.8 million Warner Bros. Pictures
June 13, 2008 The Happening $48 million $163.4 million 20th Century Fox
July 1, 2010 The Last Airbender $150 million $319.7 million Paramount Pictures
September 17, 2010 Devil John Erick Dowdle $10 million $62.7 million Universal Pictures
May 31, 2013 After Earth M. Night Shyamalan $130 million $243.6 million Sony Pictures Releasing
September 11, 2015 The Visit $5 million $98.5 million Universal Pictures
January 20, 2017 Split $9 million $278.5 million
January 18, 2019 Glass $20 million[19] $247 million
July 23, 2021 Old $18 million $90.1 million
February 3, 2023 Knock at the Cabin $20 million $54.8 million
June 7, 2024[20] The Watchers Ishana Night Shyamalan $30 million[21][22] $30.5 million[21][23] Warner Bros. Pictures
August 2, 2024[24] Trap M. Night Shyamalan $30 million $82.7 million[25][26]
October 10, 2024 Caddo Lake Celine Held
Logan George 		— —

Television series

Year Series Creator(s) Network
2015–16 Wayward Pines Chad Hodge Fox
2019–23 Servant Tony Basgallop Apple TV+

References

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  2. ^ a b Nellie Andreeva (2021-04-13). "M. Night Shyamalan Signs With Range Media Partners". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  3. ^ "Syfy, Marti Noxon, M. Night Shyamalan and Universal Cable Productions Team for Proof Pilot" (Press release). Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  4. ^ "M. Night Shyamalan". Variety. 5 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-03-03.
  5. ^ Otterson, Joe (2018-02-27). "M. Night Shyamalan to Produce Straight-to-Series Thriller for Apple". Variety. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  6. ^ M. Night Shyamalan to Produce, Instead of Direct?
  7. ^ M. Night's 'Devil' Moved Way UP to This September!
  8. ^ Daniel Stamm to helm 'Reincarnate'
  9. ^ M. Night Shyamalan Used UNBREAKABLE 2 Plot/Villain for THE NIGHT CHRONICLES
  10. ^ M. Night Shyamalan's TV debut 'Wayward Pines': A first look -- PHOTO
  11. ^ 'Wayward Pines' Showrunner on the Series' Twists and Turns, Working With M. Night Shyamalan
  12. ^ 'Tales From the Crypt' gets series reboot with M. Night Shyamalan
  13. ^ 'Tales from the Crypt' Series, IM Global's 'Time Of Death' Pilot Greenlighted For M. Night Shyamalan's TNT Horror Block
  14. ^ "TNT Has Killed the Tales From the Crypt Reboot". Gizmodo. 2017-06-01. Archived from the original on 2023-03-26.
  15. ^ "Tales From the Crypt" Rights Issues a Complicated "Nightmare"
  16. ^ Apple Orders M. Night Shyamalan Psychological Thriller TV Series
  17. ^ M. Night Shyamalan Departs Universal for Warner Bros. First-Look Deal
  18. ^ M. Night Shyamalan Signs Multi-Year First-Look Deal at Warner Bros, Sets 'Trap' At Studio
  19. ^ "Glass (2019)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
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  23. ^ "The Watchers". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  24. ^ Grobar, Matt (June 13, 2024). "Warner Bros Pushes Up Release Date For Trap, Dates Four Other Projects". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  25. ^ "Trap (2024)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on August 5, 2024. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
  26. ^ "Trap – Financial Information". The Numbers. Archived from the original on July 25, 2024. Retrieved October 1, 2024.