Universal Pictures has released the first official synopsis forGlassas pre-production on the highly anticipated sequel is firmly underway. The film is a follow-up to filmmakerM. Night Shyamalan’s terrific 2000 filmUnbreakableand its secret sequelSplit, which hit theaters this past January and quickly became a massive box office and critical success.
While fans had been clamoring for anUnbreakablesequel for years, the final moments of Shyamalan’s seemingly original psychological thrillerSplitrevealed that the entire film was taking place in the same universe asUnbreakable—the final shot foundBruce Willis’ unbreakable David Dunn watching a television news report about the exploits ofJames McAvoy’s The Beast.
McAvoy reprises his role inGlassas doesSplitstarAnya Taylor-Joy, and they’re joined byUnbreakable’s Willis andSamuel L. Jacksonas well as franchise newcomerSarah Paulson. But if you thoughtGlassmight be kicking off a new series of films, the below synopsis describes this chapter with quite a bit of finality:
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.
Filming onGlassbegins next month, but the Universal and Blumhouse production isn’t scheduled to hit theaters until July 23, 2025, so we’ve got quite a long wait ahead of us. AlthoughSplitcame a full 16 years afterUnbreakable, so a year and a half should be no sweat for those that have been eagerly anticipating the continued adventures of David Dunn and Elijah Price.
