Why The First Look at Glass Reveals More than You Think! - Nerdist news with jessica chobot

- This episode of Nerdist News is sponsored by Disney Villainous. Why the first look at Glass reveals more than you think. Thanks to scoop masters over at Entertainment Weekly, we are getting our first official look at M. Night Shyamalan's superhero crossover flick Glass, and while we have seen plenty of behind-the-scenes videos and we also know there was an unreleased trailer shown off at CinemaCon earlier this year, these new images are giving us our first real clues as to where the flick is heading. Interest in the sequel to Unbreakable has been floating around since the film was released in 2000 and, when Split dropped, everyone was shocked to see Bruce Willis' cameo as David Dunn, which confirmed that Split was, in fact, in the same universe as Unbreakable. As a sequel to both Split and Unbreakable, Glass will unite three of the main characters of Shyamalan's superhero universe; Unbreakable's Elijah Price, the super fragile wheelchair-bound mentor, friend, and ultimately archenemy to Bruce Willis's indestructible David Dunn, AKA, the Sentinel, as well as Split's Kevin Crumb, AKA, the Hoard, as played by James McAvoy. So what do these first official images of Glass tell us about the upcoming crossover film? We see Elijah Price decked out in his purple suit, finally realizing his place in the world as a super villain. And check out that monogrammed MG on his shirt; Elijah Price has fully taken on the nickname the mean kids at school called him, Mister Glass. Plus, in the background we've got what looks a lot like the actress from Split, Anya Taylor-Joy, and a SWAT guy on the ground suggesting that this pic is of a big standoff where Mister Glass is causing some trouble for our hero. In the next image, we see James McAvoy's antagonist with that same actress who played Casey Cooke, one of his kidnapping victims in Split. When they last faced off in Split, Kevin Wendell Crumb spared Casey's life because he sensed that her heart was pure and she shouldn't be a sacrifice to the Beast. Clearly the two's relationship has continued to change if she's visiting him in an institution. We also have a shot of Sarah Paulson as the three super's psychiatrist. Colors are very important in Shyamalan's films, with purple, yellow, and green representing Mister Glass, Kevin, and David Dunn, so Paulson's character being dressed all in gray could mean she's the harsh reality that the three patients have to face. But the shot that really gives us the heart of the film is the one of Elijah, Kevin, and David all together in an institution. We previously saw a version of this image in the film's poster and more was revealed about that facility at this year's CinemaCon, where Shyamalan said, "The psychiatrist deals with people "that think they're comic-book characters." He continues, "It's kind of the modern-day equivalent "of 'I think I'm Jesus' or 'I'm an emperor.'" So what exactly does that mean for Glass? Now, this is all speculation but we think comparing the character's in Glass to people who think that they're Jesus could be a Shyamalan-sized red herring. Unlike people suffering from extreme delusions, it's canon in the franchise that Bruce Willis's character David Dunn actually has superhuman strength, invulnerability, and various other legit superpowers, and James McAvoy's Kevin Wendell Crumb has superhuman speed, strength, and the ability to scale walls with his weird reptile hands. So if they are essentially real-life comic-book characters, why is Sarah Paulson trying to convince them otherwise? One potential theory is that they've lost their powers. David Dunn's shackles show that, for him at least, that's probably the case. Being an original IP, there's not a long box worth of world lore that we can draw from about the series, but the franchise does follow a lot of traditional superhero tropes. Much like Marvel's Weapon X program that created Wolverine and Deadpool, they could be locked in a secret government facility attempting to replicate and weaponize their abilities, or they could be in an Unbreakable franchise-equivalent of Deadpool's the Ice Box, which was a facility designed to imprison anyone with superpowers that might be dangerous to the outside world. Regardless, with Entertainment Weekly releasing these official images, this tells us that a trailer probably isn't that far off and with the film set for release in January of 2019, all of our questions will be answered in a few months. But what do you folks think? Do these images make you more excited about Glass? Why do you think they're in that facility? Could there be any more M. Night Easter eggs in Glass? The Last Airbender, After Earth, the Happening, let's discuss. - See ya! - [Jessica] Thank you again to Disney Villainous by Wonder Forge for sponsoring today's episode. This one-of-a-kind board game takes a fresh look at classic Disney tales by having players scheme their way to victory using their villains' unique abilities like setting a trap, delivering a good scare, or vanquishing a hero. Disney Villainous will be available starting August 1st through major retailers like Amazon and Target and be sure to turn in next week to Geek and Sundry's Youtube, where they will be dropping a full play-through and a how-to-play. (upbeat instrumental music)