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Lauren Milici

Shawshank Redemption director reveals the wholesome reason why he came out of retirement to work on Stranger Things season 5

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Frank Darabont, director of revered Stephen King adaptations The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile, is coming out of retirement to direct two episodes of Stranger Things season 5 – and it's for an impossibly wholesome reason.

"What really dragged me out of retirement was that my wife and I really love this show," Darabont told The Daily Beast. "Our content now is so filled with horrible people doing horrible things for greedy reasons but Stranger Things has so much heart. That positivity is something I really responded to."

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