Blinding Edge Pictures
American thriller film production company
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Blinding Edge Pictures is an American film and television production company, founded on August 2, 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.
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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | |
| Founded | August 2, 1998 |
| Founder | M. Night Shyamalan |
| Headquarters | Berwyn, Pennsylvania, United States[1] |
Key people | M. Night Shyamalan[1] Ashwin Rajan[2][3] |
| Divisions | The Night Chronicles |
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 |
N/a | N/a | |
| February 5, 2027[27] | Remain | M. Night Shyamalan | N/a | N/a |
Television series
| Year | Series | Creator(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–16 | Wayward Pines | Chad Hodge | Fox |
| 2019–23 | Servant | Tony Basgallop | Apple TV+ |