Directing scary stories is one part of storytelling: Shyamalan

Indo-American director M Night Shyamalan, who has been behind supernatural thrillers like 'The Sixth Sense' and 'The Lady in the Water', is hoping that the upcoming sci-fi Hollywood film 'After Earth' will reveal another dimension to his storytelling style.
Shyamalan does not believe that he has been pigeonholed as the horror director but he plans to shake off this perception with his future projects.
"It is both good and bad and it comes with conflicts and benefits. I do like to do scary movies but that's not the whole thing. That's one type of storytelling I like to do.
"As I traverse other genres and other stories, I hope that as time goes by, I will be able to broaden the definition about what to expect from my name," Shyamalan told PTI in an interview over phone from London.

Film's lead actor Will Smith has teamed up with his son Jaden for the second time after their successful last outing together 'The Persuit of Happyness' and Shyamalan found it exciting to explore the dynamics between a father and his son.
The Sony Pictures film releases in India on June 7.

"I want everyone to evoke that movie when they come to see 'After Earth' as it is like the second part. It centres on the dynamics between a father and son. It is about a pre-teen boy and he is becoming a young man," Shyamalan said.
The film revolves around teenager Kitai Raige (Jaden) and his legendary father Cypher (Will) who crash land on Earth, 1000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity to abandon the only home they knew.

With Cypher critically injured, Kitai embarks on a journey to signal for help in a hostile terrain where everything has evolved to kill humans.