Split was a sequel to his Disney film Unbreakable.It wasn’t until an early screening of the film with the studio that Split‘s twist was revealed; that Bruce Willis’ Unbreakable character David Dunn existed in the same universe as the new film.“I go to the Universal Studios chairman, (the) marketing team, everyone’s in the theatre.
We pull down the lights and we play them Split,” Shyamalan recalled on the ReelBlend podcast.“The lights go down. They watch the whole movie of Split.
Then this scene comes on, and they’re completely flummoxed. They look at me, and they’re like, ‘What are you saying? That’s a Disney movie!’”Shyamalan assured Universal that he had permission to make the connection between the two films. “Can you imagine?
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