In conversation with Ishana Night Shyamalan

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Tv & Film, Film History

4.9 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

After enjoying success with the TV series Servant, for which she wrote and directed several episodes, Ishana Night Shyamalan was on the lookout for a story to turn into her feature directorial debut. The tale she found involved a pet store, a creepy forest, a trip to Ireland and some people watching. And in this Film Stories podcast special, she tells us about why she made The Watched (or The Watcher in the US) and tells us more of her story. The Watched is in UK cinemas now... — EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/filmstories Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.7	T's and C's apply. Hello, this is Simon Brew. I'm the editor of Film Stories magazine
0:34.9	and a very warm welcome to a very special episode of the
0:39.1	film stories podcast come with me and i show you how deep the rabbit hole goes in movies movies
0:47.9	that had stories that the story just sucks a man this is just the beginning
0:52.6	stories we would be honored if you would join It just sucks a man. This is just the beginning.
0:58.8	We would be honored if you would join us.
1:05.4	Hello and a very warm welcome to film stories with Simon Brew.
1:07.0	I am Simon Brew.
1:10.0	As always, that's absolutely everything you need to know about me.
1:11.2	The aim of the podcast,
1:15.5	though, well, it's given away in the title. I'm here to talk off the stories of films, and I tend to talk about development stories, marketing stories, release stories, production stories, all those
1:19.8	ingredients really that go towards making the films that we know and sometimes love, just that the
1:24.4	films that we know and sometimes love. The films I tend to cover on this
1:28.4	podcast, they lead more towards the mainstream than anything else. Their films I'm
1:31.6	interested in or invested in to some degree. Try not to do snark. I try not to punch down. This
1:36.9	podcast is a celebration of cinema and a real appreciation of just how hard it is to get a film
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