"split" was met with critical and financial success and, in february 2017, shyamalan affirmed his next film would be the third work in the trilogy. shyamalan finished the script by april 2017, announcing that it would be called "glass" and have a target release date of january 18, 2019. universal was selected to distribute the film in the united states, while disney distributes the film internationally through its buena vista international label.