Duing IGN’s Comic-Con 2018 live show, Glass director M. Night Shyamalan discussed how this Unbreakable sequel came to be and that he’d been planning it for a very long time.
“When I made Unbreakable, I kind of intended to do three movies.” Shyamalan explained. “Just in my head, I was thinking to do that. It was just such a weird reaction to the movie…It wasn’t received well, at the time. I just felt hurt, so I moved on.”
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He further explained how Unbreakable grew a cult following since its release in 2000 and he soon found his way to return to this universe.