How Has 'The Shawshank Redemption' Held Its IMDb Crown For So Long?
How has The Shawshank Redemption IMDb rating withstood all newcomers to remain the internet movie database's top rated movie of all time?
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Frank Darabont's 'The Walking Dead' Lawsuit Is Going To Trial, But Could Still Take Years To Get There
Frank Darabont filed a Walking Dead lawsuit five years ago and it may end up going before a jury. But it could still take years before that happens.
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'The Walking Dead' Hit With Another Lawsuit As Producers Claim AMC Profit Scam
The Walking Dead producers have sued AMC over allegations of fraudulent business practices, following Frank Darabont's separate lawsuit over profits.
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'The Mist' Trailer: Stephen King's Novella Becomes A SpikeTV Series
Nearly a decade after Frank Darabont's terrific adaptation of The Mist came out, Stephen King's novella is being adapted by Spike. Watch The Mist trailer.
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'The Walking Dead' Lawsuit: Frank Darabont Seeking $280 Million From AMC
The Walking Dead lawsuit shuffles forward. Former showrunner Frank Darabont, who left the show in season 2, is seeking $280 million in damages from AMC.
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Real Life 'Shawshank Redemption' Prisoner Caught After 56 Years
A real life Shawshank Redemption prisoner caught after 56 years has some strange ties and similarities to the Frank Darabont drama from 1994.
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Frank Darabont Leaves 'Snow White And The Huntsman' Prequel; Emily Blunt In Talks
We hope you weren't too excited about the idea of Frank Darabont directing the Snow White and the Huntsman prequel, because that is no longer happening. The movie is happening, just not with Darabont as part of the package. The director dropped out of the endeavor this week. So now there's The Huntsman, as the…
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Frank Darabont To Write/Direct Snow White Prequel 'The Huntsman', Release Date And Cast Revealed
Universal is in talks with Shawshank Redemption helmer Frank Darabont to become the Snow White and the Huntsman 2 director aiming for 2016 release.
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Frank Darabont Among Those On 'Snow White And The Huntsman' Sequel Director Short List
Shawkshank Redemption director Frank Darabont is among the directors being considered to direct Snow White and the Huntsman 2. Read the full story here.
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UPDATE: Indiana Jones Not Being Rebooted
Bradley Cooper as Indiana Jones? It could happen. A new rumor says Disney is considering turning Jones into James Bond, recasting for years to come.
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TNT Leaves 'Mob City' To Sleep With The Fishes
Mob City, the Frank Darabont-directed mini-series based on John Buntin's book L.A. Noir, was not a tremendous hit when it aired on TNT last fall. There were high hopes for the show, but it left critics and audiences only marginally impressed, and notched middling ratings despite an expensive ad campaign. The six episodes that were…
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Weinsteins Working On 'Sin City' And 'The Mist' TV Shows
The new film Sin City: A Dame to Die For won't be the only project to transfer Frank Miller's stark noir tales from the comic page to the screen. In fact, that film may be swiftly followed by a new Sin City TV show. Harvey Weinstein, like many other producers, has started to see TV…
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Frank Darabont Still Mad At "Sociopaths" Who Fired Him From 'The Walking Dead'
Four seasons in, AMC's The Walking Dead is currently on its third showrunner. But its original showrunner still hasn't quite forgiven the network for ousting him in the first place. While doing press rounds for his new TNT series Mob City, Frank Darabont has admitted that he no longer watches the megahit series he helped create,…
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See Drew Struzan's Poster For Frank Darabont's 'Mob City'
Frank Darabont and poster artist Drew Struzan go back quite a ways, with the artist having done art for films such as The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile, and even the in-film art for The Mist, among other collaborations. Now Struzan has created a poster for Mob City, the new TNT show from Darabont…
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'Mob City' TV Trailer: From Former 'Walking Dead' Showrunner Frank Darabont
After his unceremonious exit from The Walking Dead, Frank Darabont returns to television this year with a whole new project that has nothing to do with the undead -- but plenty, still, to do with monsters. The six-episode TNT series Mob City (formerly titled L.A. Noir and then Lost Angels) chronicles the war between gangsters and cops in…
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2013 Hero Complex Film Festival Features Guillermo Del Toro, John Carpenter, Roland Emmerich And More
Los Angeles film fans, April and May is a great time to live in the City of Angels. One of the many reasons is the return of the Hero Complex Film Festival, which takes place from May 10-12 at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood. In previous years, stars such as Malcolm McDowell, Warren Beatty, Christopher…
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David Strathairn Joins Gareth Edwards' 'Godzilla'
Humans in a Godzilla movie are basically ants in a forest, but Gareth Edwards continues to cast the best ants possible. First was Aaron Taylor-Johnson, next were Elizabeth Olsen and Bryan Cranston and now he's added Oscar-nominee David Strathairn to the mix. Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures are keeping all the details of the 2014 film under…
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Bryan Cranston And Elizabeth Olsen Enter Talks For 'Godzilla'
Gareth Edwards' Godzilla remake will be sending some of Hollywood's best and brightest to get (potentially) crushed to death by a monster. Elizabeth Olsen and Bryan Cranston are looking to join Aaron Taylor-Johnson in the sci-fi tentpole for Warner Bros. and Legendary. There is one little detail standing in the way right now, however --…
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Frank Darabont's 'L.A. Noir' Renamed 'Lost Angels;' Simon Pegg Plays Small Role
Frank Darabont is trying again with a television series in the wake of his departure from The Walking Dead, and he's brought John Bernthal along with him. His new effort was called L.A. Noir, but will now hit televisions as Lost Angels. As you might have surmised, the reason for the title change is Rockstar's…
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Remake Bits: 'Robocop', 'Godzilla', 'Evil Dead', 'The Town That Dreaded Sundown'
An especially heart-pounding edition of Remake Bits features updates on Evil Dead, Godzilla, Robocop, and more. After the jump: Frank Darabont talks about the Godzilla reboot Jason Blum is remaking The Town That Dreaded Sundown Listen to ten minutes of the Evil Dead score New pics show the Robocop prototype While we don't have too…
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'Godzilla' Update: Frank Darabont To Rewrite, Two Producers Gone, Production Starts In March [ADDED: Short List Featuring Joseph Gordon-Levitt And Henry Cavill, Filming Locations]
Like a monster through a city, major shifts are happening in the world of Godzilla. The film, which premiered concept footage at Comic-Con in July and will be directed by Gareth Edwards (Monsters), is already set with a May 16, 2014 release date. Now, two of the film's major producers -- Dan Lin and Roy Lee…
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TV Bits: Frank Darabont's 'L.A. Noir' Gets Picked Up, Plus 'Frankenstein,' 'Sons Of Anarchy,' 'Twilight' & 'American Horror Story'
Above is you first look at Frank Darabont's new show L.A Noir, which was just picked up by TNT for six episodes. After the jump, read much more about the show as well as the following: TNT is developing a new Frankenstein series based on the Dean Koontz novels. Donal Logue will guest star on…
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TV Bits: 'The Transporter', 'Dexter', 'The Walking Dead', 'The Mindy Project', 'Ben And Kate', Peter Berg
Happy Monday, everyone. After the jump: Fox will host screenings and Q&As of their new shows Peter Berg and NBC will explore supervillain underlings Dexter sheds a bit of blood in a new poster for Season 7 Walking Dead deleted scene shows what might've been Take a peek at Cinemax's new Transporter TV series In…
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TV Bits: 'Eastbound & Down' Season 4 Details, Plus: Jerry Seinfeld, 'L.A. Noir', 'Fraggle Rock' Spin-Off
Thanks to Independence Day, it's been a fairly slow week for film news -- but it looks like the TV folks have been keeping themselves plenty busy over the past few days. After the jump: Danny McBride talks the surprise fourth season of Eastbound & Down A Fraggle Rock spin-off, The Doozers, will shoot in Canada this…
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TV Bits: Frank Darabont's 'L.A. Noir' Adds Two More 'Walking Dead' Alums, Plus: 'Community', 'Boardwalk Empire', 'Luck'
If you were one of the diehard fans who stuck with Community through its three-month hiatus, you're about to be rewarded with not one, not two, but three new episodes in one day. Also after the jump: More Walking Dead alums follow Frank Darabont to L.A. Noir Boardwalk Empire will jump forward in time for Season…
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TV Bits: Frank Darabont's 'L.A. Noir' Gets Guest Star Simon Pegg, Plus: 'The Killing', 'Mad Men', 'Community', 'Doctor Who', 'Game Of Thrones', And More
We've got a ton of small screen-centric odds and ends today, and there's good news for just about everyone. Unless, that is, you're Mike Tyson, Spike Lee, John Boyega, or Lord Eddard Stark. After the jump: Simon Pegg enters talks for Frank Darabont's L.A. Noir The Killing Season 2 drops a new promo Mad Men…
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Dennis Quaid And Michael Chiklis In Talks For Nicholas Pileggi's 'Ralph Lamb', Milo Ventimiglia Joins Frank Darabont's 'L.A. Noir'
With Goodfellas and Casino scribe Nicholas Pileggi writing and James Mangold (Walk the Line, 3:10 to Yuma) set to direct the pilot, it's probably not surprising that CBS' 1960s Las Vegas-set Ralph Lamb is attracting some serious acting talent as well. Dennis Quaid is now in talks for the title role, a real-life rodeo cowboy who went…
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