James McAvoy Has Multiple Personalities in Trailer For M. Night Shyamalan's New Thriller SPLIT
Universal Pictures has just released the first trailer, teaser poster, and images for M. Night Shyamalan's newest movie, Split. James McAvoy stars as a man with multiple personalities who kidnaps three young girls (led by Anya Taylor-Joy from The Witch) for mysterious reasons. It looks like a combination of 10 Cloverfield Lane and Psycho, and I can see why McAvoy would want to be a part of this because it looks like it gives him plenty of room to explore fascinating new territory as an actor. I'm not quite sure what to make of this, but Shyamalan has reunited with Blumhouse Productions for this movie, and that worked well for him with The Visit last year, so maybe his comeback will continue here.
Split hits theaters on January 20, 2017.
Writer/director/producer M. Night Shyamalan returns to the captivating grip of The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and Signs with Split, an original thriller that delves into the mysterious recesses of one man’s fractured, gifted mind. Following last year’s breakout hit The Visit, Shyamalan reunites with producer Jason Blum (The Purge and Insidious series, The Gift) for the film.
While the mental divisions of those with dissociative identity disorder have long fascinated and eluded science, it is believed that some can also manifest unique physical attributes for each personality, a cognitive and physiological prism within a single being.
Though Kevin (James McAvoy) has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher (Betty Buckley), there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey (Anya Taylor-Joy, The Witch), Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him—as well as everyone around him—as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.