Syfy has handed a put pilot commitment to Proof, a drama project from filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense) and TV writer-producer Marti Noxon (Buffy The Vampire Slayer). Shyamalan and Noxon will co-write the project, about the son of a billionaire tech genius who, after the tragic accident and sudden death of his parents, offers a large reward for anyone who can find proof of life after death. Shyamalan, Noxon and Ashwin Rajan executive produce for Universal Cable Prods, with Shyamalan intended to direct the potential pilot.
Syfy Teams With M. Night Shyamalan And Marti Noxon For 'Proof' Drama Project
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Sounds interesting, but I am trying to grasp what the week to week elements of a show like this would be.
This is DOA.
Marti is great and so talented. Night is so overrated and a complete a**hole.
I wonder if this hits close to home for M. Night …. trying to resurrect his career after it died years ago…
Wouldn’t proof of an afterlife essentially render capitalism and earthly financial rewards meaningless?
Not if you can take it with you.
Yay, Marti! Boo, M. Night!
Don’t let him write the characters, Marti. And don’t let him cast himself.
After giving us The Happening and The Last Airbender; M. Night has got some nerve showing up in this town again.
Don’t forget Lady in the Water.
Syfy is the place where great genre goes to die. Sounds perfect for Night.
Pointless concept. you know they will never find the proof because then the series would be over. So there’s literally no stakes every episode.
I’d like M. Night to show me proof he’s actually a filmmaker…
Right now he’s just Ryan Leaf.
Could be cool if they open a door to hell. Then you cast a cheerleader, and we got Buffy back.
This sounds like a great concept. I’d love to see a real grounded character drama on SyFy. Looks like they’re stacking up the talent with Night and Bryan Fuller!!
Enough already with the M. Night hate.
He’s one of the few guys out there who is still creating original material. It’s getting out of hand – he’s just a filmmaker.
If you want to watch sequels and reboots, suit yourself.
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“Creating original material”… there are so many filmmakers out there creating original stuff and GOOD original stuff. But M. Night has really hit the bottom especially with LADY IN THE WATER. Seriously, he named a character, Story who was searching for a writer. You call that original?! It’s pretentious and utterly pedestrian. I was an enormous fan of M. Night especially UNBREAKABLE. Wow, was that movie great. He is a really great director, but as a writer, he should just find writers out there with great scripts he can simply direct. The fact that he gets money to make the recent string of awful movies is beyond me. But you cannot say that M. Night “is still creating original material”. He’s flailing in the the deep water and he has to get his ego out of the way. He needs to direct, not write anymore.
As least he can pick a showrunner – Marti Noxon is a pro.
M. Night should have gotten into TV a long time ago. He’s created great characters: David Dunn, Elijah, Cole, Graham, Merrill…
I don’t recognize any of those characters on sight, wildone, but I smell a skunk.