Blinding Edge Pictures is an American film and television production company, founded on August 2, 1998 by M. Night Shyamalan. The company is known for producing films, such as the Unbreakable series, Signs, The Village, The Happening, After Earth, The Visit, Old and Knock at the Cabin.
Overview On August 2, 1998, M. Night Shyamalan founded Blinding Edge Pictures. In 1999, the company signed a lucarative deal with Disney to develop its properties from his own scripts after the success of The Sixth Sense. The deal was extended in 2001, after submitting Signs to the studio. The first films produced by the company include Unbreakable, Signs, and The Village. The relationship between Disney and Shyamalan soured after the reception of The Village, leading him to move to Warner Bros. Pictures in 2006 for Lady in the Water.
In July 2008, The Night Chronicles was formed as a division for Blinding Edge Pictures and Media Rights Capital.M. Night Shyamalan to Produce, Instead of Direct? The plan for this division was to create a trilogy of films with Shyamalan writing and producing the stories and picking the filmmakers while Media Rights Capital would finance the films. The first installment in The Night Chronicles trilogy was the 2010 horror film Devil helmed by John Erick Dowdle, the film revolves on five people trapped in an elevator where one of them is the Devil.M. Night's 'Devil' Moved Way UP to This September! In June 2010, Reincarnate (formerly Twelve Strangers) was announced to be the second installment in the trilogy which would be helmed by Daniel Stamm, the film revolves on a jury that's haunted by supernatural forces while deliberating on a murder case.Daniel Stamm to helm 'Reincarnate' In September 2010, the third installment in the trilogy would be a sequel to Shyamalan's film Unbreakable, the film would've focused on a villain origin story.M. Night Shyamalan Used UNBREAKABLE 2 Plot/Villain for THE NIGHT CHRONICLES
In 2015, the company released its first television series Wayward Pines created by Chad Hodge and executive produced by Shyamalan and released by Fox.M. Night Shyamalan's TV debut 'Wayward Pines': A first look -- PHOTO'Wayward Pines' Showrunner on the Series' Twists and Turns, Working With M. Night Shyamalan
In January 2016, it was announced that Shyamalan would executive produce a reboot of Tales from the Crypt as part of TNT's new two-hour horror block. The network ordered a 10-episode season that was slated for Fall 2017.'Tales From the Crypt' gets series reboot with M. Night Shyamalan'Tales from the Crypt' Series, IM Global's 'Time Of Death' Pilot Greenlighted For M. Night Shyamalan's TNT Horror Block The series was to keep the episodic anthology format based on the Tales from the Crypt comics by EC Comics rather than the 1989 series, with the Cryptkeeper not being featured in the reboot. In June 2017, it was announced that TNT would not move forward with the series due to legal rights."Tales From the Crypt" Rights Issues a Complicated "Nightmare"
In 2019, the company released its second television series Servant, created by Tony Basgallop and executive produced by Shyamalan and released by Apple TV+.Apple Orders M. Night Shyamalan Psychological Thriller TV Series
In February 2023, Shyamalan signed a multi-year first-look directing and producing deal with Warner Bros. Pictures, thus ending his deal with Universal Pictures.M. Night Shyamalan Departs Universal for Warner Bros. First-Look Deal The deal would have Shyamalan and his company develop original projects for the filmmaker to produce and/or direct for WBPG production divisions Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema. The first two films from the deal included The Watchers, written and directed by Shyamalan's daughter Ishana Night Shyamalan and Trap, written and directed by Shyamalan, both released in 2024.M. Night Shyamalan Signs Multi-Year First-Look Deal at Warner Bros, Sets 'Trap' At Studio
Filmography Release date Film Director(s) Budget Gross Distributor(s)November 22, 2000UnbreakableM. Night Shyamalan$75 million$248.1 millionBuena Vista PicturesAugust 2, 2002Signs$72 million$408.2 millionJuly 30, 2004The Village$60 million$256.7 millionJuly 21, 2006Lady in the Water$70 million$72.8 millionWarner Bros. PicturesJune 13, 2008The Happening$48 million$163.4 million20th Century FoxJuly 1, 2010The Last Airbender$150 million$319.7 millionParamount PicturesSeptember 17, 2010DevilJohn Erick Dowdle$10 million$62.7 millionUniversal PicturesMay 31, 2013After EarthM. Night Shyamalan $130 million$243.6 millionSony Pictures ReleasingSeptember 11, 2015The Visit$5 million$98.5 millionUniversal PicturesJanuary 20, 2017Split$9 million$278.5 millionJanuary 18, 2019Glass$20 million$247 millionJuly 23, 2021Old$18 million$90.1 millionFebruary 3, 2023Knock at the Cabin$20 million$54.8 million June 7, 2024The WatchersIshana Night Shyamalan $30 million $30.5 millionWarner Bros. Pictures August 2, 2024TrapM. Night Shyamalan $30 million$82.7 million October 10, 2024Caddo LakeCeline HeldLogan George February 5, 2027RemainM. Night Shyamalan
Television series Year Series Creator(s) Network2015–16Wayward PinesChad HodgeFox2019–23ServantTony BasgallopApple TV+
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