Lady In The Water

On the last date of August, 2005, Night M. Shyamalan started producing his next film that will be released in summer of 2006 -- July 21st to be specific.

The name of the film is 'Lady in the Water' based on a bed-time story that Shyamalan wrote for his children. The story centers on a apartment building superintendent (played by Paul Giamatti -- the rising star of 'Sideways' and 'Cinderella Man'; Paul is a Oscar nominee this year) who saves what he thinks is an ordinary woman from the building's pool. He soon discovers that this "woman" is a character from a children's book, and he begins working with the building's residents to help her return to her world by fighting off those intent on keeping her out of the storybook. Bryce Dallas Howard, the beautiful daughter of celebrated Director Ron Howard is starring as the 'woman', the central character of the story.

Some of this film was shot in Levittown, Pennsylvania at a Jacobson logistics warehouse site. (Shamalan has committed to using films sites in PA. Pittsburgh is the place where he grew up).

This movie was originally set up at Disney, but Shyamalan departed from the studio over "creative differences", and brought it to Warner Brothers (read our past posting). Disney has produced Shyamalan's previous four films, and the studio's subsidiary Miramax Films also produced 'Wide Awake' (1998) which Shyamalan wrote and directed.