Split is a 2016 American psychological horror film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. The film stars James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy and Betty Buckley and follows a man with 23 different personalities who kidnaps three girls. It is a thematic sequel to Shyamalan’s Unbreakable (2000). Principal photography began on November 11, 2015, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ..