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The Shawshank Redemption director Frank Darabont has come out of retirement to helm two episodes of the forthcoming fifth season of Stranger Things.

Darabont, 65, is also known for directing other Stephen King adaptations The Green Mile (1999) and The Mist (2007).

His most recent directing credit came eleven years ago in 2013 on drama series Mob City.

Speaking to The Daily Beast, Darabont expressed his love for the hit Netflix sequence and mentioned: “What actually dragged me out of retirement was that my spouse and I actually love this present.

“Our content material now could be so stuffed with horrible folks doing horrible issues for grasping causes however Stranger Issues has a lot coronary heart. That positivity is one thing I actually responded to.”

As as to whether his work on Stranger Issues would open the door to future directorial efforts, Darabond mentioned: “Who is aware of? I haven’t missed the enterprise however I’ve missed being on set with inventive folks… It might be one and finished, however we’ve nonetheless obtained time.”

‘The Shawshank Redemption’ director Frank Darabont

‘The Shawshank Redemption’ director Frank Darabont (Getty)

The fifth and remaining season of Stranger Issues has been eagerly anticipated by followers, a few of whom expressed exasperation that it’ll not arrive on screens till 2025. The fourth season was launched two years in the past.

“Is anybody like devoted to this present anymore its taken too rattling lengthy to return out LOL,” one individual wrote on social media.

“Think about taking 9 years to launch 5 seasons,” one other complained, whereas another person merely requested: “Can this present hurry tf up?”

“Figured this could occur however nonetheless rattling,” one fan wrote.

Some have speculated that the prolonged manufacturing time is a results of the in depth particular results work wanted for the brand new season.

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Millie Bobby Brown in ‘Stranger Issues’ (Netflix)

Stranger Issues stars an ensemble forged together with Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, David Harbour, and Winona Ryder, and focuses on the paranormal occasions surrounding an American city within the Eighties.

Whereas nearly all of stars from earlier seasons of Stranger Issues will probably be returning for the brand new episodes, Eduardo Franco, who appeared in season 4 as Argyle, received’t be one in every of them.

The character, a pizza supply boy, was launched as the most effective pal of Jonathan (Charlie Heaton) following the Byers household’s transfer from Hawkins, Indiana to California.

Regardless of his character changing into a fan favorite throughout Stranger Issues’s fourth season, Franco was absent from the forged picture launched earlier this yr. He confirmed in an interview that he wouldn’t be returning.

A precise launch date for the sequence continues to be but to be introduced.

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