Glass trivia: 60 facts about the grounded superhero film!

Glass is the one of the most anticipated films of 2019. It’s director made it into an event!

So let’s find out what made Glass the event film playing now!

1. Glass is a 2019 American superhero thriller film
2. Glass is written, produced, and directed by M. Night Shyamalan
3. The film is a sequel to Shyamalan’s previous films Unbreakable (2000) and Split (2016)
4. These films together are forming the Eastrail 177 Trilogy
5. Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Spencer Treat Clark, and Charlayne Woodard reprise their Unbreakable roles
6. James McAvoy and Anya Taylor-Joy return as their Split characters
7. Sarah Paulson, Adam David Thompson, and Luke Kirby are the new additions joining the cast
8. In the film, David Dunn gets locked in a mental hospital alongside his once-rival Mr. Glass, as well as the multi-personality “The Horde,”
9. He must escape from a psychiatrist who is out to prove the trio do not actually possess super-human abilities
10. While there was interest in creating a sequel to Unbreakable following its release, Touchstone Pictures opted not to finance
11. Shyamalan set out to write Split using a character he had written for Unbreakable
12. He scrapped the script due to balance issues
13. Shyamalan realized the opportunity he had to create a trilogy of works
14. He adapted the ending of Split to establish the film as within the Unbreakable narrative
15. This included securing the rights to use Willis’s Unbreakable character from Disney
16. This happenned with the promise of including them within the production and distribution of this third film alongside Universal Pictures
17. Split was a financial and critical success
18. By April 2017, Shyamalan announced that he had started the production process for Glass
19. Glass was released on January 18, 2019, by Universal Pictures in the United States
20. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures under the Buena Vista International label will release the film in international territories
21. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with some finding it underwhelming and lamented the climax
22. The performances and entertainment value of the first act were praised
23. The final scene for Split includes the appearance of David Dunn, played by Willis
24. Shyamalan included Dunn here to connect Split to Unbreakable
25. Shyamalan stated “I hope [a third Unbreakable film happens]. The answer is yes. I’m just such a wimp sometimes. I don’t know what’s going to happen when I go off in my room, a week after this film opens, to write the script”
26. Shyamalan finished the script by April 2017
27. It was announced that it would be called Glass
28. Principal photography on the film began on October 2, 2017 in Philadelphia, following a week of rehearsals
29. Shyamalan planned for a 39-day shoot in this period
30. On October 31, 2017 it was reported that Shyamalan was filming at the Allentown State Hospital for the film and would be filming there for a few weeks
31. On December 12, Shyamalan revealed that 4 scenes are being planned to be shot in January 2018, stating he’d have to travel for those
32. On February 16, 2018, a scene was filmed at Bryn Mawr College in the athletic center
33. On July 12, 2018, the first official photographs from production on Glass were released
34. They including shots of Samuel L. Jackson, Sarah Paulson, and James McAvoy
35. Deleted scenes from Unbreakable were also used as flashback sequences in the film
36. West Dylan Thordson returned to score the film after his collaboration with the director on Split
37. He used themes from the score of Unbreakable by James Newton Howard, alongside those of Split, into this score
38. The score will be distributed digitally by Back Lot Music on January 18, 2019
39. On April 25, 2018, the film was featured at CinemaCon, with Shyamalan in attendance
40. He presented footage from the Glass film
41. Along with the first official image, featuring Willis, Jackson and McAvoy in character
42. He also expressed his intention with the film saying, “The worlds of Unbreakable and Split finally collide in Glass.”
43. He considered it to be the “first truly grounded comic book movie”
44. On July 20, 2018, the film was promoted at San Diego Comic-Con
45. With Shyamalan, Willis, Jackson, Taylor-Joy and Paulson attending the panel
46. There was the film’s first trailer premiere
47. The first screening for Glass occured on January 12, 2019, at 25 Alamo Drafthouse Cinema locations
48. In the United States and Canada, Glass is projected to make $50–75 millions
49. It will be palying in 3,700 theaters over its four-day MLK Day opening weekend
50. Internationally the film is expected to gross $45–50 million in its first weekend
51. The global opening of Glass is projected around $105–120 million
52. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 36% based on 168 reviews
53. It’s average rating of 5/10
54. The website’s critical consensus reads, “Glass displays a few glimmers of M. Night Shyamalan at his twisty world-building best, but ultimately disappoints as the conclusion to the writer-director’s long-gestating trilogy”
55. On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 42 out of 100
56. The consesus is based on 46 critics
57. And it’s indicating “mixed or average reviews”
58. It’s running time is 129 minutes
59. It’s budget is $20 million
60. It’s editors are Luke Ciarrocchi and Blu Murray