It sounds like a juxtaposition, not a logical collaboration, but Nicholas Sparks and M. Night Shyamalan have become creative partners . Remain is both a book written by Sparks, released October 14, and Shyamalan’s next movie , hitting theaters in October 2026. The project isn’t your typical big-screen adaptation, because Shyamalan and the best-selling author crafted the story together.

In Remain ’s acknowledgements, Sparks writes that working with Shyamalan has been “a highlight of my career” and notes that he’s been a fan of the director’s work for years, praising the way it “[epitomizes] how supernatural stories can thrill us, move us, and inspire us to ponder universal mysteries of the human experience.”

The author notes they discussed Remain ‘s characters and its world-bu

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