M Night Shyamalan PHILADELPHIA, PA – OCTOBER 26: Film director M. Night Shyamalan and Connor Barwin #98 of the Philadelphia Eagles talk to each other prior to the game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Philadelphia 76ers at Wells Fargo Center on October 26, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. The Thunder defeated the 76ers 103-97. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

Netflix is getting ready to put together a second season of Stranger Things, its 1980s-based sci-fi smash hit from 2016, and M Night Shyamalan wants to get in the director’s chair for an episode if he can.

Of course, Shyamalan has an in with the show’s creators, Matt and Ross Duffer, so he just might have a chance to do so.

“My boys who do Stranger Things, they did Wayward Pines for me,” Shyamalan said in an interview with Digital Spy. “They were round my house and I was like, ‘Well, you can hire me back guys!'”

Shyamalan is the executive director of Wayward Pines, which has been on the air for two seasons. He also directed one episode. The Duffers were credited with writing on four episodes of the show in 2015. Having the Duffers return the favor to Shyamalan may or may not happen, but it is an interesting possibility for the hit Netflix show. If there needs to be a good twist, you know Shyamalan will want to get the opportunity to reveal it, although writing and directing are two different roles.

Given Shyamalan’s track record, which has itself yielded mixed reviews at times, the feedback is apparently a tad polarizing. There are those who applaud it…

And those who give it a thumbs down…

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