Knock at the Cabin
Knock at the Cabin is an upcoming American apocalyptic horror film written, directed and produced by M. Night Shyamalan for Blinding Edge Pictures. It stars Dave Bautista, Rupert Grint, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Ben Aldridge, and Jonathan Groff. The film is scheduled to be released in the United States on February 3, 2023, by Universal Pictures. Premise. "Knock at the Cabin" is described as a home invasion horror film set during the apocalypse. Production. In September 2019, Universal Pictures announced its plans to distribute two then-untitled independently-financed thriller films written and directed by M. Night  Shyamalan. In July 2021, "Old" was released as the first film in that partnership. In press interviews for "Old", Shyamalan revealed that he was working on adapting a novel he had optioned, and told "Wired" that he was halfway done with the first draft, specifying that he was on page 54 and working on a scene where "something really bad is about to happen." According to Shyamalan, the film's screenplay was the fastest he had ever written in his career. In August, Shyamalan shared a picture of an unlabeled binder containing a script with the caption, "The next one . On third draft. Super tight. Under a 100 pages." In October, the film's title was revealed to be "Knock at the Cabin". In December, Shyamalan's representatives denounced rumors that the film would be shot in one take. In December 2021, Dave Bautista joined the cast. Shyamalan cited Bautista's performance in "Blade Runner 2049" as the main reason he wanted the actor in his film: "There's a type of stillness where you're not doing nothing; you're doing everything and you're still. Your essence of what you're thinking is coming off your body. And  Dave was embodying all of this philosophy in that scene ... I didn't know who he was at that time, and he stuck in my head. So when this script came ... I asked Dave." In early 2022, Rupert Grint, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Ben Aldridge, and Jonathan Groff were added to the cast. Insiders told "Bloody Disgusting" that the film would be similar to the 2018 novel "The Cabin at the End of the World" by Paul G. Tremblay. Principal photography began on April 19, 2022, in Burlington County, New Jersey. Release. "Knock at the Cabin" is scheduled to be theatrically  released by Universal Pictures on February 3, 2023. It was originally going to be released on February 17 before being pushed up.