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Super Bowl Spot For M. Night Shyamalan’s Old Lays Out the Story

February 7, 2021 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas
Old (from left) Prisca (Vicky Krieps), Maddox (Thomasin McKenzie), Guy (Gael GarcĂ­a Bernal) and Trent (Luca Faustino Rodriguez) in Old, written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.

The first preview for M. Night Shyamalan’s new thriller Old aired during the Super Bowl, and gives us an idea of what to expect from the film. You can see the preview below for the Universal thriller, which sets the stage of a family taking a vacation to a beach spot where they suddenly start aging dramatically. As it turns out, they will be living their full lives in a single terrifying day. You can also see the official poster below.

The film stars Gael GarcĂ­a Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell, Ken Leung, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Abbey Lee, Aaron Pierre, Kathleen Chalfant, Alexa Swinton, Nolan River, Kylie Begley, Embeth Davidtz, Eliza Scanlen, Alex Wolff, Emun Elliott, and Thomasin McKenzie. Written and directed by Shyamalan based on the graphic novel Sandcastle by Pierre Oscar LĂ©vy and Frederik Peeters, it releases on July 23rd and is described as follows:

This summer, visionary filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan unveils a chilling, mysterious new thriller about a family on a tropical holiday who discover that the secluded beach where they are relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly … reducing their entire lives into a single day.

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