Television and film are not synonymous art forms.
Writers and directors who find success in one format cant always translate their skills to the other.
ButServantwas not like most shows.
Georgina Campbell and Dakota Fanning in ‘The Watchers’.Warner Bros. Pictures
It was the best training ground I could have had, Shyamalan tellsEntertainment Weekly.
The TV world moves so fast that you don’t really have time to think about it.
You are continuing to learn and grow at this very rapid rate.
‘The Watchers’.Warner Bros. Pictures/YouTube
So that was wonderful.
It was like doing short film after short film in a very isolated period of time.
It had all these rich visuals and just felt like an endless well of inspiration.
Its like what they say about trying on a wedding dress: You know it when you feel it.
I just knew when I read it that this was meant to be.
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For me, it’s always about visual elements first.
So when I read the book, it felt like it had all these opportunities.
Those visuals are exactly what exists in the movie.
It just feels like magic when you get to do that.
Shyamalan says the timing is coincidental but ended up coming together in a cute way.
So its kind of been madness.
Now we’re editing side by side.
Its this really cool flow.
The Watchershits theaters on June 7.
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