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Frank Darabont
Frank Árpád Darabont is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. In his early career, he was primarily a screenwriter for such horror films as A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), The Blob (1988), and The Fly II (1989). As a director, he is known for his film adaptations of Stephen King novellas and no…
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Born 28 January 1959 · Q295445
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2025· 4 entries
gizmodo: Frank Darabont Reveals the Real Story Behind Why He Didn’t Take on ‘The Dark Tower’
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IndieWire: To Lure Director Frank Darabont Out of Retirement, Only a Personal Favorite Like ‘Stranger Things’ Would Do
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Yahoo: ‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 Director Frank Darabont Teases David Harbour Scene Where He Wanted To “Crank Up The Heat” And Easter Egg Nod To His Early Career
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2024· 4 entries
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IndieWire: Frank Darabont Was Happily ‘Dragged’ Out of Retirement to Direct Two ‘Stranger Things’ Final Season Episodes: The Series ‘Has So Much Heart’
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GameSpot: Stranger Things Season 5 Brought The Walking Dead’s Frank Darabont Out Of Retirement, Here’s Why
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It was announced that Darabont was set to direct the third and fifth episodes of the fifth and final season of the popular Netflix series Stranger Things, marking his comeback as a director 11 years after Mob City
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2023· 2 entries
Yahoo: Frank Darabont in Talks to Direct Stranger Things Final Season Episodes
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Forbes: Frank Darabont’s ‘The Mist’ Adaptation Wrapping Its Tentacles Around 4K Ultra HD Edition This Fall
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2016· 1 entry
Darabont and his agents from the Creative Artists Agency filed a lawsuit against AMC, seeking more than $280 million in unpaid profits
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2013· 1 entry
Lent his voice to a lengthier version of the World War Z audio book
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2007· 1 entry
Darabont directed an episode of The Shield titled "Chasing Ghosts"
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2005· 2 entries
In a comic book store in Burbank, California
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Cemetery Dance Publications published Darabont's novella Walpuski's Typewriter in a limited edition
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2004· 2 entries
Was hired by Tom Cruise to write Mission: Impossible III, but the script was later rewritten by J
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Darabont wrote the introduction for the Hellboy novel, Hellboy: Odder Jobs by Christopher Golden
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2002· 1 entry
Darabont wrote an early draft of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
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2001· 1 entry
Darabont directed the film The Majestic, starring Jim Carrey, Martin Landau, and Laurie Holden
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1994· 1 entry
And the two were eager to work on a project together
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1986· 1 entry
But it was not produced for more than a decade, as a television film under the same name
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1959· 2 entries
Born 1959-01-28.
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In Montbéliard, France to Hungarian parents who had fled Hungary for France after the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, bringing his five brothers and four sisters, and three cousins
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