Warner Bros. Drops First Teaser for Shyamalan-Sparks Collaboration 'Remain,' Starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Phoebe Dynevor

Warner Bros. Pictures has released the first teaser trailer for Remain, a film that pairs director M. Night Shyamalan with novelist Nicholas Sparks — a combination few saw coming. The teaser arrived on the studio's YouTube channel on 8 September 2026, confirming a theatrical release set for Valentine's Day 2027 (The Hollywood Reporter).

Jake Gyllenhaal leads the cast as Tate, a reclusive architect who moves to a small coastal town to complete his latest project. Phoebe Dynevor co-stars as a character named Wren. The story is credited as a collaboration between Shyamalan and Sparks, with Shyamalan directing from his own screenplay (The Hollywood Reporter).

The same story was published as a novel by Sparks and Shyamalan in October 2025, giving readers a head start on the plot before the film reaches screens. Shyamalan produces alongside Ashwin Rajan, Marc Bienstock and Theresa Park, with Sparks serving as executive producer.

The pairing has a quiet history behind it. Sparks has said that Shyamalan was once a young, largely unknown screenwriter among the writers approached to revise the script for The Notebook — the 2004 film adaptation of Sparks's best-selling novel. Whether they worked directly together at the time is not specified, but the connection predates Remain by more than two decades (The Hollywood Reporter).

For Shyamalan, Remain continues his run of original, suspense-driven properties released through major studios. For Sparks, it marks a closer involvement in the filmmaking process than his usual executive-producer credits on adaptations of his books. Gyllenhaal, coming off a string of roles spanning prestige drama and action, takes on a character rooted in isolation and creative obsession. Dynevor, widely known for Bridgerton, continues her transition into feature films.

The Valentine's Day corridor is a familiar landing spot for releases that blend romance and tension — a lane that sits comfortably between Shyamalan's audience-building instincts and Sparks's built-in readership. Warner Bros. has claimed 14 February 2027, and the teaser makes the date official on screen (Warner Bros. Pictures YouTube).

With the novel already in readers' hands and the trailer now public, Remain has roughly eighteen months to build anticipation before it opens in theatres.