So far the third season of The Walking Dead is in my opinion the best one yet (the following eight episodes of season 3 will conclude in February), and while it's not a shocker that the ratings smash has just been given a new season, it looks like the show is about to face some serious behind-the-scenes drama.
Back during the run of season 2 fans were upset that original showrunner Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Mist) was let go from working on the show, and the show nicely bounced back without him. Now comes word that Glen Mazzara, who took over for Darabont when he left is now stepping down.
Here's what The Walking Dead home base AMC had to say about Mazzara's exit via TV Line:
“Glen guided the series creatively for Seasons 2 and 3. [We're] grateful for his hard work. We are both proud of our shared success. Both parties acknowledge that there is a difference of opinion about where the show should go moving forward, and conclude that it is best to part ways. This decision is amicable and Glen will remain on for post-production on Season 3B as showrunner and executive producer.”
I'm curious to know where they want the show to go? Are the suits getting scared over the recent bitchings of those "family" organizations bitching that the show is too violent? Or maybe AMC is getting nervous about spending so much money on the budget for the show? The prison and Mayberry are all sets, and it probably cost them a pretty penny to set everything up. But when you have over 10 million people watching your show (numbers never heard of in the world of basic cable), I wouldn't bitch too much about the budget.
I want to know what Robert Kirkman has to say about all of these shake-ups, since he did create the comic books and works on the show as a writer. The Walking Dead is a series that can go on for as long as The Simpsons or Law & Order, but if the network fucks up a good thing, the fans will turn on them faster than you can say zombie apocolypse.
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