For his next project, M. Night Shyamalan is peering inside the Magic 8 Ball.

The filmmaker will direct a live-action series based on the fortune-telling Mattel toy, Variety reported Monday . Shyamalan will also serve as co-creator with Brad Falchuk, who is writing the TV show. Falchuk previously created "American Horror Story," "Glee" and "Scream Queens" with Ryan Murphy. MORE: 'Task' Episode 6 recap: Worlds collide and masks come off in Delco crime drama

Shyamalan, who grew up in the Penn Valley section of Lower Merion and now lives with his family on an estate in Willistown, Chester County, teased the series via an Instagram post of the screenplay for the pilot episode. A Magic 8 Ball rests atop it.

"Been working on this for a couple years… Who’s in? #ItIsCertain #Magic8Ball 🎱,"

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