The movie’s biggest twist is just how ahead of the curve Shyamalan was on this particular moviemaking trend. This would be unthinkable now, but Disney actually encouraged the director to steer away from Unbreakable’s comic-book leanings for its marketing strategy. ![]() But this was back in 2000, and Shyamalan was navigating-and working against-an entirely different space. It seems funny, looking at this in 2019, to open a film by informing your audience that comics are really popular. And that’s why Shyamalan could get away with this opening Unbreakable with this: ![]() The MCU wasn’t a thing, nor was the DC Extended Universe-even the DCEU’s universally acclaimed precursor, Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, wouldn’t take off for another five years. Night Shyamalan unveiled his original superhero film Unbreakable in 2000, the Hollywood landscape hadn’t yet been saturated by superhero stories and cinematic universes.
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