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AMC Greenlights Pilot For
Frank Darabont’s Zombie
Series WALKING DEAD!!

I am – Hercules!!


AMC has greenlit to pilot “The Walking Dead,” writer-director Frank Darabont’s adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s graphic novel series.

The funnybook, set in a world overrun by zombies, follows a handful of survivors in search of a safe place to live.

Darabont's credits as a writer-director include "The Shawshank Redemption," "The Green Mile" and "The Mist."

AMC is the channel behind "Breaking Bad" and multiple outstanding-drama Emmy winner "Mad Men."

Find all of Entertainment Weekly’s story on the matter here.


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Can't wait.
by eggbeater
Jan 20th, 2010
08:06:30 PM
Bad feeling about this one
by tonyd1411
Jan 20th, 2010
08:08:06 PM
bout time
by sy4400
Jan 20th, 2010
08:10:19 PM
Fan-fucking-tastic!!!!! Now this truly is cool news.
by Hint_of_Smegma
Jan 20th, 2010
08:13:05 PM
I think we all need to sit back, take a minute...
by The Garbage Man
Jan 20th, 2010
08:14:09 PM
"Seriously, any who reads AICN and is in high school...
by I87D
Jan 20th, 2010
08:30:39 PM
This I will record
by ATARI
Jan 20th, 2010
08:39:50 PM
Wish it was on HBO
by Fievel
Jan 20th, 2010
09:04:04 PM
I'm not a big fan of Darabont, or Zombies...
by StarWarsRedux
Jan 20th, 2010
09:22:53 PM
NC-17
by vitruvius
Jan 20th, 2010
09:32:38 PM
When I was a kid....
by freerangecelt
Jan 20th, 2010
09:33:15 PM
but how much can AMC show?
by Bouncy X
Jan 20th, 2010
09:39:41 PM
Fuck me ...! Do mine eye's lie????
by blackflowerX
Jan 20th, 2010
09:41:40 PM
There is no God! AMC will fuck this up.
by Barmat
Jan 20th, 2010
09:42:11 PM
"Comic" is shorter than "funnybook"
by Adelai Niska
Jan 20th, 2010
09:42:16 PM
"Breaking Bad" has shown some pretty gratuitous violence ...
by Toe Jam
Jan 20th, 2010
09:47:35 PM
The Walking Dead series is fucking terrific...
by Nasty In The Pasty
Jan 20th, 2010
10:04:29 PM
HBO or Showtime
by cannedpasta
Jan 20th, 2010
11:15:53 PM
Frank Darabont still owes me my two hours back...
by jimmy rabbitte
Jan 20th, 2010
11:26:27 PM
You're concerned about the gore?
by digitalcos
Jan 20th, 2010
11:50:20 PM
how many times is this story going to be told?
by TheSeeker7
Jan 21st, 2010
12:06:35 AM
Hopefully they will let it breath
by KrowNinja
Jan 21st, 2010
12:08:05 AM
Please be in Black & White
by Hafsol
Jan 21st, 2010
01:17:01 AM
Gotta be better than
by NippleEffect
Jan 21st, 2010
01:39:11 AM
As a bonified Kirkman nut(see my username)...
by invincible88
Jan 21st, 2010
01:45:43 AM
this will end zombie fiction
by mynamesdan
Jan 21st, 2010
02:21:26 AM
FUCK. YES.
by SithMenace
Jan 21st, 2010
02:33:40 AM
WILL NEVER BE AS GOOD AS THE BOOKS.
by Redfive!
Jan 21st, 2010
02:43:00 AM
Potentially awesome. Potentially heartbreaking.
by V'Shael
Jan 21st, 2010
04:01:41 AM
What about the language?
by Volllllume3
Jan 21st, 2010
04:10:05 AM
THANK FUCKING GOD
by Gogo Bananas
Jan 21st, 2010
04:17:58 AM
They will probably shoot what they want
by gotilk
Jan 21st, 2010
05:32:25 AM
Y The Last Man Tv Series - hurry up make it happen
by Miyamoto_Musashi
Jan 21st, 2010
05:51:24 AM
So They Wouldn't Commission Zombieland?
by FreeBeer
Jan 21st, 2010
05:56:12 AM
I87D - can high school kids afford comics
by Miyamoto_Musashi
Jan 21st, 2010
05:56:32 AM
Zombieland TV series would have been dark comedy
by V'Shael
Jan 21st, 2010
06:49:50 AM
Many comics are read by
by V'Shael
Jan 21st, 2010
06:52:13 AM
Hafsol
by Shan
Jan 21st, 2010
07:12:04 AM
Fucking AWESOME!
by Judge Briggs
Jan 21st, 2010
07:18:58 AM
COOL!
by Kenny_Fucking_Powers
Jan 21st, 2010
07:36:05 AM
Black and White would be cool
by holidill
Jan 21st, 2010
07:53:44 AM
Couldn't they just release an uncensored version on DVD/Blu-Ray?
by SpyGuy
Jan 21st, 2010
08:18:12 AM
SUPERNATURAL
by Bruce of all Trades
Jan 21st, 2010
08:34:49 AM
Wonder if it'll be as hardcore as DEAD SET
by Darkartist
Jan 21st, 2010
08:50:31 AM
Solid Potential
by D_T
Jan 21st, 2010
09:05:18 AM
cool
by ORIONgods
Jan 21st, 2010
09:09:54 AM
AMAZING GRAPHIC NOVEL
by SpawnofAchilles
Jan 21st, 2010
09:12:40 AM
Oh, Yeah. I got a boner.
by Karl Childers
Jan 21st, 2010
09:23:58 AM
One problem...
by Karl Childers
Jan 21st, 2010
09:27:33 AM
I didn't know this existed...
by Karl Childers
Jan 21st, 2010
09:30:26 AM
amc has about a 50% batting average
by palewook
Jan 21st, 2010
09:58:05 AM
darkartist...
by Red Ned Lynch
Jan 21st, 2010
10:09:40 AM
Red Ned Lynch
by Darkartist
Jan 21st, 2010
10:24:51 AM
Dead Set was indeed a wonderful surprise.
by Hint_of_Smegma
Jan 21st, 2010
10:29:58 AM
HintofSmegma
by Darkartist
Jan 21st, 2010
10:37:19 AM
Black and White with RED GORE
by DangerDave
Jan 21st, 2010
10:46:12 AM
Kirkman has no plan to end the series any time soon
by slone13
Jan 21st, 2010
10:46:19 AM
That Babylon Fields thing sucked...
by ToMonicker
Jan 21st, 2010
11:04:32 AM
This will better than the books.
by Nice Marmot
Jan 21st, 2010
11:13:06 AM
Thats ORIGNAL!
by TheKGB
Jan 21st, 2010
11:26:52 AM
And yet, we're are drooling for this, TheKGB
by Nice Marmot
Jan 21st, 2010
11:35:45 AM
Miyamoto_Musashi
by frozen01
Jan 21st, 2010
12:03:33 PM
Where is World War Z???
by ROGERTHORNHILL
Jan 21st, 2010
12:07:40 PM
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck!
by D.Vader
Jan 21st, 2010
12:10:57 PM
The Walking Dead is very near and dear to me.
by Dr. Samuel Loomis
Jan 21st, 2010
01:28:27 PM
Dr. Sam
by Karl Childers
Jan 21st, 2010
01:54:53 PM
Be cool Nerds
by edwardpenishands
Jan 21st, 2010
04:56:13 PM
Dig Darabont's movies.
by Jaka
Jan 21st, 2010
08:44:38 PM
If Anyone can make this Work
by cymbalta4thedevil
Jan 21st, 2010
10:20:52 PM
Edward
by Dr. Samuel Loomis
Jan 22nd, 2010
12:06:03 AM
hqNkBF
by TmvEqK
Feb 11th, 2010
05:34:21 PM
ribcHc
by TmvEqK
Feb 11th, 2010
05:35:08 PM

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