The "Sixth Sense" director and the "Notebook" author are collaborating on a story, which Shyamalan will adapt into a film and Sparks will write as a novel.

Trap, Split, and The Sixth Sense director M. Night Shyamalan has set his next project, Deadline reports – and it's something a little different for the filmmaker. Jake Gyllenhaal will star in the movie,

Such is the latest news from the Hollywood trades, which report that M. Night Shyamalan, Nicholas Sparks, and Jake Gyllenhaal are teaming up for a new “romantic thriller.” Per Deadline, Shyamalan and Sparks came up with the original story together,

In an unexpected twist, horror filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan ’s next project will be a collaboration with popular romance novelist Nicholas Sparks. The duo will collaborate on an original supernatural romantic thriller story in their respective mediums: Shyamalan will write a screenplay and Sparks will write a novel based on the same concept,

Oscar-nominee Jake Gyllenhaal has been cast to star in M. Night Shyamalan’s upcoming film, which stems from an unexpected collaboration. According to Deadline, the project is being billed as a “supernatural romantic thriller.