Darabont Dishes on His Misty Plans
13th Nov 2006, 19:17 GMT
Filed under: Horror, Scripts & Screenwriting, DIY/Filmmaking After years in the "talking" stages, Frank Darabont is finally about to step up and direct a big-screen version of Stephen King's novella The Mist, which is a pretty kick-ass story, if you ask me. Our own Matt Bradshaw reported on the deal a few weeks back, but I just recently came across a rather excellent video interview with Mr. Darabont over at IGN Movies. And I thought it was worthy of sharing. That's how much I care. During the chat, Franky D (who also adapted King's Shawshank Redemption and Green Mile for the silver screen, in addition to a 1983 short based on The Woman in the Room ) discusses why he's keen to do lean 'n' mean monster movies, the inspirations he earned from Danny Boyle, and the various differences between doing "genre" and straight-ish dramatic pieces. For those who question Frank Darabont's genre skills, let's not forget that he wrote the only really good Freddy sequel ( Dream Warriors ), an extra-nasty remake sequel ( The Fly 2 ), and a goo-monster remake that's seriously underrated ( The Blob ). He also wrote Kenneth Branagh's Frankenstein re-do, which is a horror in multiple senses of the word. And I don't think it's been "officially" announced yet, but generally-accepted buzz indicates that Thomas Jane will be tapped to play the lead in The Mist. Cool. Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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