Jake Gyllenhaal to Star in New Film from M. Night Shyamalan & Nicholas Sparks

M. Night Shyamalan‘s next film is based on an original story he co-created with global-bestselling novelist Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook, A Walk to Remember).

Deadline reports that Jake Gyllenhaal is set to start in the supernatural romance thriller.

Plot details are being kept under wraps per usual, but Shyamalan and Sparks are independently writing a screenplay and a novel, respectively. Both projects are based on the same concept and set of characters but tailored to their respective mediums.

Shyamalan’s Blinding Edge Pictures will produce the film, which is in discussions with Warner Bros. for a theatrical release.

Shyamalan and Ashwin Rajan will produce for Blinding Edge alongside Sparks’ longtime producing partner Theresa Park and Marc Bienstock. Sparks serves as executive producer.

Shyamalan’s most recent directorial effort, Trap, grossed $71.5 million worldwide last year.

Gyllenhaal will next be seen in sister Maggie Gyllenhaal‘s The Bride!, due out on October 3.