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M. Evening Shyamalan is opening up about Lure.

The 53-year-old The Sixth Sense director opened up in regards to the idea behind his upcoming movie out on August 9 starring Josh Hartnett in a latest interview with Empire.

When requested how he pitched the film, he mentioned: “What if The Silence of the Lambs occurred at a Taylor Swift live performance?”

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Lure follows a father (Hartnett) and his teen daughter (Ariel Donoghue), who attend a pop live performance by Girl Raven (Shyamalan’s daughter, Saleka Shyamalan). Nevertheless, they understand they’re truly on the heart of a a lot darker occasion — a police operation to seize a serial killer, by way of THR.

he additionally mentioned the film was partially impressed by the “twisted and humorous” real-life 1985 “Operation Flagship,” a sting operation by U.S. Marshals and the DC Metropolitan Police Division, which led to the arrest of greater than 100 needed fugitives after they arrived to a stadium with free NFL tickets.

“I directed a whole live performance!” he informed Empire. “And it wasn’t only a factor within the background. It’s equally necessary. There isn’t a fake live performance happening. I like the thought of cinema as home windows inside home windows. One of many causes to come back see the film on the movie show is as a result of there’s actually an actual live performance which you can see nowhere besides in that film.”

“I actually do consider within the authentic film,” he added. “I would like the business to maneuver in direction of extra authentic storytelling. I believe audiences would love it. Look, I do know there’s security in IP. However it’s actually necessary that we come to the flicks and see one thing we’ve by no means seen earlier than. I’ll maintain preventing for that.”

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