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Shyamalan in record-breaking pact with Disney

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Manoj Night Shyamalan, director of Sixth Sense, a much acclaimed box office hit in the United States and an Oscar-nominee, has become the highest paid scriptwriter and one of the best paid directors in Hollywood, following a five million dollar pact with Disney Productions, to direct a film based on his new script.

Shyamalan, who earned rave reviews as well as money for Sixth Sense, which also became the 15th highest grosser of all times in the US, received the record-breaking sum from Disney for his new script, Unbreakable, which is again a suspense thriller with supernatural overtones.

Disney will pay Shyamalan another five million dollars to direct the film. Production will commence in April next year with Bruce Willis and Samuel L Jackson in the lead roles.

With this pact, Shyamalan is now the highest paid scriptwriter and one of the best paid directors in the business. The previous record holder for the highest paid script in Hollywood was Shane Black's The Long Kiss Goodnight, for which New Line paid four million dollars.

Shyamalan had received three million dollars for The Sixth Sense, which has, slowly but steadily, become the fifteenth highest domestic grosser of all time in the US.

Much like The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable is a suspense thriller with supernatural overtones.

While the script is a closely-guarded secret, sources say that it revolves around a man (Willis) who learns something extraordinary about himself after a devastating accident. The film will be shot in Philadelphia.

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