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Frank Darabont to Direct The Walking Dead Series for AMC
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darabontwalkingdead So you thought zombies had been replaced by vampires as the new horror creature of choice? Think again. AMC has just landed a pretty major zombie property to be adapted as a TV series, along with some big name talent to make it happen. According to The Hollywood Reporter , Frank Darabont ( The Shawshank Redemption , The Mist ) has signed on to write, direct and executive produce an adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead comic book series for the small screen. If you don’t think this is big news, then you clearly don’t know any hardcore zombie ...
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... - We knew it was coming, and here's the news : Rights to Robert Kirkman 's The Walking Dead have been acquired by AMC. Can you imagine what an amazing series this could be? - Beck has posted ...
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... Frank Darabont is set to write, direct and exec produce a series based on comic book "The Walking Dead" for television network, AMC. The comic is set in a zombie-full post-apocalyptic world where a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes, travel in search of a safe, secure home and follows the challenges of life in this world. [THR] ...
TV: Newswire:The Walking Dead shambles over to AMC
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What's your undead TV/movie/book/comics genre of choice? If it's vampires, you have to be feeling pretty well-served right now, what with Twilight and True Blood and all. If it's zombies, well, be patient. A new George Romero zombie flick is on the way, as is the big-screen comedy Zombieland. And just today it was announced that AMC has won a bidding war to make writer Robert Kirkman's cult comic book series The Walking Dead into a TV series, produced by Frank Darabont (who will also write and direct) and genre specialist Gale Anne ... ...
AMC to Take On a New Zombie Series
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AMC has just acquired the rights to Walking Dead, a comic book by Robert Kirkman. The monthly black-and-white comic depicts a world taken over by zombies, chronicling the lives of the survivors as they attempt to create a safe community. The series will be written, directed, and exec produced by Frank Darabont, who also directed The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption.
AMC scored big with Mad Men and Breaking Bad, so I'm not surprised that the network is ready to take on something new. Walking ...
AMC to develop another quality series.
Row Three —
... original programming that they have been pumping out recently. From the Emmy Award-winning Western miniseries Broken Trail to the critically adored Mad Men to the award winning Breaking Bad , whispers around the internet are saying that AMC is going to surpass every other station out there in terms of original programs. While I wouldn’t go that far quite yet, AMC does have a new show in their lineup that promises to have plenty of potential, especially when word comes from The Hollywood Reporter that Frank Darabont ( The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Mist ) ...
