Carpenter Comes Clean
Posted by bob in Films, News on June 16th, 2008
Director John Carpenter told Shocktilyoudrop that he withdrew from directing an episode of NBC’s Fear Itself out of loyalty to longtime friend Mick Garris.
“I read the script and liked it a lot, and the two writers [Drew McWeeny and Scott Swan] are good friends of mine, but [the Fear Itself producers] fired Mick Garris! And he was the only reason I wanted to do the TV show…so f**k ‘em!”
The reality is that Garris stepped down as the showrunner because of the Writer’s Strike, which reported on earlier this year.
