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The Walking Dead Greenlit!!! Woohoo!!

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PeasOfCrap

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http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118017032.html?categoryid=14&cs=1

 

AMC orders 'Walking Dead' to series

Frank Darabont directed drama to bow in October

By CYNTHIA LITTLETON

 

AMC has given a series greenlight to "The Walking Dead," the Frank Darabont-helmed adaptation of the Image Comics series by Robert Kirkman.

 

AMC has ordered a total of six episodes of the series that revolves around a group of survivors of a zombie apocalypse. Darabont penned and directed the pilot and will exec produce with Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd of Valhalla Motion Pictures and David Alpert of Circle of Confusion, which will be funded entirely inhouse by AMC parent Rainbow Media. Charles Eglee, a seasoned TV drama showrunner, has also boarded the project as an exec producer.

 

"Dead" is targeted to preem in October, dovetailing with Halloween and AMC's annual "Fearfest" two-week marathon of horror and thriller pics.

 

Jon Bernthal ("The Pacific") has been cast in a lead role. The series revolves around police officer Rick Grimes, who leads a group of human survivors on a search for a safe home in a world overrun by zombies. AMC greenlighted production of a "Walking Dead" pilot back in January but ultimately decided to go straight to series after hearing Darabont's vision for a six-episode arc, and because of the desire to tie in with "Fearfest."

 

"He's taken the baseline road map of the underlying material and just blew it out to the next level," said Joel Stillerman, AMC's senior veep of programming, production and digital content. "There's stuff in there that will make the people who love the comics very happy and some surprises in there as well."

 

AMC prexy and g.m. Charlie Collier noted that "Dead" marks AMC's first foray into full ownership of one of its series. "With Frank and Gale and their entire team invested in this project, we also wanted to be fully invested in this project," he said.

 

Stillerman added that the property is likely to have "huge international value."

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BeachBum

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The serie's been greenlit for 6 episodes for weeks already... Variety is lagging on this one.

 

where was the announcement for the 6 episodes before today?

 

One of the producers is a friend of a friend of mine.

 

+ Board Member Elijah Snow posted in a thread elsewhere on the forum here that he's going to be extra, portraying a zombie:

 

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=3873940&fpart=1

 

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=3888318#Post3888318

 

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:banana::whee:(:
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gaz2810i

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;oving this news :whee:

 

The creative and technical team are getting stronger with wvery breaking news and AMC aseem to know what they are doing. All we need is a decent cast and we're all set. I'm so glad I got my WD #1 CGC 9.8 when I did :cloud9:

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Snake Eyes

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I would love to see this in black and white.

 

Now THAT would be interesting hm hm hm

 

Maybe as a bonus with the DVD set, perhaps. Or (forgive my lack of technical knowledge) can LCD/Plasmas be set to black and white when the broadcast is in color (maybe set all the colors at zero saturation...is that the word for when I adjust them in the main menu???)

 

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comix4fun

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I would love to see this in black and white.

 

Now THAT would be interesting hm hm hm

 

Maybe as a bonus with the DVD set, perhaps. Or (forgive my lack of technical knowledge) can LCD/Plasmas be set to black and white when the broadcast is in color (maybe set all the colors at zero saturation...is that the word for when I adjust them in the main menu???)

 

Since it's Darabont and he had B&W as a special edition to go with the regular color edition on "The Mist" I bet we see it as part of the DVD box set.

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comicalgems

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Rick Grimes???

 

eastwick3.jpg

Nope hIs playing Shane

 

The problem with this guy playing Shane is that no matter how much I suspend my disbelief

I can not fathom someone as hot as Lori doing this guy even if there is a zombie apocalypse going down!

 

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AGGIEZ

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Rick Grimes???

Nope hIs playing Shane

 

Really? The article states that he is playing Rick Grimes...

 

Jon Bernthal ("The Pacific") has been cast in a lead role. The series revolves around police officer Rick Grimes...

 

 

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