Betty Buckley Stars in Shyamalan's 'The Happening' Summer 2008

Broadway legend, Betty Buckley, will star in writer/director M. Night Shyamalan's (The Sixth Sense and Signs) next cinematic-thriller, The Happening, to arrive in theatres on June 13, 2008.

The movie also stars Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel and John Leguizamo.  The story "follows a family (Wahlberg and Deschanel) that goes on the run from an apocalyptic crisis that presents a large-scale threat to humanity."  While production details are still unannounced, some speculate the "threat" may be an "eco-thriller" or "natural crisis."

Visit FirstShowing.net for the teaser poster.

Betty Buckley won a Tony Award for her performance as Grizabella, the Glamour Cat, in Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS. She received her second Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a musical for her performance as Hesione in Triumph of Love, and an Olivier Award nomination for her interpretation of Norma Desmond in the London production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard, which she repeated to more rave reviews on Broadway.

Her other Broadway credits include 1776, Pippin, Song and Dance, The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Carrie. Off-Broadway credits include Lincoln Center's ELEGIES, the original NYSF production of Edwin Drood, The Eros Trilogy and Juno Swans.  Regional credits include Gypsy, Threepenny Opera, Camino Real and Buffalo Gal.  She starred in the London production of Promises Promises.