the Watchers is heading to Max the ishana Night Shyamalan directed supernatural horror film is set to drop onto the streaming platform before the end of the month Max will become the exclusive streaming home of the Watchers beginning August 30th 2024 based on the 2021 novel by am Shine the m Night Shyamalan produced movie follows Mina Dakota Fanning a 28-year-old artist who gets stranded in an expansive untouched forest in Western Ireland when Mina finds shelter she unknowingly becomes trapped alongside three strangers who are watched and stalked by mysterious creatures each night you can't see them but they see everything the Watchers also Stars Georgina Campbell Oliver finegan and Owen fuer after being a second unit director on her father's films old 2021 and knock at the cabin 2023 Shyamalan made her feature directorial debut with the Watchers which unfortunately failed to leave a mark on movie goers critics were largely negative towards the movie which boasts a 32% critic score on the review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes The Watchers was also a box office flop grossing a mere $33 million worldwide against its $30 million budget and resulting in a profit loss for Warner Brothers and new line M Night Shyamalan also had a new movie in 2024 in addition to distribut Ting his daughter's directorial debut Warner Brothers also released shyamalan's latest directorial effort trap the movie which fared slightly better at the box office $69 million versus a $30 million budget Stars Josh Hartnett as a father who takes his teen daughter Riley Ariel Donahue to a popular pop stars concert only to discover that it's become a trap set up by the FBI for a sadistic serial killer believed to be at the event trap features the acting debut of shyamalan's eldest daughter selika Shyamalan who portrays the fictional pop star lady Raven Shyamalan who is an R&B singer songwriter additionally wrote 14 songs for the movie Warner Brothers has had a rough summer at the box office despite 2024 starting off strong for Warner Brothers with Dune part two and Godzilla X Kong the new Empire becoming box office hits the studi recent releases haven't been finding an audience furiosa a prequel to The successful Mad Max Fury Road was a financial disappointment while Kevin Cosner's Horizon and America Saga chapter 1 was a major flop leading to new line and WB pulling chapter 2 from their release schedule luckily WB has a couple of hotly anticipated sequels on its fall schedule Beetle Juice Beetlejuice starring Michael Keaton and Jenna Ortega is scheduled to hit theaters on September 6th the legacy sequel is currently tracking for a strong opening weekend of $80 million the following month Joker fadu the sequel to the $1 billion R-rated Joker will hit theaters the DC movie brings back Wen Phoenix as Arthur Flex Joker while adding Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn