Unbreakable 2: Rival Studios Aim to Partner for Sequel

No deal set yet though.

By Jim Vejvoda

Beware of some SPOILERS ahead for M. Night Shyamalan's movies!

According to the Wall Street Journal, Universal Pictures and Disney are looking to work together on the long-awaited Unbreakable 2. Why would two rival studios have to partner for that sequel? Again, spoilers ahead ...

As revealed at the end of Shyamalan's current hit Split, that film takes place in the same universe as the filmmaker's 2000 movie Unbreakable. Split's finale features a cameo by Bruce Willis' David Dunn and also references Samuel L. Jackson's Mr. Glass.

Unbreakable was a Disney release, while Universal distributed Split. Shyamalan was granted permission from the Disney brass to make an Unbreakable reference in Split, but a proper deal between the studios would have to be made in order for James McAvoy's Split character Kevin, aka The Horde, to appear in the same movie as David Dunn and Mr. Glass.

"Disney expects to work with Universal as a partner, and participant in the profits," according to WSJ's sources. "The two studios have yet to hammer out a deal for a sequel, in which Mr. Willis’s character likely would feature much more prominently, because Mr. Shyamalan is still in the planning stages."

Shyamalan recently revealed that he is indeed developing a follow-up of sorts to Split.

Split has thus far earned roughly $173 million worldwide on a production budget of $9 million.

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