We had reported earlier that filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan is doing his next film with actor Jake Gyllenhaal ("Prisoners", "Zodiac"). Titled "Remain", the film, a collaboration with author Nicholas Sparks, has Phoebe Dynevor as the female lead.
Shyamalan has announced that he is aiming for a release on February 5, 2027, instead of October 23, 2026, the original release plan.
In an earlier report in Deadline, the film was described as a supernatural romantic-thriller based on an original story crafted by Shyamalan and Sparks, with the duo also collaborating on a book based on the same plot and characters.
According to The Wrap, "Gyllenhaal plays an architect who, suffering from depression following the death of his sister, heads to Cape Cod to design a summer home for his best friend. While there, he falls in love with a mysterious woman (Phoebe Dynevor), who turns his world upside down."
One year from today, find a date and I’ll see you in the movie theaters!#RemainMovie@warnerbros @NicholasSparks pic.twitter.com/EFCprxd2kT
— M. Night Shyamalan (@MNightShyamalan) February 6, 2026
Though the film is not an adaptation of an existing novel, it marks a return for Shyamalan to the realm of literary adaptations. His film "Knock at the Cabin" (2023) is based on the 2018 novel "The Cabin at the End of the World" by Paul G. Tremblay.
Shyamalan is producing the same under his production banner, Blinding Edge Pictures. The filmmaker’s last directorial venture was the 2024 psychological thriller "Trap", starring Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, Saleka Night Shyamalan, Hayley Mills, and Alison Pill. The film was a commercial success, minting over USD 82 million against a USD 30 million budget.
Shyamalan, who made his directorial debut in the 1992 film "Praying with Anger", earned his big break with the 1999 psychological thriller film "The Sixth Sense" – starring Bruce Willis, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams, and Haley Joel Osment – which gained him his first and only Academy Award nomination.
Jake Gyllenhaal last appeared on-screen in the 2024 Doug Liman film "Road House" and has two releases lined up for 2025 – Guy Ritchie’s "In the Grey" and his sister, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s "The Bride"!
