Frank Darabont’s acclaimed Stephen King adaptation The Shawkshank Redemption celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, and during an interview with Indiewire to mark the occasion, the filmmaker has suggested that the movie – widely considered as one of the greatest of all time – wouldn’t be able to get made in today’s Hollywood given that […]
The Walking Dead $300 million lawsuit gets a court date for 2020
Frank Darabont’s lawsuit against The Walking Dead is going to trial and has received a 2020 court date. While The Walking Dead continues to plug along and shake things up on screen, behind the scenes things are getting pretty interesting. The long-running lawsuit from former showrunner and creator of the show Frank Darabont against The Walking […]
The Shawshank Redemption with film critic Kelechi Ehenulo – The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #22
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, film critic Kelechi Ehenulo chooses classic Stephen King adaptation The Shawshank Redemption… On the latest episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, film critic Kelechi Ehenulo comes on to discuss her newest […]
October Horrors 2017 Day 26 – The Mist (2007)
The Mist, 2007. Directed by Frank Darabont Starring Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Andre Braugher, Toby Jones, William Sadler, and Jeffrey DeMunn. SYNOPSIS: Following a vicious storm, a small town is enveloped in a mysterious mist leaving a band of survivors to seek refuge in a supermarket. Trapped in the market by monstrous […]
Blu-ray Review – The Frank Darabont Collection
Zachary Leeman reviews The Frank Darabont Collection… Frank Darabont is a name not spoken nearly enough among film lovers. He can often go unappreciated despite being the man that directed IMDB’s top rated film and having originally developed one of television’s smash hits, The Walking Dead. Despite being an artist of undeniable talent, there’s always […]
The Huntsman gets new director
Visual effects supremo Cedric Nicolas-Troyan is in early talks to take over from Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption) to direct the upcoming prequel to Snow White and the Huntsman. Darabont left the project last week due to creative differences. The film is set before the events of the hit 2012 movie and shows how Chris […]
Frank Darabont leaves The Huntsman, Emily Blunt to play the villain
Deadline is reporting that Frank Darabont will no longer direct The Huntsman for Universal. Darabont had been attached to the project for the last few months but has now left due to ‘creative differences’. This would have been Frank Darabont’s first film since The Mist in 2007. Over the last few years Darabont had worked […]