"unbreakable" had been produced for and owned by touchstone pictures, a label of walt disney studios, while "split" was produced through universal pictures. shyamalan obtained permission from disney to reuse the character of dunn. he met with walt disney studios president sean bailey and came to a gentlemen's agreement whereby bailey agreed to allow the use of the character in the film without a fee, and shyamalan promised that disney would be involved in a sequel, if developed.