In Theaters January 18, 2019
M. Night Shyamalan brings together the narratives of two of his standout originals—2000’s Unbreakable, from Touchstone, and 2016’s Split, from Universal—in one explosive, all-new comic-book thriller: Glass.
From Unbreakable, 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 of Split, Glass finds 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.
Joining the all-star cast are Unbreakable’s Spencer Treat Clark and Charlayne Woodard, who reprise their roles as Dunn’s son and Price’s mother, as well as Golden Globe Award winner Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story series).
This riveting culmination of his worldwide blockbusters is produced by Shyamalan and Blumhouse Production’s 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 and Kevin Frakes, who executive produce. Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum also serve as executive producers.
A Blinding Edge Pictures and Blumhouse production, Glass will be released by Universal Pictures in North America on January 18, 2019, and by Buena Vista International abroad.
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I was delighted by the ending scene in Split and am REALLY looking forward to this third movie.
I used to use Unbreakable as an example in one of my classes in the use of color to convey information.
When we first met David Dunn, he was wearing brown -- a tertiary color. He was, essentially, a non-player. When he began exploring his powers, we saw him in green (a poncho, mostly) -- a secondary color, where he could become a villain. When he accepted his role, he began wearing a blue suit with a red tie -- primary colors. He had become a hero.
This was underscored with the flashback to the one time he had used his powers, to save the life of his girlfriend -- in that scene, he was wearing hero colors: blue jeans and a red-and-yellow varsity jacket. It was when he disavowed his powers, that he ended up wearing browns and greys.
Meanwhile, Mr. Glass always wore purple suits. The first time I laid eyes on him, I said "There's our villain."
Meanwhile, I haven't seen Split. Is it on any of the streaming services?
Amazon will stream it for $12.99 if you buy it. They aren't offering it for rental streaming. They have some kind of deal with Cinemax, and say it's available that way through Amazon. This Cinemax service has a 7-day free trial.
Since this is a 2017 movie it should be easy to find as a rental DVD. It's not streaming on Hulu or Netflix. Netflix's DVD.Com also has it on rental disk, which is how I saw it.
I saw Unbreakable at the theater but have never ever heard of Split. should I seek it out if I intend to see Glass?
Split is a good stand-alone movie, but the ending scene makes it clear that it leads into Glass. If you didn't see Split before seeing Glass you won't be familiar with the character played by James McAvoy, who played the young Professor X in the recent X-Men movies.