‘Split’ sequel confirmed by M. Night Shyamalan

Lisa Respers France
By Lisa Respers France, CNN
Updated 2:02 PM EST, Mon February 6, 2017
Many films and TV shows feature characters with dissociative identity disorder. Mental health advocates have criticized many of them for sensationalizing a diagnosis, often in horror movies and thrillers, that affects many people. In "Split," an M. Night Shyamalan film, James McAvoy plays a murderous villain with 24 personalities. Click through our gallery to see more examples of characters with multiple personalities.
Many films and TV shows feature characters with dissociative identity disorder. Mental health advocates have criticized many of them for sensationalizing a diagnosis, often in horror movies and thrillers, that affects many people. In "Split," an M. Night Shyamalan film, James McAvoy plays a murderous villain with 24 personalities. Click through our gallery to see more examples of characters with multiple personalities.
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Brad Pitt, left, is Edward Norton's alternate personality, Tyler Durden, who launches a destructive anarchist organization in "Fight Club."
Brad Pitt, left, is Edward Norton's alternate personality, Tyler Durden, who launches a destructive anarchist organization in "Fight Club."
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Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho." He takes on the alternate personality of his mother after killing her.
Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho." He takes on the alternate personality of his mother after killing her.
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Toni Collette played a suburban mother with multiple personalities in Showtime's "United States of Tara."
Toni Collette played a suburban mother with multiple personalities in Showtime's "United States of Tara."
Showtime
In the 1976 film "Sybil," Sally Field plays the title character, who has 16 personalities.
In the 1976 film "Sybil," Sally Field plays the title character, who has 16 personalities.
Universal
The power of the ring created alter-ego Gollum from hobbit Smeagol, who argue between themselves in "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" and other films in the franchise.
The power of the ring created alter-ego Gollum from hobbit Smeagol, who argue between themselves in "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" and other films in the franchise.
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Jim Carrey, left, and Michael Bowman in "Me, Myself & Irene." Carrey plays a state trooper who develops a second personality, which interferes with his duties.
Jim Carrey, left, and Michael Bowman in "Me, Myself & Irene." Carrey plays a state trooper who develops a second personality, which interferes with his duties.
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Halle Berry plays a dancer whose other personalities include a white Southern racist in "Frankie & Alice."
Halle Berry plays a dancer whose other personalities include a white Southern racist in "Frankie & Alice."
Codeblack Films
John Cusack is one of 10 strangers, all mysteriously with the same birthday, who start being murdered one by one in "Identity."
John Cusack is one of 10 strangers, all mysteriously with the same birthday, who start being murdered one by one in "Identity."
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Jason Flemyng is one of many actors who has played Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, seen here in "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen."
Jason Flemyng is one of many actors who has played Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, seen here in "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen."
Twentieth Century Fox
Liam Neeson voices both Good Cop and Bad Cop, whose head swivels around to reveal two faces, in "The Lego Movie."
Liam Neeson voices both Good Cop and Bad Cop, whose head swivels around to reveal two faces, in "The Lego Movie."
Warner Bros.
"Black Swan" features imagined scenes between Natalie Portman, who plays a ballerina, and a fellow dancer played by Mila Kunis. However, Portman's character also exhibits signs of a psychotic disorder, which is separate from dissociative identity disorder.
"Black Swan" features imagined scenes between Natalie Portman, who plays a ballerina, and a fellow dancer played by Mila Kunis. However, Portman's character also exhibits signs of a psychotic disorder, which is separate from dissociative identity disorder.
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Joanne Woodward plays the title character, and her two other identities, in the 1957 film "The Three Faces of Eve."
Joanne Woodward plays the title character, and her two other identities, in the 1957 film "The Three Faces of Eve."
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In the French thriller "High Tension," Cécile De France plays a woman who seems to be trying to rescue her friend from a cold-blooded killer.
In the French thriller "High Tension," Cécile De France plays a woman who seems to be trying to rescue her friend from a cold-blooded killer.
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Robert De Niro's character discovers that he is the murderous Charlie in "Hide and Seek."
Robert De Niro's character discovers that he is the murderous Charlie in "Hide and Seek."
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TV and movie characters with multiple personalities

Spoiler alert: This story contains details about the ending of “Split.”

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The film has been at the top of the box office for three weeks

Shyamalan says he has plans for a trilogy

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After three weeks of topping the box office, “Split” looks to be getting a sequel.

The horror film, starring James McAvoy as a man with dissociative identity disorder (DID) who abducts three women, has earned almost $100 million in North American theaters since its release.

On Saturday, director M. Night Shyamalan tweeted, “I have an 11 page outline for my next film in my bag. I can’t tell you what it is, but If you’ve seen #Split…”

Those who have seen the new movie discover at the end that its story is actually a continuation of Shyamalan’s 2000 movie “Unbreakable.”

Shyamalan told USA Today that he plans on doing another film after “Split” which would tie the three movies together.

James McAvoy in Split a M. Night Shyamalan film.
James McAvoy in Split a M. Night Shyamalan film.
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What Shyamalan's 'Split' gets wrong about dissociative identity disorder

“I do feel it’s important to keep making these original movies, that’s what I do, but I don’t mind this unusual trilogy existing in the group,” he said.

While moviegoers have flocked to the theaters for “Split,” mental health professionals and those living with the disorder have been less enthused about the movie.

What Shyamalan’s ‘Split’ gets wrong about dissociative identity disorder

“You are going to upset and potentially exacerbate symptoms in thousands of people who are already suffering,” psychiatrist Garrett Marie Deckel, a DID specialist at Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine, told CNN.

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