Quentin Tarantino also included it on his list of the top 20 films released since 1992. After years of development on a follow-up film, a thematic sequel, Split, with Willis reprising his role as David Dunn in a cameo role, was released in January 2017.
He wanted to promote Unbreakable as a comic book movie, but Touchstone insisted on portraying it as a psychological thriller, similar to The Sixth Sense. In 2009, filmmaker Quentin Tarantino praised Unbreakable, and included it on his list of the top 20 films released since 1992, the year he became a director.
Jackson recalled meeting Willis in a casino in Casablanca while he was on vacation prior to Unbreakable's production; Willis told Jackson that he had just finished filming for Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense and told Jackson about the new script that was written for both of them. With the financial and critical success of The Sixth Sense in August 1999, Shyamalan gave Walt Disney Studios a first-look deal for Unbreakable.
Unbreakable is a 2000 American superhero thriller film written, produced, and directed by M.
Filming began in April 2000 and was completed in July. Unbreakable was released on November 21, 2000.
Principal photography began on April 25, 2000 and ended that July.
Several scenes also depict characters through reflections or doorways, as if framing them in a picture similar to comic books. == Reception == === Box office === Unbreakable was released in the United States on November 21, 2000, in 2,708 theaters and grossed $30.3 million in its opening weekend, finishing second at the box office behind How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
In 2000, Bruce Willis was quoted as hoping for an Unbreakable trilogy.
In December 2000, Shyamalan denied rumors he wrote Unbreakable as the first installment of a trilogy, saying he was not even thinking about it.
4 in its list of top ten superhero movies of all time, describing it as one of the best superhero origin stories and as a "relatively quiet, subtle and realistic look at the pressures that come with being a superhero." In 2018, The Hollywood Reporter called it a "deconstruction of the American superhero/villain complex" that is "more prescient than ever." === Home media === The film released on DVD and VHS in 2001.
The DVD sold 2.3 million units in the United States, and was the top DVD video rental of 2001.
In August 2001, Shyamalan stated that, because of successful DVD sales, he had approached Touchstone Pictures about an Unbreakable sequel, an idea Shyamalan said the studio originally turned down because of the film's disappointing box office performance.
In 2008, the movie was released on Blu-ray which had all the bonus features of the Special Edition on DVD "Vista Series". === Accolades === == Sequels == After the film's release, rumors of possible sequels began circulating in different interviews and in film fansites.
In a September 2008 article, Shyamalan and Samuel L.
He wanted to promote Unbreakable as a comic book movie, but Touchstone insisted on portraying it as a psychological thriller, similar to The Sixth Sense. In 2009, filmmaker Quentin Tarantino praised Unbreakable, and included it on his list of the top 20 films released since 1992, the year he became a director.
In 2011, Time listed it as one of the top ten superhero films of all time, ranking it number four.
He also criticized the way the film was marketed upon release, stating he felt that it would have been far more effective if the film's advertising simply posed the question of "what if Superman was here on earth, and didn't know he was Superman?" In 2011, Time ranked the film at No.
Quentin Tarantino also included it on his list of the top 20 films released since 1992. After years of development on a follow-up film, a thematic sequel, Split, with Willis reprising his role as David Dunn in a cameo role, was released in January 2017.
I'm almost there but I'm not quite there." In April 2017, Shyamalan announced the official title, release date, and returning actors for the third movie.
Night Shyamalan as Stadium Drug Dealer Joey Hazinsky as Five-Year-Old Boy Dianne Cotten Murphy as Woman Walking By In October 2018, M.
4 in its list of top ten superhero movies of all time, describing it as one of the best superhero origin stories and as a "relatively quiet, subtle and realistic look at the pressures that come with being a superhero." In 2018, The Hollywood Reporter called it a "deconstruction of the American superhero/villain complex" that is "more prescient than ever." === Home media === The film released on DVD and VHS in 2001.
After the financial and critical success of Split, Shyamalan immediately began working on a third film, titled Glass, which was released January 18, 2019, thus making Unbreakable the first installment in the Unbreakable film series. == Plot == David Dunn, a former star football quarterback turned security guard, is the sole, completely unharmed survivor of a train crash which kills 130 others.
Night Shyamalan confirmed a fan theory that "Five-Year-Old Boy" and "Woman Walking By" who bump into David Dunn outside a stadium are younger versions of Kevin Wendell Crumb and Penelope Crumb from Split, confirmed in the 2019 film Glass. == Production == When M.
The film, titled Glass, was released on January 18, 2019 and features Bruce Willis, Samuel L.
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