Frank darabont why was he fired

Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day. January 6, am. Logo text. Related Stories. All Rights reserved. Essentially, Darabont is alleging that AMC engaged in creative accounting that made the show seem less valuable than it actually is to cut him out of profits he's contractually owed. According to Darabont, AMC Networks was licensing the show from AMC Studios at a rate far below its fair market value, and that licensing fee is a large part of how Darabont's compensation is calculated.

The license fee formula has since been revised to bring it closer to market value, but Darabont still wants what he feels he's owed for the early seasons. The full report is chock-full of fascinating behind-the-scenes dealings and financial information about the biggest show on cable, and is recommended reading for anyone curious about how Hollywood works. But it also just makes you hope you never, ever get on Frank Darabont's bad side.

According to an insider, many members of the cast and crew feel the same way. His other best credit, The Shawshank Redemption , dates to Despite his public complaints about the grueling hours on the show, Darabont was hardly walking away from Walking Dead.

Which just strikes me as odd. If you have an asset, why would you punish it? Not only would the show get a lower budget, but AMC also decided that Walking Dead would no longer reap the benefit of a 30 percent tax credit per episode that came with filming in Georgia. Now the network was going to hold on to that money. But when Walking Dead began to break AMC records, those involved figured that a negotiation would take place and the cuts might be reduced.

But this source says that AMC had its own ideas about how to make the show more cheaply. The show shoots for eight days per episode, and the network suggested that half should be indoors. The show went into production on its second season in June. Sources say an early episode came in with footage that was not usable. The director had shot a successful first-season episode and was a mutually agreeed-upon choice. Or I will start killing people and throwing bodies out the door.

She may be in real danger. It's that bad. Both sides were disappointed, and when AMC's lawyer suggested that Darabont had lost his job thanks in part to the aforementioned emails, Judge Bransten waved her hand and said, "That's the artiste," according to Variety.

The legend of the cranky, difficult genius lives on. A trial is expected sometime in , though Judge Bransten didn't set a future court date at the September hearing. Skip to main content Entertainment. When you don't pay attention to the beats in Frank Darabont's script.