The romantic thriller Remain will see M Night Shyamalan team up with Jake Gyllenhaal, with Warner Bros setting its release for October 2026.
Back in April we were treated to a few key details regarding the planned M Night Shyamalan film, Remain. Described as a supernatural romantic thriller, author Nicholas Sparks is writing the book (apparently releasing this autumn), with the film version of Remain also being penned at the same time by Shyamalan.
In the film version, Jake Gyllenhaal will play Tate Donavon, an architect recovering from clinical depression and looking for a new start.
Here’s a brief synopsis:
New York architect Tate Donovan arrives in Cape Cod to design his best friend’s summer home. Donovan is looking for a fresh start after his recent discharge from a psychiatric facility where he was treated for acute depression. Still grappling with the loss of his beloved sister, Donovan meets Wren, a young woman who makes him challenge everything he knows about his logical and controlled world.
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Thanks to World Of Reel, we now know when it’s coming out: Warner Bros has scheduled the film for the 23rd October 2026. That would put the film on a collision course with Universal’s next Jordan Peele film, although the outlet suggests that the latter project could yet move – there’s speculation that Peele may not yet have handed a script in. Imagine if both films make the date though and neither studio blinks. What a double header that would be.
We’re looking forward to seeing Gyllenhaal collaborating with Shyamalan. While not every M Night film works as effectively as it might, it’s always entertaining to see movie stars come into the filmmaker’s fold and try to tune into to that unique Shyamalan style. Josh Hartnett certainly seemed to have fun with that process in last year’s Trap and Gyllenhaal has no problem diving headlong into wackiness (or into oceans, for that matter).
We’ll bring you more on this one as we hear it.
