AMC and Frank Darabont (The Mist) are inching ever so close to teaming up to adapt the Image Comics graphic novel series "The Walking Dead," written by Robert Kirkman.
Darabont will write and direct! Incredible. It's been rumored that the series would go to Showtime or HBO, however, Darabont could make this work for AMC.
Variety says that Gale Anne Hurd of Valhalla Motion Pictures and David Alpert of Circle of Confusion are also on board to executive produce.
The story 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.
AMC Senior Vice President of Programming Joel Stillerman said the series will stay faithful to the tone of the original novels. "This is not about zombies popping out of closets. This is a story about survival, and the dynamics of what happens when a group is forced to survive under these circumstances. The world (in 'Walking Dead') is portrayed in a smart, sophisticated way."
Source: Variety
Sounds pretty cool and the zombie franchise needs a bit of zhuzhing. Frank Darabont did an amazing job on the underrated movie The Mist, so I would really like to see where he takes The Walking Dead. It also made me feel a whole lot better that he says he will stay as faithful to the comic as possible. Although we haven't had a zombie series on TV, hopefully The Walking Dead can do for zombies what True Blood has done for vampires.
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