I feel most akin as an artist, in my life and my career, to Agatha Christie.

The script was written by Brian Nelson based on an original idea from Shyamalan. Although Hindu he attended the private Roman Catholic grammar school Waldron Mercy Academy followed by the Episcopal Academy a private Episcopal high school located at the time in Merion Pennsylvania. "But I was hesitant because the book has kind of a twist ending.

Manoj Shyamalan (pron. He is also known for filming his movies (and staging his plots) in and around Philadelphia Pennsylvania where he was raised. Night Shyamalan is an Indian-American screenwriter film director and producer known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots including The Sixth Sense (1999) Unbreakable (2000) Signs (2002) The Village (2004) The Happening (2008) and Devil (2010).