The Watchers follows Mina, a 28-year old artist who gets stranded in an expansive, untouched forest in western Ireland. When Mina finds shelter, she unknowingly becomes trapped alongside three strangers that are watched and stalked by mysterious creatures each night.
This forest isn’t charted on any map. Every car breaks down at its treeline. Mina’s is no different. Left stranded, she is forced into the dark woodland only to find a woman shouting, urging Mina to run to a concrete bunker.
As the door slams behind her, the building is besieged by screams. Mina finds herself in a room with a wall of glass, and an electric light that activates at nightfall, when the Watchers come above ground. These creatures emerge to observe their captive humans and terrible things happen to anyone who doesn’t reach the bunker in time.
The Watchers is an upcoming American supernatural horror film written and directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan, based on the novel of the same name by A. M. Shine. It stars Dakota Fanning and Georgina Campbell.
Principal photography took place in Dublin, Wicklow and Galway from July to September 2023. In mid-July, production was granted an interim agreement to continue filming during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. It is scheduled for a theatrically release by Warner Bros. Pictures on June 7, 2024.
The Watchers (2024)
Directed by: Ishana Night Shyamalan
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell, Olwen Fouéré, Hannah Howland, Siobhan Hewlett, Alistair Brammer, Oliver Finnegan, Shane O’Regan, Anthony Morris, Jacob Greenway, Emily Dargan
Screenplay by: Ishana Night Shyamalan
Production Design by: Ferdia Murphy
Cinematography by: Eli Arenson
Set Decoration by: Jil Turner
Art Direction by: Gary McGinty, Nenazoma McNamee, Gavin Murphy, Nigel Pollock
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: June 7, 2024
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