All good relationships are bound to end at some point or another and the one that binds a star with a certain talent agency is prone to the same fate. After Jim Carrey walked out on the United Talent Agency, the one that brought him the 'Mask' part and all the other roles that turned him into the biggest paid comedian of the day for 15 years, M. Night Shyamalan also decided that it's time to call it quits.
The famous director and writer had been with the UTA for almost ten years, having signed with them right before breaking into the industry with the box-office hit 'The Sixth Sense'. This 1999 movie pushed Shyamalan's name right on the list of A-class celebrities, grossing $293.5 million and earning him Oscar nominations for 'Best Director' and 'Original Screenplay' categories.
After 'The Sixth Sense', the director continued his successful streak with 'Unbreakable', receiving an estimated $5 million only for its script. It all ended this summer, with 'Lady in the Water', a movie based on a fairy tale that flopped so big at the box office that people already started talking about the end of his career.
'Lady' only made about $42.2 million, thus becoming the inspiration for Michael Bamberger, who wrote the book 'The Man Who Heard Voices: Or, How Mr. Night Shyalaman Risked His Career on a Fairy Tale'. It all added up and the director must have blamed UTA for the failure... or the other way around.
'Variety' informs that Shyalaman left UTA and went for the leader agency in showbiz, Creative Artists Agency. Now, the world is waiting to see which would be his next move? Another fairy tale/huge flop or a big hit like 'Signs' or 'The Village'? Stay tuned.
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