{"id":72599,"date":"2025-10-13T21:28:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T21:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/72599\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T21:28:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T21:28:06","slug":"magic-8-ball-gets-series-from-m-night-shyamalan-brad-falchuk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/72599\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic 8 Ball gets series from M. Night Shyamalan, Brad Falchuk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is a whole TV series inspired by the Magic 8 Ball coming to our screens? It is decidedly so. Will that TV series be as goofy as its concept? We cannot predict that now. While you may need to concentrate and ask again in a few months, we do have some facts about the forthcoming Mattel series, which the company and the series\u2019 co-creator and director, M. Night Shyamalan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPwPHLXEXnP\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=efb78c92-4b4b-445f-9c77-1bcecf95ba02\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced on Instagram<\/a> today. The post leaves things almost as vague as the show\u2019s vaguely supernatural namesake, but it does reveal that it will be written by American Horror Story\u2018s Brad Falchuk (who is also credited as its co-creator). \u201cBeen working on this for a couple years\u2026 Who\u2019s in?\u201d Shyamalan wrote in his caption. Audiences will have to answer that one for themselves, but what is certain is that Mattel\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/whac-a-mole-movie-mattel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">toy-to-screen pipeline<\/a> isn\u2019t slowing down any time soon.<\/p>\n<p>The show has a pretty highfalutin description. It will aim \u201cto reimagine the classic Magic 8 Ball as the centerpiece of a high-concept, character-driven supernatural drama that blends psychological intensity with cultural intrigue,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/10\/magic-8-ball-series-m-night-shyamalan-brad-falchuk-mattel-1236583470\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deadline reports<\/a>. It worked pretty well for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/ouija-origin-of-evil-is-much-better-than-it-needs-to-b-1798189183\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ouija board<\/a> in the past, so maybe the Magic 8 Ball will also be able to handle the pressure of all that psychological intensity. The answer to that one will be at least partially determined by the 8 Ball\u2019s co-stars, who haven\u2019t been announced as of this writing. If Shyamalan was working on this for years, however, he was most likely tinkering with the script during production for his 2024 film, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/trap-review\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trap<\/a>. Maybe we\u2019ll see some repeat performances from the likes of Josh Hartnett or his daughter Saleka Night Shyamalan. For now, though, the details are hazy. <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"auto cell copy-container noimage\" href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/phoebe-dynevor-m-night-shyamalan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mysterious M. Night Shyamalan-Nicholas Sparks project courts Phoebe Dynevor<\/a><a class=\"auto cell copy-container noimage\" href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/m-night-shyamalan-nicholas-sparks-jake-gyllenhaal-development\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Gyllenhaal, M. Night Shyamalan, and Nicholas Sparks are cinema&#8217;s newest team<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Is a whole TV series inspired by the Magic 8 Ball coming to our screens? 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