Polarizing director M. Night Shyamalan recently joined Twitter and revealed a few things about his upcoming collaboration with Will Smith. Back in April, it was announced Shyamalan would direct both Will and his son Jaden Smith in a movie tentatively titled
One Thousand A.E. about what happens when a young boy and his father’s spaceship crash lands on Earth one thousand years after humans abandoned it.
Shyamalan recently tweeted that he’s nine weeks away from shooting and that the film is now titled
After Earth.
Since the director of
The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and
Avatar: The Last Airbender joined Twitter, several tweets have been about his upcoming film:
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I draw out every shot on my films. Just finished the second pass of them for After Earth. 676 shots! Four months of work.
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9 weeks out from shooting After Earth. Looking at paintings/photos to find the tone of the film. Andrew Wyeth paintings always inspire me.
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His co-writer, Gary Whitta, has also been tweeting about it a bit:
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Just had a great chat with @MNightShyamalan about how pre-production is coming along on AFTER EARTH. Sounds fantastic, can’t wait to see it!
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Nine weeks from now would put production around February 1 and it’s taken four months for Shyamalan to storyboard the film himself. He’s also been inspired by the paintings of
Andrew Wyeth, so looking at his work might give an idea of what to expect from
After Earth.