The Walking Dead

[godspeed]

Ok OK, let's everyone calm down.

Really the show hasn;t had a chance to really get going, its only 6 episodes old.

Might have to give it a chance to build some steam like the comic book. Some interesting characters and scenarios are coming in the near future.

[BroncoBlue]

Ok OK, let's everyone calm down.

Really the show hasn;t had a chance to really get going, its only 6 episodes old.

Might have to give it a chance to build some steam like the comic book. Some interesting characters and scenarios are coming in the near future.

Best post in this thread!

[EmpireWF]

Glen Mazzara is the new showrunner. Still no word on Frank Darabont's current involvement with the show.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/07/28/amc-walking-dead-2/

The debate may resume.

If Darabont is done with the show or even has a much lesser role in the writing....I blame AMC.

Unless Frank just up and decided one day to walk, I'll assume AMC fucked around with it somehow.

Damn.

[BroncoBlue]

If Darabont is done with the show or even has a much lesser role in the writing....I blame AMC.

Unless Frank just up and decided one day to walk, I'll assume AMC fucked around with it somehow.

Damn.

Or, he might be more interested in Stephen King's The Dark Tower.... Just sayin....

[padman59]

If Darabont is done with the show or even has a much lesser role in the writing....I blame AMC.

Unless Frank just up and decided one day to walk, I'll assume AMC fucked around with it somehow.

Damn.

From the rumors I've read, the reason he stepped down is somewhere between the daily grind of running a TV show production and having a TV show budget (which started hamstringing his vision for the show).

[EmpireWF]

Damn, Hollywood Reporter story says AMC fired Darabont and has been discouraging cast and crew members from talking about it publicly.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/walking-dead-what-happened-fired-221449

When Frank Darabont appeared on a Comic-Con panel July 22 to promote The Walking Dead, he didn't realize he was a dead man walking. Neither did the cast and crew. Everyone was shocked when news broke three days later that AMC had taken the extraordinary step of firing Darabont from the network's biggest ratings hit.

In hot, sticky Atlanta, where production on the second season had been under way since June, the cast was summoned to a lunch meeting with AMC vp scripted programming Ben Davis, who confirmed that Darabont was out. The crew was briefed separately. One insider says those gathered were stunned at "the duplicity of AMC" for having used Darabont to promote the show at Comic-Con before firing him. And they were angry about the lack of explanation; they were simply told, cryptically, "This isn't working." Above all, they were disheartened. "It's a crushing blow," says the insider. "Even when you have a hit, they can still destroy you."

Darabont -- like many showrunners, not known for a small ego or manageable temperament -- had been working on an edit in Los Angeles. After he was sent packing, he returned to give some final notes. He sent farewell e-mails to associates on the show. But he has maintained a steady silence in the media as his representatives work out the terms of his departure. Through his lawyer, Darabont said he has no interest in talking to the press.

There also have been no public comments from the cast, and a source with knowledge of the situation says AMC has been "terrorizing" them and their representatives to discourage them from speaking out on Darabont's behalf. "They're scared," confirms another insider. "They're on a zombie show. They are all really easy to kill off."

AMC issued a statement after Darabont was dismissed, expressing gratitude for his "innumerable" contributions to the show. Asked to comment on criticism for the handling of his departure, a spokesperson said, "We have nothing further to add."

This drama makes it a hat trick: Within a space of months, AMC has become embroiled in messy public fights with the creators of its top three shows -- Mad Men, Breaking Bad and now Walking Dead. The battles have been about money, but in this case, at least, it was more of a slow burn than a sudden flare-up. Sources say last fall, even before the first episode of the show had aired, AMC let it be known that it would effectively slash the show's second-season budget per episode by about $650,000, from $3.4 million to $2.75 million. AMC cut the budget and pocketed a tax credit previusly applied to the show. An AMC source says the size of the cut cited by sources is "grossly inflated" and that the second-season budget represents a more typical and sustainable number for a basic cable show.

At a glance, it would appear AMC is taking a big risk with its only huge commercial success. Mad Men and Breaking Bad are Emmy magnets that average 2.3 million and 4.3 million viewers, respectively. But Walking Dead, based on a series of graphic novels, attracted an astonishing 5.3 million viewers when it premiered on Halloween. The season finale in December drew more than 6 million viewers. In the 18-to-49 demo, it chalked up the biggest number ever for any drama on basic cable....(there's a lot more, click the link)

[godspeed]

In speaking in terms of the network and some of its messy public fights, let's not forget the debacle of the season finale of the show The Killing. Viewers were pretty pissed off at the ending and non closure of the central case. The AMC president and GM actually had to make a press release saying they should have managed the situation and viewers expectations better and didn't mean to misguide their viewers..lol.

They have some really good shows, and the network picked up alot of momentum the last few years, why are they risking messing that up??

[Champ]

Super excited the show comes back on Sunday the 16th.

[Archbomber]

Anybody watch the web series they put out telling the story of a girl from the first episode on how she became a zombie? It's really good and gets me hyped for the premiere this sunday

[NAHSTE]

Apparently a girl I went to school with is the locations manager for season 2. Fucking weird.

[Twigg4075]

I just want to remind everyone of the prediction I made about what the CDC doctor whispered so that I can get full credit when it comes to fruition.;)

[Palooza]

I just want to remind everyone of the prediction I made about what the CDC doctor whispered so that I can get full credit when it comes to fruition.;)

You didn't remind anyone of your prediction. You simply reminded us you made one.

[Twigg4075]

This is what I think the doctor told him...

 

That his wife is pregnant. The doc did perform blood tests on everyone. Chances are one of the big pieces of "drama" for season two is that the baby is his best friend's.

You didn't remind anyone of your prediction. You simply reminded us you made one.

There you go...bitch. ;)

[Palooza]

[EmpireWF]

Returns tomorrow night.