First Glass trailer reveals plot details for Unbreakable, Split sequel…

On the purple carpet, Samuel L. Jackson is ecstatic. “It’s about time I got the title role in my own motherf—ing movie,” the Avengers actor told the CinemaCon crowd in Las Vegas, anxious for a first look at his new movie, Glass.

Accompanied by director M. Night Shyamalan, Bruce Willis, James McAvoy, Sarah Paulson, and Anya Taylor-Joy, Jackson helped introduce the first trailer for the highly anticipated sequel to Unbreakable and Split.

It begins with Paulson’s character introducing herself as the red-haired Dr. Ellie Staple, a psychiatrist who specializes in people suffering from delusions of grandeur. Even more specifically, she explains, people who “believe themselves to be superheroes.” The audience she is addressing is none other than Bruce Willis’ David Dunn (from Unbreakable), James McAvoy’s Kevin and his Split-personalities, and Samuel L. Jackson’s Elijah Price (a.k.a. Mr. Glass), sitting across from her in an institution.

Patricia, one of Kevin’s personalities, claps delicately and replies, “good for you.”

The footage shows all three men dealing with their extraordinary abilities that make them outsiders, and Dr. Staple’s pursuit to understand them in that age-old dichotomy of heroes versus villains.

Even more spine-tingling is when Mr. Glass chimes in. Determined to let the world “see that we exist,” he seeks a partnership with The Beast. “That sounds like the bad guys teaming up,” he proclaims.

Taylor-Joy also appears in the footage as Casey Cooke. After surviving the lair of The Beast in Split, she now stands in a comic book shop with friends, backed by neon lights: one reads “heroes” and the other reads “villains.” The trailer ends on Elijah introducing himself to Kevin’s hive mind as “first name, Mister; last name, Glass.”

So What’s the Verdict?

It’s a bit early to say, but it sounds like Glass may be the sequel we’re all hoping it’s going to be.

We see Bruce Willis David Dunn pinning James McAvoy’ Beast against a van. Things get ugly when the two start exchanging blows. It’s not really a boxing match, but it looks really intense.

We haven’t seen David Dunn for years, so it’s possible his powers have increased since Unbreakable.

And we know from Split that The Beast is a very formidable opponent.

Shyamalan called the film “the first truly grounded comic book movie.”

Glass will open in theaters on Jan. 18, 2019.