Is M. Night Shyamalan about to uptick?

M. Night Shyamalan has, as I’ve previously written, been on a steady decline since The Sixth Sense, falling from a well-deserved IMDB rating of 8.2 to

, most recently, a dreadful one of 4.5.

But I see that he is working on a new movie, After Earth. Science fiction fare, but written by Gary Whitta (The Book of Eli) and Stephen Gaghan (Traffic). And starring Will Smith, who seems to have a knack of involving himself in strong movies.

Here’s hoping!