00:00This has some misery vibes.
00:02Was that intentional?
00:03I'm sure that Stephen King has influenced you in a number of ways.
00:07Forever.
00:08Gave me my chance in the business.
00:10Nobody would touch Evil Dead with a 10-foot plague pole.
00:14And then Stephen King happened to be in the theater in Cannes, the market.
00:20He saw it and he gave us a great review in Twilight Zone magazine.
00:25And I was so honored because he was my giantest, largest hero.
00:32Still is.
00:32He's a brilliant writer.
00:34He's a tremendous influence.
00:35But as far as misery is concerned, I love the book.
00:38And Rob Bronner's film is brilliant.
00:40And Kathy Bates is also.
00:41But when I read in Variety, oh, Send Help is going to be like a mix between misery and Castaway,
00:49I thought I'd rather not have those references.
00:52As much as I love both the movies and they're both great classics, I want it to be its own
00:56thing.
00:57So I consciously didn't watch them again, even though I've seen them probably many times.
01:01And I consciously worked with the writers to make decisions to take it in opposite directions from those two projects.
01:08Specifically so it wouldn't have that moniker.
01:11I don't know if we were successful or not, but that was our goal.
01:14I don't know if we were successful or not, but that was our goal.
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