Darabont and "The Walking Dead"

[Mike70]

now hold on just a fucking centon - frank darabont is going to do a series based on the walking dead comics and it is going to be on AMfookingC, greatest of all cable channels after porn on demand? yes, unbelievably this is the first time i've read this thread. this is epic level cool. hopefully it all comes together.

[MikePizzoff]

Hell yes! This is gonna kick so much ass, if he plays it like he did The Mist.

[MoonSylver]

Kirkman talks about the forthcoming adaptation to TV here: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...ticle&id=22824

[Suicycho]

Just remember that it is on AMC, so that means no extreme gore, violence, language etc. It will be pushed as far as TV can be pushed, but it will still be a watered down version of the comics. For a true adaption, it should have went to HBO or Showtime. But I am still pretty stoked.

[MikePizzoff]

Just remember that it is on AMC, so that means no extreme gore, violence, language etc. It will be pushed as far as TV can be pushed, but it will still be a watered down version of the comics. For a true adaption, it should have went to HBO or Showtime. But I am still pretty stoked. AMC airs some language and some pretty extreme scenes of gore, especially when compared to other stations.

[Suicycho]

AMC airs some language and some pretty extreme scenes of gore, especially when compared to other stations. True. And hopefully TWD will be the program that lets them push it to the next level.

[bassman]

It's official. The show's got the green light. Darabont is helming the pilot episode. So i guess it will be next year before we get to see it.

[Mike70]

It's official. The show's got the green light. Darabont is helming the pilot episode. So i guess it will be next year before we get to see it. and AMC is producing it, so it will be a quality production. of course, that's no guarantee that it'll be good but i'll take AMC over MTV's proposed zombie production any day.

[Danny]

and AMC is producing it, so it will be a quality production. of course, that's no guarantee that it'll be good but i'll take AMC over MTV's proposed zombie production any day. Second.

[MinionZombie]

I'll second Scruffy ... the Janitor's, second. Woo. I've never read The Walking Dead, as I don't read comics or graphic novels - or only very rarely - and then it had been going for effing ages, so I was waaaaaay behind. Hopefully it's gonna be shamblers. PLEASE be shamblers.

[Neil]

Some more at AICN http://www.aintitcool.com/node/43694

[AcesandEights]

Truly excellent news! Now all they have to do is stay relatively faithful to the source material, keep the general tone, mortality rate, shamblers and actually film the sucker and we'll be all set. *Fingers crossed*

[Excessium]

This is one thing I've been waiting for since I was introduced to the series. The whole body of the walking dead is pretty fucking great. They didn't cop out and use runners to make zombies scary. They are slow and relentless and stealthy. I can't wait till the characters encounter a "herd". This is going to be great.

[DrSiN]

You're crazy, the zombies in Walking Dead aren't scary. But like Night and Dawn (and most of Day), they aren't the monster. People are the monsters. The zombies are just a reason for the monsters to exist. What Kirkman does so well, is put his characters through hell, especially Rick and that is what draws people to them. We love to watch a train wreck, but better yet, we love to watch the guy who survives it and how he copes. Joss Whendon also followed this philosophy with Buffy and it's why that show rocked hard. If AMC keeps that up, punishes the main characters, then it will be great. And personally, I feel Darabont is right for the job.

[bassman]

A review of Darabont's 60 page pilot episode script. 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.