M. Night time Shyamalan is directing a live-action scripted Magic 8 Ball collection written by Brad Falchuk, the Sixth Sense director and Mattel, the toy maker that manufactures the Magic 8 Ball, introduced on Monday.
Shyamalan and Falchuk will showrun the collection collectively, although Falchuk will write and Shyamalan is not going to. The pair “purpose to reimagine the traditional Magic 8 Ball because the centerpiece of a high-concept, character-driven supernatural drama that blends psychological depth with cultural intrigue,” based on Mattel.
“Been engaged on this for a pair years… Who’s in?” Shyamalan captioned his half of the Instagram announcement. Shyamalan hash-tagged “It Is Sure,” a nod to one of many toy’s solutions.
Per pilot’s script cowl as posted by Shyamalan, the collection seems to be titled (or no less than tentatively titled) Magic 8 Ball.
Falchuk is the co-creator of Glee, 9-1-1 and American Horror Story, amongst different initiatives. Shyamalan’s most up-to-date movie was 2024’s Entice.
Magic 8 Ball, which has been round for 75 years, nonetheless sells multiple million models annually, per Mattel.
Mattel is doing quite a lot of this toy-to-screen adaptation. The Barbie film in was a big smash in 2023; extra Mattel IP contains Scorching Wheels, American Woman, Thomas & Mates, UNO, Masters of the Universe, Matchbox, Monster Excessive, Polly Pocket and Barney. A number of of these toy manufacturers have already got tv or movie variations within the works.
See Shyamalan’s Magic 8 Ball Instagram put up right here: