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Coming Attractions Has Read Frank Darabont’s Teleplay For AMC’s WALKING DEAD Zombie Pilot & Says It's Good & Gory!!

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AMC last week 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."

Patrick Sauriol at Coming Attractions has read the pilot script and says it may be as good as we were all hoping. Excerpt:

So, here is the big question: does Darabont's Walking Dead pilot have the necessary ingredients to be not just a decent horror TV series but a good drama?

The answer: Yes, it does.

Contained in Darabont's 60-page pilot script are all the elements to make the show a success. There's plenty of horror that happens in those 60 pages. The director's script covers the broad range of the zombie horror emotional spectrum, such as giving us moments of extreme gore (hey, any zombie TV show wouldn't be a zombie show if it didn't have folks being munched on!), moments of shock value (hey, you didn't think that there was a zombie hiding behind that car, did you?) and the moments that I believe are the best indicator that The Walking Dead TV series has what it takes to transcend the boundaries of being simply labelled a horror show, the psychological horror scenes. Those scenes are the hammers that you're going to remember and the ones that are going to propel this show to be viewed as something more important than just a scary show.

Another:

The Walking Dead pilot doesn't sell out its concept for the sake of finding a wider audience. This is a show set in a world where families have died and the survivors haven't had the time to cope with their losses, much less come to terms with civilization collapsing around them. Knowing the course that Kirkman's comic book takes and now after seeing how Darabont's chose to make the pilot more of a drama than a flat-out horror action show, AMC's Walking Dead has fantastic potential. The Walking Dead could even do for horror what the new Battlestar Galactica did for science fiction. Cross your fingers and hope that the show comes together as well as it did on the page.

Find all of Coming Attractions’ review of the pilot script (which starts in earnest about six paragraphs in) here.


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Bring it on!
by Darkartist
Jan 25th, 2010
03:11:12 PM
yay
by MrBlackJackBauer
Jan 25th, 2010
03:11:26 PM
What Battlestar Gallactica Did for science fiction?
by cookylamoo
Jan 25th, 2010
03:29:30 PM
Other horror stories that should become shows
by Darkartist
Jan 25th, 2010
03:31:11 PM
Cannot wait.
by Johnny Smith
Jan 25th, 2010
03:32:20 PM
"Walking Dead could do for horror what the new BSG did for sci-f
by SpyGuy
Jan 25th, 2010
03:33:20 PM
STARMAN and EX MACHINA would also make good TV shows
by SpyGuy
Jan 25th, 2010
03:38:45 PM
Heard a lot of good things about the series
by OSAMP1
Jan 25th, 2010
03:41:06 PM
The comics are amazingly good
by Eyegore
Jan 25th, 2010
03:41:41 PM
90s era Starman was excellent
by Darkartist
Jan 25th, 2010
03:47:33 PM
Throw in some Pride and Predudice characters.
by cookylamoo
Jan 25th, 2010
03:52:25 PM
I never read the comic...
by REVENGE_of_FETT
Jan 25th, 2010
03:52:49 PM
"moments of shock value "
by Dapper Swindler
Jan 25th, 2010
03:56:14 PM
LMAO at the BSG comments
by MattmanReturns
Jan 25th, 2010
03:57:45 PM
Just make Wolrd War Z already
by LiquidLunch
Jan 25th, 2010
03:58:14 PM
AMC Is Really Kicking Ass!
by Watch_The_Birdie
Jan 25th, 2010
04:01:19 PM
Yeah where is World War Z?
by SithMenace
Jan 25th, 2010
04:09:12 PM
The web wants it in black-and-white.
by idonotseekabanning
Jan 25th, 2010
04:10:15 PM
Straczynski wrote a World War Z script.
by idonotseekabanning
Jan 25th, 2010
04:13:45 PM
World War Z
by Bass Ackwards
Jan 25th, 2010
04:16:11 PM
Hate it when they say. "munch on" Or "snack"
by Knobules
Jan 25th, 2010
04:17:08 PM
Straczynski's script
by Bass Ackwards
Jan 25th, 2010
04:20:03 PM
Way to go Patrick Sauriol!
by D.Vader
Jan 25th, 2010
04:29:29 PM
CCA does seem to be picking up steam.
by idonotseekabanning
Jan 25th, 2010
04:38:44 PM
Looks like JettL93 is back
by SithMenace
Jan 25th, 2010
04:44:49 PM
Nice read but...
by Karl Childers
Jan 25th, 2010
04:50:17 PM
World War Z was great and totally different
by aversiontherapy2
Jan 25th, 2010
04:53:34 PM
Walking Dead
by WeLiveStill...OrNot
Jan 25th, 2010
04:54:49 PM
SithMenace
by idonotseekabanning
Jan 25th, 2010
05:08:31 PM
SpyGuy - Heh heh!!
by spud mcspud
Jan 25th, 2010
05:26:16 PM
Make Y - THE LAST MAN, for Yorick's sake!!!
by spud mcspud
Jan 25th, 2010
05:26:58 PM
WALKING DEAD is getting boring as a comic
by spud mcspud
Jan 25th, 2010
05:31:27 PM
This looks so good.
by liesandpicturesofalsolies
Jan 25th, 2010
05:56:27 PM
What did BSG do for sci fi, cookylamoo
by Sicuv Uyall
Jan 25th, 2010
06:11:30 PM
I do find it funny...
by Darryl_Revok
Jan 25th, 2010
07:15:36 PM
When?
by vitruvius
Jan 25th, 2010
07:20:15 PM
spud mcspud, you quit...
by Negative Man
Jan 25th, 2010
07:20:59 PM
Where can I get the Straczinski script???
by YourXgirlfriend
Jan 25th, 2010
07:58:41 PM
I never got past volume 1 of Walking Dead...
by Nice Marmot
Jan 25th, 2010
08:07:00 PM
Hey Karl Childers
by Dr. Samuel Loomis
Jan 25th, 2010
08:25:58 PM
Very good news.
by FlickaPoo
Jan 25th, 2010
08:38:35 PM
This is where comic book adaptations need to go: television.
by rbatty024
Jan 25th, 2010
08:57:42 PM
World war Z script
by charlesbronsonLIVES
Jan 25th, 2010
08:59:33 PM
Corona Coming Attractions!
by blackwood
Jan 25th, 2010
09:11:04 PM
What BSG did for sci fi...
by JayLenoTookMyJob
Jan 25th, 2010
09:11:15 PM
Wow again
by blackwood
Jan 25th, 2010
09:12:24 PM
Starman was almost a series
by JayLenoTookMyJob
Jan 25th, 2010
09:14:49 PM
Hell Fucking YES!!!!
by LV_426
Jan 25th, 2010
10:26:47 PM
World War Z needs a documentary approach
by LV_426
Jan 25th, 2010
10:29:18 PM
OFFICIAL: AVATAR HIGHEST GROSSING MOVIE OF ALL TIME
by Colt19801980
Jan 25th, 2010
10:31:18 PM
WeLiveStill...OrNot
by PTSDPete
Jan 25th, 2010
11:02:21 PM
liesandpicturesofalsolies
by MacReady452
Jan 25th, 2010
11:19:55 PM
HOLY FUCKING AWESOME SHIT!?!?!
by Pitofbenders
Jan 26th, 2010
12:31:29 AM
AMC seems like the wrong place for this...
by Stegman84
Jan 26th, 2010
12:36:25 AM
Darryl_Revok
by Don Lockwood
Jan 26th, 2010
02:19:15 AM
WEll, this definitely qualifies as "cool news."
by dance4days
Jan 26th, 2010
02:28:26 AM
Welcome back, Dr. Sam...
by Karl Childers
Jan 26th, 2010
04:03:52 AM
Comic kind of drags
by WickedJacob
Jan 26th, 2010
04:39:18 AM
@charlesbronsonLIVES : Thanks for that link!
by V'Shael
Jan 26th, 2010
04:40:09 AM
@WickedJacob
by kadayi
Jan 26th, 2010
04:48:16 AM
A REASON TO GET TELEVISION!!
by MainMan2001
Jan 26th, 2010
06:34:31 AM
Funnybook?
by Rex Carsalot
Jan 26th, 2010
07:13:22 AM
Dance4Days
by Darkartist
Jan 26th, 2010
07:28:14 AM
A good zombie series on television?!
by Royston Lodge
Jan 26th, 2010
07:51:39 AM
Question: Are they fast zombies or slow zombies?
by Royston Lodge
Jan 26th, 2010
08:11:39 AM
slow zombies (in the comic)
by Volllllume3
Jan 26th, 2010
08:37:07 AM
Man oh man...
by Judge Briggs
Jan 26th, 2010
08:42:09 AM
Y the Last Man series please
by Miyamoto_Musashi
Jan 26th, 2010
08:50:10 AM
this is definetely cool news
by Miyamoto_Musashi
Jan 26th, 2010
08:52:16 AM
also AICN what is the deal with "funnybook"
by Miyamoto_Musashi
Jan 26th, 2010
08:54:09 AM
Funnybook isn't that old a term
by Darkartist
Jan 26th, 2010
09:05:18 AM
Is Funnybook any worse than COMIC Book?
by Nice Marmot
Jan 26th, 2010
10:27:49 AM
AMC.....
by DrIvoShandor
Jan 26th, 2010
10:36:11 AM
To all cable doubters - This can work on AMC...
by djWHEAT
Jan 26th, 2010
10:56:13 AM
DEAD SET was VERY awesome!
by spud mcspud
Jan 26th, 2010
11:16:32 AM
Yeah, enough with the "funnybook" already...
by spud mcspud
Jan 26th, 2010
11:18:52 AM
Negative Man - Ya talked me into it...
by spud mcspud
Jan 26th, 2010
11:20:35 AM
Spud Mcspud
by Darkartist
Jan 26th, 2010
12:16:43 PM
the Dead Can Dance
by ToMonicker
Jan 26th, 2010
12:49:58 PM
I wish I didn't have to wait for the DVD of this.
by TedKordLives
Jan 26th, 2010
02:18:34 PM
From AMC's own website:
by Stegman84
Jan 26th, 2010
05:48:47 PM
Darkartist - Brooker is a LEGEND
by spud mcspud
Jan 26th, 2010
06:21:34 PM
Universal War One
by vitruvius
Jan 27th, 2010
07:52:35 AM
Spud Mcspud-I love his videogame reviews
by Darkartist
Jan 27th, 2010
08:21:23 AM
charlesbronsonLIVES
by YourXgirlfriend
Jan 27th, 2010
11:42:31 AM
Yes, "funny book" is worse than "
by slone13
Jan 27th, 2010
01:49:38 PM
Yes, "funny book" is worse than "comic book"
by slone13
Jan 27th, 2010
01:52:28 PM
AMC Worriers
by catlettuce4
Jan 30th, 2010
12:46:03 AM

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