M. Night Shyamalan pilot coming to SyFy
The Sixth Sense’s M. Night Shyamalan and Buffy’s Marti Noxon are to collaborate on Proof, a series about life after death…
Heading in the opposite direction to the current raft of TV writers and producers moving into film (Matthew Weiner, Seth MacFarlane, Josh Schwartz, Ryan Murphy…), M. Night Shyamalan is making his TV debut with a SyFy pilot: Proof.
Based on an original idea by Shyamalan, Proof is the story of the orphaned son of billionaire parents (think someone’s been to their local bat-multiplex of late?) who offers a reward to anyone who can present proof of life after death.
It’s fair to say that few of the director’s recent cinematic efforts have earned him critical praise, the cumulative Rotten Tomatoes score of his last four of his feature films (Devil, The Last Airbender, The Happening, Lady In The Water) not even breaking the 100 mark. New sci-fi venture After Earth starring Will and Jayden Smith may well break that trend, but if not, perhaps TV will be a welcome home for his trademark high concept twists.
Working with Shyamalan on the Proof pilot is veteran TV writer and producer Marti Noxon (Buffy, Angel, Mad Men, Glee), and past collaborator Ashwin Rajan.
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I hate to say it; But I love the premise. I'm there. Still reeling after finding out that Fades is done. So I'm a bit bitter right now. But the idea that someone wants to find proof of life after death is on its own a compelling and logical point. And I love Ms Noxon.
Man, what happened to this guy? He started off so well, and then just tailspun in a self-destructive cycle of horrible movie after horrible movie. Now he's doing the Hollywood equivalent to giving handjobs for crack - making a tv show for SyFy?! This guy's career has become a train wreck. I want to keep watching just to see wtf is going to happen.