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Glass Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

You cannot contain what you are.

Amy Renner Amy Renner

Oct. 28, 2019

Glass

Release Date: Friday, January 18, 2019 Nationwide

James McAvoy, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, M. Night Shyamalan, Anya Taylor-Joy, Sarah Paulson, Marc Bienstock, Stephen Schneider, Ashwin Rajan, Spencer Treat Clark, Charlayne Woodard

PG-13 Action N/A

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Plot

What's the story about?

Plot
Bruce Willis returns as David Dunn as does Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price, known also by his pseudonym Mr. Glass. Joining from Split are James McAvoy, reprising his role as Kevin Wendell Crumb and the multiple identities who reside within, and Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke, the only captive to survive an encounter with The Beast. Following the conclusion of Split, Glass finds Dunn pursuing Crumb’s superhuman figure of The Beast in a series of escalating encounters, while the shadowy presence of Price emerges as an orchestrator who holds secrets critical to both men.
Cited as official plot version from universalpictures.com
Action Thriller Sequel Spin-off

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Glass.

Crew Behind the Film

The Glass behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director M. Night Shyamalan last directed Trap and Trap. The film's writer M. Night Shyamalan last wrote Trap and Trap.

Producers
Marc Bienstock
Ashwin Rajan
M. Night Shyamalan

Additional Information

MPA Rating
PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for violence including some bloody images, thematic elements, and language
Runtime
N/A
Tagline
You cannot contain what you are.
Also known as
Untitled Universal Event Film (2019), Unbreakable 2, Split 2

Language
English

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Production Details

What we know about the Glass movie production.

Key Facts

  • M. Night Shyamalan brings together the narratives of two of his standout originals—2000’s Unbreakable and last year’s Split—in one explosive, all-new comic-book thriller: Glass (Universal, 4/3/18).
  • Buena Vista International takes foreign distribution rights to the project (Deadline.com, 10/2/17).
  • Split villain Kevin Wendle Crumb (James McAvoy) was included in the first drafts of Unbreakable, but had to be cut out (Hollywood Reporter, 4/26/17).
  • Bruce Willis (David Dunn) had a cameo in 2017's Split setting-up this sequel (4/26/17).
  • As director/writer M. Night Shyamalan explained in a tweet, "It’s taken 17 years but I can finally answer the #1 question I get, 'Are you making a f#&@ing sequel to Unbreakable or what?' My new film is the sequel to #Unbreakable AND #Split. It was always my dream to have both films collide in this third film (4/26/17)."

Production Updates

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Post-Production

The film was tagged as Post-Production.

Production

The film was tagged as Production. Principal photography on began October 2, 2017 in Philadelphia, PA.

Development

The film was tagged as Development. M. Night Shyamalan is finishing up the script.

Announced

The film was tagged as Announced. Universal Pictures will release an untitled event film on 1/18/19.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

Glass was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, January 18, 2019. There were 12 other movies released on the same date, including Stan & Ollie, The Last Man and Genesis 2.0.



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Mon., Dec. 31, 2018

  • Added a link from facebook.com

  • Set the MPAA rating to PG-13 for violence including some bloody images, thematic elements, and language

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