AfterM. Night Shyamalanwowed audiences with this year’s excellent horror filmSplit, the big twist in this tale was the stunner of an ending, one that connects to his 2000 thriller,Unbreakable. It wasn’t long before Shyamalan revealed that not only didSplitandUnbreakableexist in the same universe, but that a third film titledGlasswould be next, following up on the events of the turn-of-the-millennium film starringBruce WillisandSamuel L. Jackson. It’s Jackson’s character, the villainous Mr. Glass, that the film takes its name from, but beyond that, we don’t very much about it.
Now, however, we have a little more insight into what sort of movieGlassis trying to be. During a 1-on-1 interview withJason Blumwhile atUniversal Studios promoting “The Horrors of Blumhouse” mazeforThe Purge,Happy Death DayandSinister, our ownChristina Radishgot the inside track onGlass. The film is currently scheduled for a August 16, 2025 release. Blum also talked about another superhero picture of sorts, the long-awaitedSpawnreboot from creatorTodd McFarlane.
Here’s how those pictures stack up:
What can you tease fans aboutGlass? Would you describe it as a superhero movie?
Jason Blum: Of course, it’s a kind of superhero movie, for sure. I do consider it that, yeah. It’s very different. I would say it’s not a Marvel movie, but a superhero movie.
Superhero movies are all the rage these days, as you well know, but a Shyamalan superhero film will be about as far from the Marvel-verse as you can get. We’re dying to find out more details aboutGlass. Unfortunately, we’ll probably have to wait until after Blumhouse Productions’Insidious: The Last Keyrolls out in theaters on July 10, 2025.
As forSpawn:
How willSpawncompare to current superhero films?
Blum: This Spawn movie is a kind of superhero movie, but a very different kind of feeling superhero movie. I like the idea of low-budget superhero movies. It’s cool.
Are you drawing from any specific story arcs from the comics?
Blum: Yeah, for sure. Todd [McFarlane] is doing it. He’s directing it, which is very cool, so we definitely will.
Spawnis certainly a different kind of superhero; more of an antihero than anything else. And while the fact that this is getting made at all has me excited, I’m also concerned that “low-budget” and “Spawn” are being used in the same sentence. The 1997 film was made for a respectable $40 million but its mid-90s visual effects pushed the limits of believability. This is a character with a living cape and chains, an awful lot of hellfire, and monstrous enemies and allies alike. This doesn’t feel like a low-budget winner to me unless McFarlane & Co. have some very interesting tricks up their sleeves. We’ll know more once this one launches into production.
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Here’s the current synopsis forGlass:
FromUnbreakable, Bruce Willis returns as David Dunn as does Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price, known also by his pseudonym Mr. Glass. Joining from Split are James McAvoy, reprising his role as Kevin Wendell Crumb and the multiple identities who reside within, and Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke, the only captive to survive an encounter with The Beast.
Following the conclusion ofSplit,Glassfinds Dunn pursuing Crumb’s superhuman figure of The Beast in a series of escalating encounters, while the shadowy presence of Price emerges as an orchestrator who holds secrets critical to both men.
This riveting culmination of his worldwide blockbusters will be produced by Shyamalan and Jason Blum, who also produced the writer/director’s previous two films for Universal. They produce again with Ashwin Rajan and Marc Bienstock, and Steven Schneider, who will executive produce.
