Walking Dead: The TV Show

[Raph's Girl]

Looks like all the Vamp shows have some competition...

http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...goryid=14&cs=1

AMC is venturing into zombie-drama territory with multi-hyphenate Frank Darabont.

Cabler is close to finalizing one of the richest development deals ever with Darabont to write and direct a series adaptation of the Image Comics graphic novel series "The Walking Dead," penned by Robert Kirkman. Gale Anne Hurd of Valhalla Motion Pictures and David Alpert of Circle of Confusion are also on board to exec produce.

Project is set among a group of zombie survivors of an apocalypse who are led by a police officer, Rick Grimes, in search of a safe place to live. Numerous editions of the "Walking Dead" graphic novels have been published since 2003.

Joel Stillerman, AMC's senior veep of programming, production and original content, said the project appealed to the cabler because of "the quality of the storytelling" in Kirkman's work. The series will stay faithful to the tone of the original novels, he said.

"This is not about zombies popping out of closets," Stillerman said. "This is a story about survival, and the dynamics of what happens when a group is forced to survive under these circumstances. The world (in 'Walking Dead') is portrayed in a smart, sophisticated way."

Stillerman noted that the cabler's annual "Fear Fest" movie showcase around Halloween is one of AMC's most popular programming events of the year.

"We've got an audience that loves this kind of material," he said.

Darabont and Hurd pitched the project to AMC and several other outlets. There is no studio attached yet. The duo's involvement made the project a must-have for the cabler, Stillerman said.

"These are two world-class filmmakers who are also brilliant storytellers with experience in the fantasy genre," he said.

[Brodie]

This is a bad idea. I loved Walking Dead for a long time, but the stories deteriorated really quickly..."Smart, sophisticated"? Not lately.

[The Terror of Death]

I'm not familiar with AMC's TV series, but I'm afraid their going to tone the content down too much. It would be better suited for HBO.

[Peanut]

1) How are they going to pull off the kind of gruesome sh*t that happens in The Walking Dead on anything besides HBO?

2) This - the project appealed to the cabler because of "the quality of the storytelling" in Kirkman's work - is a horrible horrible sign. Not only does Kirkman wear very thin in a short amount of time, but his work on The Walking Dead quickly degenerated into the same conversation present, at least twice, in every issue, followed by a "shock" that comes off as completely disingenuous.

3) Just make a f*cking zombie show not based on a property. It's not like there isn't room for it. Or Left 4 Dead...

[Jester]

I disagree with point 3...AMC ought to do a Marvel Zombies series instead.

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[cqb101]

Originally Posted by The Terror of Death

I'm not familiar with AMC's TV series, but I'm afraid their going to tone the content down too much. It would be better suited for HBO.

AMC's got some very quality TV shows. Breaking Bad and Mad Men have pretty much been sweeping the emmy's recently. They also have the upcoming mini-series The Prisoner, starring Sir Ian McKellan and Jim Caviezel which also looks excellent.

[The Terror of Death]

It seems HBO was going to do at first.

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2009/08/...the-other-bid/

[BigApple3AM]

I've never read the comic but the pilot was awesome, very well done.

[Peanut]

It was pretty great. Quite thankfully, it didn't feel anything like Kirkman's work. Ace.

[Fugitoid Jones]

Yeah, way cool show. I was surprised that they were able to get away with the amount of gore they did. Then again, I don't watch any crime or hospital dramas, so I don't know how much gore they get away with on a regular basis.

[愛]

I watched it the other night, and it was quite good. I never read any of the comics, so maybe I just didn't have anything to base it on. But yeah, this is definitely on my list of things to record every week.

[Kunoichi_Haruko]

So glad to hear you guys enjoyed it. Guess what? My sister was a zombie in this flick. She is the "wife zombie" that guy Rick Grimes meets after getting out of the hospital.

[PAAATE]

I totally loved it. Hope there's no decline in quality soon

[Katie]

Originally Posted by Kunoichi_Haruko

So glad to hear you guys enjoyed it. Guess what? My sister was a zombie in this flick. She is the "wife zombie" that guy Rick Grimes meets after getting out of the hospital.

Your sister was the wife???? That's awesome! That little drama where he was thinking shoot or not........I was crying with him.


And peeking through the eye hole......creeeepy

[Spitfire]

I love Breaking Bad so I went in with high expectations. Met and exceeded. Pretty high production value for a TV series. The zombie make up is some of the best I've seen. I also loved the minimalistic score and awesome sound design.

Looking forward to seeing more.