Warner Bros. released the trailer Tuesday for its upcoming film "The Watchers," directed by Ishana Shyamalan, who is following in her father’s footsteps with her horror movie debut and joining several other children of Hollywood creators who’ve found directorial success in the shadow of their famous parents.
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“The Watchers,” starring Dakota Fanning, will be the first film directed by 22-year-old Ishana Shyamalan, whose famous father M. Night Shyamalan is behind horror flicks like "The Sixth Sense," "Signs" and "Unbreakable."
M. Night Shyamalan is a producer on the project, which also stars Georgina Campbell, Oliver Finnegan and Olwen Fouéré as strangers trapped in an Irish forest who are stalked by horrific creatures when night falls.
This isn't the first time M. Night and Ishana Shyamalan have teamed up on a project; the younger wrote 10 and directed six episodes of M. Night's Apple TV+ series "The Servant," and was the second unit director for his movies "Old" and "Knock at the Cabin."
With her upcoming film, Ishana Shyamalan joins a list of other directors who followed their parents to the job, including the bosses behind stand-out films like “The Notebook,” “When Harry Met Sally” and “Up In The Air.”
Francis Ford Coppola and Sofia Coppola attend the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.
Sofia Coppola — A three-time Academy Award nominee and one-time winner, Coppola is the director behind "The Virgin Suicides," "Lost in Translation," and last year’s Elvis biopic "Priscilla," among others, but she’s perhaps best known as the daughter of iconic filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, whose credits include "The Godfather," "Apocalypse Now" and "Bram Stoker's Dracula."
Carl Reiner and Rob Reiner at TCL Chinese Theatre on April 7, 2017 in Hollywood, California.
Rob Reiner — He rose to fame as a star of 1970s sitcom “All In The Family” and the director of now cult-classic films "This Is Spinal Tap," "Stand by Me," "The Princess Bride" and "When Harry Met Sally..." in the 1980s, but Rob Reiner isn’t the first famous director in his family; his father, Carl Reiner, directed “The Jerk,” "The Man with Two Brains” and "Fatal Instinct.”
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Jonás Cuarón—His directing credits include the upcoming "El Muerto" Spider-Man film and the "Zorro" reboot "Z," but Jonás Cuarón is better known for co-writing the Academy Award-winning film "Gravity" with his father Alfonso Cuarón, who also directed "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban."
Ivan and Jason Reitman arrive at the "Up In The Air" Los Angeles Premiere at Mann Village Theatre on ... [+]
Jason Reitman — The four-time Academy Award nominee (twice for best directing) is behind beloved movies like "Thank You for Smoking," "Juno," "Jennifer's Body" and "Up in the Air," but his father Ivan Reitman came before him with titles including "Meatballs," "Ghostbusters" and "Stripes."
Actor John Cassavetes, actress Gena Rowlands and their son, Nick Cassavetes, in 1964.
Nick Cassavetes — John Cassavetes starred in "Rosemary's Baby" and went on to direct films like "Columbo" and "A Woman Under the Influence" in the 1970s before his son, Nick Cassavetes, shot to fame in his own right by directing "The Notebook," "Alpha Dog" and "My Sister's Keeper.”
Lawrence Kasden and Jake Kasden attend on Oct. 10, 2003.
Jake Kasdan—The man behind films like the 2017 "Jumanji" reboot, "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story" and "Bad Teacher" is the son of Lawrence Kasdan, whose credits include "The Big Chill," "Silverado" and Disney's "Light & Magic” docuseries.
Luke Scott—The son of famous director Ridley Scott ("The Martian," "American Gangster," "Black Hawk Down," "Gladiator") has tried his own hand at the job as the second unit director for "The Martian" and the 2018 film "Morgan."
Jason Reitman has followed not just in his father’s directorial footsteps, but in his franchises. Ivan Reitman directed the original "Ghostbusters" and "Ghostbusters II" movies in the 1980s. His son, Jason Reitman, directed "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" in 2021 and teamed up with his father to write "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire," slated for release in March.
"The Watchers" will hit theaters on June 7.