Directors often return to their favorite authors.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Some directors are able to tap into an author's style perfectly, and they make multiple adaptations of their work over the years. Authors don't always love their movie adaptations, and in some extreme cases they have sought to distance themselves from them. If an author finds a director who they feel they can trust with their work, then they might seek to establish a long-term collaboration.
9 Frank Darabont & Stephen King The Woman in the Room , The Shawshank Redemption , The Green Mile , The Mist Close Stephen King has more movie adaptations than most authors, and they vary greatly in quality. Some of his best results have come from movies directed by Frank Darabont, particularly The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile. Stephen King has been critical of his movie adaptations, but Darabont has never come under fire.
Following the success of Kick-Ass, Matthew Vaughn turned down the opportunity to direct X-Men: Days of Future Past in favor of adapting another of Mark Millar's comic books for the big screen. The decision proved to be an inspired one, as Vaughn's Kingsman franchise continues to grow. Kingsman: The Blue Blood will be the franchise's fourth movie overall, following on from the First World War-set prequel The King's Man.
4 Orson Welles & William Shakespeare Twelfth Night , Macbeth , Othello , Chimes at Midnight , The Merchant of Venice The earliest surviving Orson Welles film is Twelfth Night, made when the director was just 17. This is surprisingly apt in retrospect, because no writer would influence Welles' work as much as William Shakespeare. Welles was a great Shakespearean actor as well as a director.
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