The Happening is a 2008 American apocalyptic film written, co-produced and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It stars Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel. Production began in August 2007 in Philadelphia. In France and the French-speaking part of Belgium, it was released under the name Phénomènes (Phenomena) on June 11, 2008. In Spain, the film is known as El Incidente (The Incident). In most Latin-American countries, it is known as El Fin de los Tiempos (The End of Times). In Italy, it is known as E venne il giorno (The Day has come), in Hungary the title is Az esemény (The Event). In Bulgaria the title is Явлението (The Event). In Turkey it is Mistik Olay (The Mystic Event). In Russia the film got the title Явление (The Event)
In January 2007 Shyamalan submitted a spec script entitled The Green Effect to various studios, but none expressed enough interest to purchase the script. The director collected ideas and notes from meetings, returning home to Philadelphia to rewrite the script, and 20th Century Fox greenlit the project.[1] Now titled The Happening, the film was produced by Shyamalan and Barry Mendel and was the director's first R-rated project.[2] Shyamalan compared the film to The Birds (1963) and Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956).[3]
Later in March, Wahlberg, with whom Shyamalan had been negotiating at the same time as his deal with Fox, was cast into the lead role of the $57 million project. Shyamalan had previously cast Wahlberg's brother Donnie in The Sixth Sense. The India-based company UTV will co-finance 50 percent of the film's budget and distribute the film in India, with Fox distributing in the rest of the territories. Production began in August in Philadelphia.[4] The release date for The Happening was on June 13, 2008, intentionally set for Friday the 13th to suit the thrille.
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This movie didn't worked so well at cinematic level. The acting is horrible and so is the premise of this movie. I suggest to better watch some other movie rather than wasting time on this one.
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