I'm excited and a tad bit worried, but mostly excited about this news.
My buddy, NG sent me this interesting piece of news.
One of my favorite comics, The Walking Dead, maybe the next big TV hit!
Variety reports:
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.
If it's done, put it on cable; either Showtime, HBO or BBC America. It has to be done right!
2 comments:
I love THE WALKING DEAD, but I worry that the makers of the show will make it a "zombie series" instead of people who are trying to survive in a world with zombies. That's why TRUE BLOOD works for me--Sookie is trying to find love and happens to find it with a vampire.
The Walking Dead would be great as an HBO or Showtime series. That's the only way it could be done justice. Hopefully one of those guys snatches it up!
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