In a welcome surprise, the first teaser poster forGlasshas been released online far in advance of the film’s January 2019 release date. Indeed,M. Night Shyamalanpulled off his greatest twist sinceThe Sixth Sensewith his 2016 horror filmSplit, which turned out to be set in theUnbreakableuniverse, leading to the long-awaitedUnbreakablesequel. Given the immense success of thatJames McAvoy-led film, Touchstone Pictures gave the go-ahead to finally produceUnbreakable 2with Universal Pictures—the studio behindSplit—distributing, and now the firstGlassposter has been revealed to the world.
The film—which could also reasonably be referred to asSplit 2—brings backBruce Willisas David Dunn, a former college football prodigy with superhuman strength, stamina, and invulnerability who was trained bySamuel L. Jackson’s fragile Elijah Price, who as we all known turned out to be the supervillain ofUnbreakable. Now with McAvoy’s Kevin Wendell Crumb—a man suffering from dissociative identity disorder with 24 distinct personalities—on the lose, the paths of David, Mr. Glass, and The Beast converge.
This teaser poster is pretty incredible, offering a tremendous use of color while also providing a bit of a reveal in terms of where the story takes us. At the end ofSplit, we saw David Dunn watching the news from a diner, but in this teaser poster he appears to be incarcerated. We also see the Mr. Glass is institutionalized, while The Beast is either free or somewhere in between.
I love the color scheme here, and while the palette forSplitwas pretty muted, I’m hoping this means Shyamalan is bringing a new aesthetic to the series withGlass. This is one of the most unlikely superhero trilogies ever made, but many rightly point toUnbreakableas a highpoint of the genre, so I can’t wait to see some ofGlassin action. Inrevealing the poster on Twitter, Shyamalan also announced the film will be at Comic-Con on July 20th, where he seemed to insinuate the first trailer will debut.
For now, check out theGlassposter below. The film opens in theaters on January 18th.
Here’s the official 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.
