M. Night Shyamalan, the director behind The Sixth Sense, is preparing a new television supernatural drama centered on the Magic 8 Ball, according to media reports.
His collaborators on the project include Mattel Studios and producer-writer Brad Falchuk (American Horror Story). Plot details are being kept tightly under wraps, and no release date has been announced.
The device itself resembles the black eight ball from billiards. After being shaken and a question posed, answer options (predictions) appear on its display. The Magic 8 Ball has made frequent appearances in films and TV shows — for example, The Truman Show, Route 60, Friends, How I Met Your Mother, and others.
Shyamalan’s next feature film, the thriller The Remnant, is slated to reach U.S. cinemas in fall 2026.
