Stay with Me, the new film from M. Night Shyamalan, brings together Jake Gyllenhaal and Phoebe Dynevor in a tale where romance twists into a chilling mystery. This fantasy thriller hits cinemas in France on February 3, 2027.
Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Tate Gordon, a solitary, introverted architect who moves to a small coastal town to push through a new project. His encounter with a captivating young woman, played by Phoebe Dynevor, compels him to come out of his shell, but also drags him into a dark secret that haunts the town.
Stay with Me rests on an unusual collaboration between Shyamalan and writer Nicholas Sparks, the author of romance titles like Remember Me. The two creators sketched out the original tale together, then developed it separately—Shyamalan as a screenplay, Sparks as a novel. The film is therefore not a straightforward adaptation of the book, but another take on the same story.
This pairing blends the grief-stricken, love-through-loss stories typical of Nicholas Sparks with Shyamalan's appetite for the supernatural and for deceptive appearances. After Trap, the filmmaker shifts away from the claustrophobic setting toward a more romantic storyline, without relinquishing the sense of menace that underpins his thrillers.
The cast also includes Ashley Walters, Julie Hagerty, and Jay O. Sanders. Shyamalan directs and writes the screenplay, while James Newton Howard—his longtime collaborator—composes the film's score.
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