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M. Night Shyamalan Pitched Trap As ‘Silence Of The Lambs At A Taylor Swift Concert’

The director tells us about his latest twist-filled thriller. Read more at Empire.

As Shyamalan tells Empire in the new The Rings Of Power Season 2 issue, Trap was inspired in part by the real ‘Operation Flagship’ – a 1985 plot in which several fugitives were offered free NFL tickets, and the chance to win an all-expenses-paid Super Bowl trip. For Shyamalan, Trap represents another example of making unique, unexpected and original films – continuing to self-fund his own work, allowing him take all kinds of narrative risks in the process. Read Empire ’s full Trap feature – speaking to M Night Shyamalan and Josh Hartnett about their all-singing, all-dancing, serial-killer thriller – in The Rings Of Power Season 2 issue, on sale Thursday 4 July.

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