But politics aside, on a character level, the idea of, ‘What are Andrew and Wen going to do now?'” Tremblay told The Los Angeles Times. “I think the movie’s ending is way darker than my book. Tremblay reacted to the film’s major change to the book’s ending, calling the twist “way darker” than his original plot. Night Shyamalan’s Next Movie ‘Trap’ Lands at Warner Bros. But Eric and Andrew decide not to die and to face whatever is coming together, and so the world presumably isn’t spared of the apocalypse. However, Wen’s death doesn’t count since it was not a sacrifice. In the novel, which ends more ambiguously, Wen is accidentally killed when Andrew and Leonard fight over a gun. In Shyamalan’s film, Andrew decides to murder his husband Eric, with Eric’s consent, and the apocalypse is stopped, with Andrew and Wen surviving.

Shymalan’s latest film “Knock at the Cabin,” which has gained controversy and acclaim for its mainstream portrayal of a queer couple, was based on Paul Tremblay’s novel, “The Cabin at the End of the World.” The film centers on fathers Andrew (Ben Aldridge) and Eric (Jonathan Groff) and their daughter Wen (Kristen Cui) who are told by intruders, led by Leonard (Dave Bautista), that they must kill one of their family members to survive the apocalypse.ĭirector Shyamalan co-wrote the screenplay with Steve Desmond and Michael Sherman.

Night Shyamalan’s latest twist is specifically for readers of the novel “The Cabin at the End of the World.”

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