After Earth Trailer – M. Night Shyamalan Isn't Done with His Twists

Ironic.

The trailer for After Earth, courtesy of The Film Stage, keeps its director M. Night Shyamalan out of the credits (A sign the controversial filmmaker is that toxic to audiences). Yet it ends with his trademark twist. The exotic, alien planet Will Smith and son Jaden inhabit is a desolate Earth, and also suggested another twist in the making.

It feels like this is more Jaden's story than movie-star poppa Will. Does Smith eat it not too far into the narrative and it shifts into Jaden's survival? A bold move, if that's what Shyamalan has up his sleeve.