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AMC Greenlights Pilot For Frank Darabont’s Zombie Series WALKING DEAD!!
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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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Now we just need a Fables series.
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It's a great comic but they should actually be making a movie of Kirkman's Invincible
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Sorry for the anti-zombie brigade these days, as far as I'm concerned more zombies are a good thing. Plus Walking Dead is awesome. I just wished they'd also carry on with Babylon Fields or whatever the he'll that was called. Ray Stevenson in a zombie show fucking ruled. Who was the dink who said "no" to a series???!!! Wanker.
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...and appreciate what a great fucking time in history it is to be a geek. Jesus Henry Christ. The Hulk, Iron Man, Batman, Spider-Man and the X-Men in decent-to-great silver screen outings. Green Lantern, more Spider-Man, Thor, and a ton more on the way. Walking Dead coming to TV, and in the hands of no less than Frank Darabont. 15 years ago, what did we have? Batman and Robin, shitty Captain America, and some cartoons. Seriously, anyone who reads AICN and is in high school right now, you had better fucking appreciate how good you've got it growing up in a time when geek is mainstream.
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...right now, you had better fucking appreciate how good you've got it growing up in a time when geek is mainstream."
Listen, kids, when we were your age, we had walk uphill, in the snow, both ways, just to get to the comic book shop, and that's when all they had were Archie and Mr. T comics! Now pull your pants up! -
Just let us know the premier date, Herc.
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....but AMC ain't all that bad, either!!
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...and even I think this could be extremely interesting.
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It will be interesting how graphic they choose to adapt the material...It's some pretty serious shit...and not just zombies. I'm also curious to see if they get as far as the prison invasion. Well written stuff!
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back in those halcyon days of the 70's, we bought our funny books at the 5 and Dime, true story. Long since lost to time, it's hard to even find a running comic shop in our area anymore, but Walking Dead is worth looking for. Can't wait for the series.
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being a zombie show i'm sure there will be a certain expectation as far as violence and gore goes so how limited is AMC?
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I can't belive it , I just came!!!!...Some actual COOL NEWS on this site!!! I hope it's even more fucking brutal , hideous and unrepentant than the comic , which is AMAZING!!!! (and that it has some twists and turn's different from the comic's ...Just to make it not predictable)This could be like the zombie apocalypse equivalent to somthing like "Oz", with rivers of blood and ripping flesh!! Sooo fucking cool!!!!!!! ( please for the love of god , don't fuck this up !!!!!)
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Maybe use normal words instead of "Variety" words.
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But nothing on the order of mass zombie killings. So there's really no telling how balls-to-the-wall AMC will make this. Even if it isn't outrageously violent, I think it will work well. Just look at "Dexter" on CBS. They edited it, and it still was very good.
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...but I too worry that the gore will be heavilly truncated on AMC. This should have been an HBO series. Then again, this will suffer from the same problem that Lost did...seeing as a seven-year-old boy is a main character, and the series has so far taken place in less than a year, whatever kid they pick will "grow out" of his role but quick (which is why the Lost writers had to write out Waaaaaaaaaalllllttttttt after the first season). Still, Darabont and zombies...pretty awesome combination. I just wonder if they'll have the totally fucked-up scene where (***SPOILERS***) the mother holding the newborn baby gets a shotgun blast in the back. That was one of the most horrific splash panels I've ever seen in a comic.
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Are the channels this show should be on... ugh
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for that shit-pile called 'The Mist'.
Then again... Shawshank and Green Mile were both very good. He needs a good film to rebound; and I hope he shit-cans all of those "great techniques" he learned shooting that episode of "The Shield". His old style of shooting didn't need any help. -
Seriously? Have you even watched TV in the last ten years? Ever heard of a little show goes by the name a' CSI? I don't think getting the gore on the air will be much of a problem on AMC.That being said, since when were the Walking Dead books about the gore anyway?
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Seriously, that sounds like a synopsis just like all the movies, too.
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I'm not that farmiliar with the comic, but the idea of a zombie TV show by Frank Darabontis awesome, as long as they let it be it's own thing. A TV show has it's own special kind of rhythm, and a comic has a different rhythm. They don't need to follow the comic too closely with this. They should adjust the time frames and stories as much as needed to make it work as a TV series.
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I know it won't be and I'm fine with that but holy fuck if I start seeing Black & White promos? I may hump my desk.
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Babylon Fields would have been
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My dick just broke concrete.
I just can't fathom how they are going to pull off some of the more horrifying shit though...the truly unfair and brutal moments are what gives the story all of its impact. -
after they make this, there'll be no point anymore:
here's gambling you never see the same zombie for more than a split second -
That is all. Oh and I love zombie fiction. And Frank Darabont.
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I really wish they'd stray away from the main story and go with completely new characters and make it its own thing.
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If they fuck this up, it will hurt. It will actual cause physical pain because the books are just so damn good.
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Cursing is an important part of the comic imo
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and AMC will censor for broadcast while another network or foreign broadcasters will air the uncensored version. That's the way it was with Breaking Bad.
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But this is green lit, which is basically what the Zombieland T.V series would have been?
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checked out a comic shop recently, and was blown away by the prices. I am 31, so not that old (well thats how I like to think) but these days, very very expensive some of them, even including TPB.
I haven't collected single issues for about 6 years, but do enjoy picking up a few TPBs.
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The Walking Dead isn't funny. At all.
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downloading them, or buying trade paperbacks, or borrowing from friends, or while standing in the store, or borrowed from a library. (Yeah, libraries can stock trade paperbacks now. Sweet. Depends on where you live I suppose, but I never had that option as a kid.)
Few can afford the 4 bucks per issue per month price tag.
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Well, I guess you could at least turn down the colour to replicate the black and white effect.
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Man, I haven't this good of news since Charmed being canceled!
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Only read the first issue of the book on my iPhone but sounds great. AMC is made of win so I am excited!
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Seeing as how the comic is in black and white and it gives it that moody atmosphere plus you can probably get away with more blood and gore in B&W since it shows up as Black.
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Jan 21, 2010 8:18:12 AM CST
Couldn't they just release an uncensored version on DVD/Blu-Ray?
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Show as much as AMC will allow to match our country's insane fear of showing gore and naughty words, then after the season ends, release the full uncensored version on DVD & Blu-Ray. Or is that just too practical?
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is a CW show and somehow they manage to throw in plenty of blood and guts in that series...
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Charlie Brooker's zombie miniseries had its share of flaws but overall it was intense and gory as fuck. The ultimate demise of that slimy producer during the finale nearly made me puke. The wet, shredding flesh sound effects and the sight of his ribcage being yanked off his torso might be the most cringe-worthy thing I've ever seen in a program created for television. WALKING DEAD has got to show the same kind of balls when it comes to the horror element or I'm gonna be plenty disappointed no matter how well the writing or direction is
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Let's see: AMC who produces two of the best shows on TV, Darabont who directed one of my favorite movies of all time and excellent original source material.
Since AMC (and FX, etc.) operate outside of the networks, I guess they can be as explicit with violence/language as they want[?] I mean, they're pay channels so not broadcast OTA - I'm not sure what regulations are in place (I suspect it's just a loose agreement not to show T&A). Whoever mentioned CSI, is right, that's as graphic as stuff shown on HBO/SHO.
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hope its in black and white
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Probably the best piece of zombie fiction I have ever encountered along with the book World War Z. It's simply incredible. I have high hopes for this but wish it was on HBO as well.
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A huge raging boner poking against the front of my boxers.
Can't wait. -
I wonder if they'll change the opening since 28 Days Later already did the "waking up in the hospital" thingy?
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3315295143249630002#
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not everything they touch works out (prisoner/Andromeda Strain).
but when AMC hits, madmen/breaking bad/broken trail, they hit.
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...I didn't expect to like Dead Set. My wife obtained a copy for us just after it aired in Britain, and except for I think Andy Nyman, whose character was just way too broad and comedic I was rather pleasantly surprised. If it's good as that it'll be worth watching.
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I absolutely love anything Charlie Brooker does and Dead Set was badass from top to bottom. I hate, hate, hate reality shows that focus on vapid cunts like Survivor & Big Brother, so I was over the moon to see a zombie story that took place on one of those sets. It was very satisfying to watch the housemates be reduced to simpering cowards before being mauled and consumed by ravenous undead hordes. Kevin Eldon was awesome too
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Wasn't expecting much from it but fuck, what a wonderfully brutal and excellent zombie miniseries. Plus, you know, Big Brother contestants dying horribly. And haven't we all fantasized about that....? Loved it. Plus the main girl in it was fucking hot.
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That chick was crazy hot. I fell in love with her from the moment she showed up. Don't recall her name but wasn't she the main character in that Jamie Hewlett show, PHOO ACTION? If that's her, she wasn't as cute dressed up like a 60s era Punky Brewster but still adorable as hell
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MAKE IT SO
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I wonder what's going to happen when they run out of issues to crib from.
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Blah.
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Fantastic premise and situations. Horrible dialogue.
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"...in a world overrun by zombies, follows a handful of survivors in search of a safe place to live."
I think this is in almost every zombie movie thre is...GAWD cant anyone come up with new ideas anymore? -
Come on. It's an ongoing series about zombies. Not another movie. If done right, it's every fanboy's wet dream.
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I'm an adult with a mid-pay job and I still can't afford to keep up with all of the titles I want to. My library is a joke, too, so no love there. They have ZERO comics/graphic novels. I prefer TPB format because they're easier to keep nice when carrying them around, but with how much they cost it's a hefty investment just to check a particular title out.
Oh, and I have one comic book store in my area. You know what their hours are? Neither does anyone else. It's kind of a community joke that if you ever happen past Unicorn when their "open" sign is out, your next stop should be to a convenience store to buy a lottery ticket :) -
Not that I'm complaining about having Darabont bring his sensibilities to a TV show that depicts a world over run by Zombies, but where's the news about World War Z???
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This news just pisses me off, I already hated most of AMC's original shows to begin with. Wasn't impressed by Mad Men or Breaking Bad. They could've easily signed this to HBO or Showtime at that and hard it done right, it doesn't even phase me anymore that Darabont is attached to this because it's going to be fucked up anyways. I was never happy with the idea of a movie attempt at this, so I was happy when it was shot down. But I no longer have any faith in Hollywood, this shit just crushes me to the core.
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Have faith.
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I am also gay for the comic but you must keep in mind it a different medium. There will be changes. If you say it’s not as good as the book you are a douche that needs to throw out your TV and move in to a library. Nothing as good as the book. You don’t have a budget in the book fool. Get over it. This has a chance to be ground breaking as a form of art unto itself. I hope they do a good job with it.
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Shawshank is a personal favorite that I'll re-watch any time it's on (I gather a lot of people feel that way). Love the Walking Dead comic books (which LATER become TPB). But I don't watch AMC. Don't even know the channel number on my local cable.
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Darabont can. And they could get some name actors in the cast since they won't have multi year commitments. They're always gaining and losing characters. For people who haven't already read the books it will be genuinely shocking when some of those characters leave the show. I'm excited about this one.
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I've accepted that book to film adaptations will be different, I personally am not worried about changes and such, more as I'm worried about what AMC will allow, I mean the stories involve a lot of deep and dark things, lots of rape and killing, honestly, when you think of AMC can you really say, "I could see a Walking Dead series on there"? It's just what they're ALLOWED to bring to the table, i'll try and remain hopeful, hell I liked the Watchmen movie, its just with AMC, limits limits limits.
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