Ishana Night Shyamalan’s ‘The Watchers’ Premieres on Max This August

Max announced this morning that The Watchers, Warner Bros/New Line’s supernatural thriller from first-time feature filmmaker Ishana Night Shyamalan, will begin streaming globally, exclusively on Max, on Friday, August 30.

The film hits streaming following a disappointing theatrical release kicking off in June, which resulted in less than $33 million in box office receipts.

An adaptation of the 2021 gothic horror novel by A.M. Shine, starring Dakota Fanning, who’s currently up for an Emmy for her work on Netflix’s miniseries Ripley, The Watchers tells the story of Mina (Fanning), 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. You can’t see them, but they see everything.

Shyamalan — daughter of M. Night — directed from her own script, with Georgina Campbell (Barbarian), Oliver Finnegan (Creeped Out) and Olwen Fouere (The Northman) rounding out the cast. M. Night Shyamalan, Ashwin Rajan and Nimitt Mankad produced the film, with Jo Homewood and Stephen Dembitzer serving as its executive producers.

Source: Deadline, Associated Press