Having stirred the box-offices all over the the world with last year's The Sixth Sense, M. Night Shyamalan's latest flick Unbreakabale has had similar impact this year.

But what's next for the director? With two highly successful suspenseful thrillers made, it would seem that Shyamalan has exorcised his demons. His next project will mark a return from the dark side, and be involved in perhaps something lighter.

"Each film has been personal for me," Shyamalan told Empire Online in a recent interview, "The Sixth Sense was about finding my way and understanding the balance between work and family, Am I good at my work and am I a good parent? That’s what I was dealing with at the time. Unbreakable was really about destiny, me trying to find out what my purpose is and what I’m supposed to do. I don’t feel that kind of need now, I feel like having some fun, staying in the suspenseful, supernatural place but having a lot more fun with it this next time. I just want to enjoy the ideas and the flow. I feel that the chip on my shoulder is gone and I just want to have some fun so you’ll find the next film will be lighter."

There were also some rumors about making sequels for The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, but now it has been confirmed by Shyamalan that it's definitely not happening in the immediate future. At the moment, Shyamalan is working on his next "lighter" project, but he has not given any plot details so far. "I just started writing it about a week ago, I’ve been travelling promoting the film and writing in hotel rooms, I’m really enjoying this story," said Shyamalan.

One project that he confirmed, however reluctantly, was his ongoing negotiations with Steven Spielberg over Indiana Jones IV, "They were asking me to write it and I’ve been talking to them about it. We’re just in the very early stages of it and I don’t know what will happen to it at the end of the day. There’s a lot of people who have to come together to make it happen and its complicated. But, it’s very exciting and I’m very honoured to be in that group of people and to even be thinking about that."

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