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Richard Matheson
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Hes claimed that the film that came closest to capturing the spirit of his novel "I Am Legend" was
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
, even though that film was not an intentional adaptation of his book.
One of
Stephen King
's favorite writers.
According to producer
Roger Corman
, Matheson's scripts were so good that Corman usually used the first draft with a minimum of rewrites.
Father of
Chris Matheson
,
Ali Marie Matheson
and
Richard Christian Matheson
. He adopted his wife's daughter from a previous marriage named Bettina Louise Matheson (b. 1950).
His short story "Steel" was the first inspiration for the screenplay to
Real Steel (2011)
.
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