THE CREATOR OF SIXTH SENSE, SIGNS, LADY IN THE WATER, AND MORE, LEAVING PENNSYLVANIA DUE TO STATE BUDGET PROBLEMS!

M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN WORRIED THAT FUNDING WON'T COME FOR HIS FILM -- TAKING MOVIE PRODUCTION TO CANADA!

Weeks of aggravated budget debates in Harrisburg Pennsylvania have led to only endless negotiations.. The budget impasse has already affected state workers' paychecks, and now is trickling to school districts and state-aided daycares and homeless shelters. And M. Night Shyamalan!

The famed movie maker known for filming his projects near or in Philadelphia is making headlines today with his decision to take the filming of DEVIL to Ontario..

The state budget limbo has entered its 56th day on August 25 -- and the uncertainly of whether tax credits could be used to help film DEVIL caused Shyamalan to withdraw production from Pennsylvania at the last minute..

Greater Philadelphia Film office director Sharon Pinkenson said that it's not just Shyamalan's film, but other new ventures that the film office is having trouble getting to produce in PA..

An independent analysis has reported that the film industry in Pennsylvania has helped create 4,000 jobs..

And now DEVIL moves from the Keystone State (and the United States) to the hills of Toronto.. the cold lands of Canada..

Shyamalan lives near the Philadelphia suburb of Malvern and has filmed eight of his nine movies in the region..

The loyalty Shyamalan felt for the city of Brotherly Love shattered and tattered by a political city that has yet to pass a budget deadlined July 31..

Recently Shyamalan wrapped up the LAST AIRBENDER .. AIRBENDER was filmed in Pennsylvania..

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HORROR REPORT SUNDAY 6:34 PM 8/23/2009