Blinding Edge Pictures

{{Infobox company

| name = Blinding Edge Pictures

| logo = Blinding Edge Pictures logo.svg

| logo_size = 200px

| logo_caption = Logo used since 2015

| foundation = {{sda|1998|08|02}}

| location_country = Berwyn, Pennsylvania, United States{{cite web |title=Blinding Edge Pictures, Inc |url=http://www.manta.com/c/mt9n578/blinding-edge-pictures |website=www.manta.com |access-date=November 1, 2015}}{{title missing|date=May 2022}}

| industry = {{hlist|Film|Television}}

| products =

| divisions = The Night Chronicles

| key_people = M. Night Shyamalan
Ashwin Rajan{{cite press release |url=http://www.blastr.com/2012/08/m_night_shyamalan_comes_t.php |title=Syfy, Marti Noxon, M. Night Shyamalan and Universal Cable Productions Team for Proof Pilot |access-date=November 1, 2015}}

}}

Blinding Edge Pictures is an American film and television production company, founded in 1998 by M. Night Shyamalan.{{Cite web|last=Nellie Andreeva|date=2021-04-13|title=M. Night Shyamalan Signs With Range Media Partners|url=https://deadline.com/2021/04/m-night-shyamalan-signs-range-media-partners-1234732843/|access-date=2021-07-08|website=Deadline}}{{Cite web|title=M. Night Shyamalan|url=https://variety.com/exec/m-night-shyamalan/|url-status=live|language=en|website=Variety|date=5 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303073658/https://variety.com:80/exec/m-night-shyamalan/ |archive-date=2014-03-03}}{{Cite web|last=Otterson|first=Joe|date=2018-02-27|title=M. Night Shyamalan to Produce Straight-to-Series Thriller for Apple|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/m-night-shyamalan-apple-series-1202711707/|access-date=2021-07-08|website=Variety}} The company is known for producing films, such as the Unbreakable series, Signs, The Village, The Happening, After Earth, The Visit, Old and Knock at the Cabin.

Overview

On August 2, 1998, M. Night Shyamalan founded Blinding Edge Pictures. The first films produced by the company include Unbreakable, Signs, and The Village.

In July 2008, The Night Chronicles was formed as a division for Blinding Edge Pictures and Media Rights Capital.[https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/12999/ M. Night Shyamalan to Produce, Instead of Direct?] The plan for this division was to create a trilogy of films with Shyamalan writing and producing the stories and picking the filmmakers while Media Rights Capital would finance the films. The first installment in The Night Chronicles trilogy was the 2010 horror film Devil helmed by John Erick Dowdle, the film revolves on five people trapped in an elevator where one of them is the Devil.[https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/20824/ M. Night's 'Devil' Moved Way UP to This September!] In June 2010, Reincarnate (formerly Twelve Strangers) was announced to be the second installment in the trilogy which would be helmed by Daniel Stamm, the film revolves on a jury that's haunted by supernatural forces while deliberating on a murder case.[https://variety.com/2010/film/news/daniel-stamm-to-helm-reincarnate-1118024203/ Daniel Stamm to helm 'Reincarnate'] In September 2010, the third installment in the trilogy would be a sequel to Shyamalan's film Unbreakable, the film would've focused on a villain origin story.[https://collider.com/m-night-shyamalan-unbreakable-2-night-chronicles-2/ M. Night Shyamalan Used UNBREAKABLE 2 Plot/Villain for THE NIGHT CHRONICLES]

In 2015, the company released its first television series Wayward Pines created by Chad Hodge and executive produced by Shyamalan and released by Fox.[https://ew.com/article/2014/01/09/m-knight-shyamalan-wayward-pines/ M. Night Shyamalan's TV debut 'Wayward Pines': A first look -- PHOTO][https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/wayward-pines-interview-chad-hodge-m-night-shyamalan-1201495221/ 'Wayward Pines' Showrunner on the Series' Twists and Turns, Working With M. Night Shyamalan]

In January 2016, it was announced that Shyamalan would executive produce a reboot of Tales from the Crypt as part of TNT's new two-hour horror block. The network ordered a 10-episode season that was slated for Fall 2017.[https://ew.com/article/2016/01/07/tales-crypt-shyamalan/ 'Tales From the Crypt' gets series reboot with M. Night Shyamalan][https://deadline.com/2016/04/tales-from-the-crypt-series-time-of-death-pilot-m-night-shyamalan-tnt-horror-block-1201737850/ 'Tales from the Crypt' Series, IM Global's 'Time Of Death' Pilot Greenlighted For M. Night Shyamalan's TNT Horror Block] The series was to keep the episodic anthology format based on the Tales from the Crypt comics by EC Comics rather than the 1989 series, with the Cryptkeeper not being featured in the reboot. In June 2017, it was announced that TNT would not move forward with the series due to legal rights.{{cite web |title=TNT Has Killed the Tales From the Crypt Reboot |date=2017-06-01 |website=Gizmodo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326084023/https://gizmodo.com/tnt-has-killed-the-tales-from-the-crypt-reboot-1795741141 |archive-date=2023-03-26 |url-status=live |url=https://gizmodo.com/tnt-has-killed-the-tales-from-the-crypt-reboot-1795741141}}[https://bloody-disgusting.com/tv/3450121/tales-crypt-rights-issues-complicated-nightmare/ "Tales From the Crypt" Rights Issues a Complicated "Nightmare"]

In 2019, the company released its second television series Servant, created by Tony Basgallop and executive produced by Shyamalan and released by Apple TV+.[https://deadline.com/2018/02/apple-m-night-shyamalan-psychological-thriller-tv-series-1202304557/ Apple Orders M. Night Shyamalan Psychological Thriller TV Series]

In February 2023, Shyamalan signed a multi-year first-look directing and producing deal with Warner Bros. Pictures, thus ending his deal with Universal Pictures.[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/m-night-shyamalan-departs-universal-for-warner-bros-1235328123/ M. Night Shyamalan Departs Universal for Warner Bros. First-Look Deal] The deal would have Shyamalan and his company develop original projects for the filmmaker to produce and/or direct for WBPG production divisions Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema. The first two films from the deal included The Watchers, written and directed by Shyamalan's daughter Ishana Night Shyamalan and Trap, written and directed by Shyamalan, both released in 2024.[https://deadline.com/2023/02/m-night-shyamalan-warner-bros-deal-1235262667/ M. Night Shyamalan Signs Multi-Year First-Look Deal at Warner Bros, Sets 'Trap' At Studio]

Filmography

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style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"

!scope="col"| Release date

!scope="col"| Film

!scope="col"| Director(s)

! scope="col" | Budget

!scope="col"| Gross

!scope="col"| Distributor(s)

style="text-align:center;"|November 22, 2000

|scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|Unbreakable

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" |M. Night Shyamalan

| style="text-align:center;"|$75 million

| style="text-align:center;"|$248.1 million

| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|Buena Vista Pictures

style="text-align:center;"|August 2, 2002

|scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|Signs

| style="text-align:center;"|$72 million

| style="text-align:center;"|$408.2 million

style="text-align:center;"|July 30, 2004

|scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|The Village

| style="text-align:center;"|$60 million

| style="text-align:center;"|$256.7 million

style="text-align:center;"|July 21, 2006

|scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|Lady in the Water

| style="text-align:center;"|$70 million

| style="text-align:center;"|$72.8 million

| style="text-align:center;"|Warner Bros. Pictures

style="text-align:center;"|June 13, 2008

|scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|The Happening

| style="text-align:center;"|$48 million

| style="text-align:center;"|$163.4 million

| style="text-align:center;"|20th Century Fox

style="text-align:center;"|July 1, 2010

|scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|The Last Airbender

| style="text-align:center;"|$150 million

| style="text-align:center;"|$319.7 million

| style="text-align:center;"|Paramount Pictures

style="text-align:center;"|September 17, 2010

|scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|Devil

| style="text-align:center;"|John Erick Dowdle

| style="text-align:center;" |$10 million

| style="text-align:center;"|$62.7 million

| style="text-align:center;"|Universal Pictures

style="text-align:center;"|May 31, 2013

| scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|After Earth

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|M. Night Shyamalan

| style="text-align:center;" |$130 million

| style="text-align:center;"|$243.6 million

| style="text-align:center;"|Sony Pictures Releasing

style="text-align:center;"|September 11, 2015

|scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|The Visit

| style="text-align:center;" |$5 million

| style="text-align:center;"|$98.5 million

| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|Universal Pictures

style="text-align:center;"|January 20, 2017

|scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|Split

| style="text-align:center;"|$9 million

| style="text-align:center;"|$278.5 million

style="text-align:center;"|January 18, 2019

|scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|Glass

| style="text-align:center;"|$20 million{{cite web|access-date=2018-10-27|title=Glass (2019)|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=universalevent2019.htm|website=Box Office Mojo}}

| style="text-align:center;"|$247 million

style="text-align:center;"|July 23, 2021

|scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|Old

| style="text-align:center;"|$18 million

| style="text-align:center;"|$90.1 million

style="text-align:center;"|February 3, 2023

|scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|Knock at the Cabin

| style="text-align:center;" |$20 million

| style="text-align:center;"|$54.8 million

style="text-align:center;"| June 7, 2024{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/box-office-bad-boys-ride-or-die-1235961796/|title= Sony Puts Summer Back On Track As Will Smith & Martin Lawrence's 'Bad Boys: Ride Or Die' Clocks $56M Opening – Sunday AM Update |date=June 9, 2024|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=June 28, 2024}}

|scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|The Watchers

| style="text-align:center;" |Ishana Night Shyamalan

| style="text-align:center;" | $30 million{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/box-office/box-office-winners-losers-inside-out-2-furiosa-madame-web-1236046832/|title=From Inside Out 2 to Madame Web, Grading the Box Office Winners and Losers of 2024 (So Far)|date=June 26, 2024|first1=Rebecca|last1=Rubin|first2=Brent|last2=Lang|website=Variety|access-date=June 28, 2024}}

| style="text-align:center;" | $30.5 million{{Cite The Numbers |id=Watchers-The-(2024) |title=The Watchers (2024) |access-date=June 28, 2024}}{{cite web |title=The Watchers |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2180940545/ |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=June 28, 2024}}

|rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|Warner Bros. Pictures

style="text-align:center;"| August 2, 2024{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/trap-movie-release-date-pushed-up-warner-bros-1235973103/|title=Warner Bros Pushes Up Release Date For Trap, Dates Four Other Projects|date=June 13, 2024|first=Matt|last=Grobar|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=June 28, 2024}}

|scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|Trap

| style="text-align:center;" |M. Night Shyamalan

|style="text-align:center;" | $30 million

|$82.7 million{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt26753003/ |title=Trap (2024)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=October 1, 2024|archive-date=August 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805075212/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt26753003/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Trap – Financial Information|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Trap-(2024)|website=The Numbers|access-date=October 1, 2024|archive-date=July 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725003313/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Trap-(2024)#tab=summary|url-status=live}}

style="text-align:center;"| October 10, 2024

|scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|Caddo Lake

| style="text-align:center;" |Celine Held
Logan George

| {{N/A}}

style="text-align:center;"| October 23, 2026{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2025/05/m-night-shyamalan-remain-release-date-1236389987/|title=M. Night Shyamalan’s Romantic Thriller ‘Remain’ Finds Fall 2026 Release Via Warner Bros|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|website=Deadline Hollywood |date=May 8, 2025|access-date=May 8, 2025}}

|scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|Remain

| style="text-align:center;" |M. Night Shyamalan

| {{N/A}}