The hype is real for M. Night Shyamalan's next movie. His new movie, a romance thriller titled Remain, has reportedly been the highest-rated of all his films during test screenings.
"Just between us, it’s my highest-testing movie of my career.," Shyamalan said during Warner Bros. Discovery’s upfront presentation this week (via The Hollywood Reporter). "We’re now in post-production, finding every detail. Honestly, my hope is that when you experience Remain, you feel both sides of it at once – full of love and that quiet, lingering unease that doesn’t let you go."
The movie came about in a pretty unusual way: it's a collaboration between bestselling romance author Nicholas Sparks, who wrote The Notebook. The duo worked on a novel (which has already been published) and a screenplay, which are separate projects but based on the same characters and story.
"The novel is not a novelization, and the film is not an adaptation. It’s two storytellers telling the story of Remain in their own way. Together, we created the story of recluse architect Tate Gordon, who moves to a small coastal town to complete his latest project when he encounters a beguiling young woman who pulls him out of his shell and into the center of a deadly mystery that hangs over this town."
Jake Gyllenhaal will play Tate, while Phoebe Dynevor will play Wren, the aforementioned "beguiling young woman."
Shyamalan's last project was 2024's Trap, which starred Josh Hartnett as a doting dad by day and a serial killer by night. When he takes his tween daughter to a pop concert, he finds himself caught in a sting operation to catch him, and a surreally comic cat and mouse chase ensues.
Remain is set to hit theaters on February 5, 2027. For more on what to watch, check out our guide to the other most exciting upcoming movies on the way.
