Darabont sold his first screenplay titled "Black Cat Run" in 1986, but it was not produced until over a decade later as a television film under the same name. Darabont was approached by Chuck Russell (who was a producer on "Hell Night" and "The Seduction") with an offer to become his writing partner, as he had become interested in Darabont's writing after reading a spec script he had written for the television series "M*A*S*H". The two began working on a script for a remake of the film "The Blob", which they had planned to shop around to studios, until they were both hired to rewrite the script of "" with Russell directing the film. The two were only given two weeks to rewrite the script and managed to do it in ten days. The success of their "A Nightmare on Elm Street" film allowed them to produce the first script they had originally written, "The Blob". Darabont was now a successful writer for hire and went on to write "The Fly II", an early draft of "The Rocketeer", and an unproduced sequel to "Commando".