Despite being critical and commercial poison for the best part of a decade, Deadline is reporting that M. Night Shyamalan has somehow managed to secure another job, with the filmmaker set to reteam with The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable star Bruce Willis for Labor of Love.
Based upon one of the first scripts Shyamalan sold to Hollywood back in 1993, Labor of Love will be financed by Emmet/Furla/Oasis, who presumably enjoy throwing their money away, or are in desperate need of a tax write-off after the box office success of Lone Survivor. Either way, here’s Deadline’s summary of the plot:
“Willis will play a Philadelphia book store owner who loses the love of his life in a tragic accident. Never big on words, he becomes haunted by the notion that he never properly told his wife how much he loved her. Since she once asked if he would walk across the country for her, he decides to show her posthumously just how much he did love her. That trek starts from Philadelphia to Pacifica, CA, which was her favorite place.”
At this point I’d usually ask if you’re excited to see Shyamalan reteaming with Willis, but the bigger question is, how does this man keep getting work?
Originally published January 29, 2014. Updated April 11, 2018.
