![]() ![]() As is frequently the case with French-produced bandes dessinées, “Sandcastle” is a stark existentialist parable. “Shyamalan adapted his disquieting tale from the graphic novel “Sandcastle,” by the French writer Pierre Oscar Lévy and the Swiss illustrator Frederik Peeters. Weighty stuff, expertly told.” -The Comics Bulletin “Peeters and Lévy convey some profound, if profoundly unsubtle, truths about the human condition. “ Sandcastle is a fast 112-page read you won't be able to put down.”. “Begins like a murder mystery, continues like an episode of The Twilight Zone, and finishes with a kind of existentialism that wouldn’t be out of place in a Von Trier film.” - Publishers Weekly, starred review It is based on the French-language Swiss graphic novel Sandcastle by Pierre Oscar Levy and Frederik Peeters, which Shyamalan decided to adapt after receiving it as a Father's Day gift from his three daughters in 2017. From the moment I read this I was changed.” - M. Old is a 2021 American thriller film written, directed, and produced by M. Its themes of aging had me thinking about my parents and children and how quickly it all goes by. It is a profound mystery, sci-fi graphic novel that is illustrated so beautifully and with such humanity. Levy’s dramatic storytelling works seamlessly with Peeters’s sinister art to create a profoundly disturbing and fantastical mystery. Soon everybody is growing older-every half hour-and there doesn’t seem to be any way out of the cove. Then there is the odd fact that all the children are aging rapidly. ![]() It’s a perfect beach day, or so thought the family, young couple, a few tourists, and a refugee who all end up in the same secluded, idyllic cove filled with rock pools and sandy shore, encircled by green, densely vegetated cliffs.įirst there is the dead body of a woman found floating in the crystal-clear water. Night Shyamalan, from his screenplay based on the graphic novel Sandcastle by Pierre Oscar Lévy and Frederik Peeters. The movie is scheduled to be released July 23, 2021. The film’s executive producer is Steven Schneider.The inspiration for Old, a Blinding Edge Pictures production, directed and produced by two-time Oscar nominee M. Shyamalan directs Old from a script he wrote himself, and also produces the film together with Ashwin Rajan ( Glass, Servant) and Marc Bienstock ( Glass, Split). Gael García Bernal ( Mozart in the Jungle), Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell ( The Man in the High Castle), Ken Leung, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Abbey Lee ( Lovecraft Country), Aaron Pierre, Alex Wolff ( Hereditary), Embeth Davidtz, Eliza Scanlen ( Little Women), Emun Elliott, Kathleen Chalfant, and Thomasin McKenzie ( Jojo Rabbit, Last Night in Soho). From the moment I read this I was changed. The film follows Guy ( Gael García Bernal ) and Prisca (Vicky Krieps), who take their kids, Trent and Maddox, on a resort family vacation. It is a profound mystery, sci-fi graphic novel that is illustrated so beautifully and with such humanity. Based on the graphic novel Sandcastle, by Pierre Oscar Lévy and Frederik Peeters, Old utilizes its premise while adding plenty of plot twists and challenges the characters attempt to overcome. Old also marks the return of Shyamalan, which makes the project even more curious. Publishers Weekly starred review ' Sandcastle truly inspired my film Old. We don’t know how faithful Old will be to the graphic novel it takes inspiration from, but Shyamalan usually creates unexpected twists for the end of his movies, for better and for worse. While the time creepiness of the movie was shown in the first trailer, there are probably many more secrets that’ll only be revealed in theaters. Night Shyamalan's 'Old' Is Inspired by Graphic Novel 'Sandcastle' Given that his newest work, Old, is loosely based on Pierre Oscar Lévy and Frederik Peeters’ graphic novel Sandcastle, many were expecting the movie to either be faithful to the adaptation or have Shyamalan’s signature flair and twist ending. Inspired by the French graphic novel Sandcastle by Pierre Oscar Levy and Frederik Peeters, Old takes place on an island where time moves differently, making people age a lot faster than.
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