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One of TV's hottest properties, "Mad Men," is about to have some cold, stiff company. Variety reports that AMC is close to a deal with "Shawshank Redemption" director Frank Darabont to adapt zombie comic "The Walking Dead" for television.The series, which will follow a group of survivors dodging a zombie apocalypse, will be a departure from genre flicks like "Dawn of the Dead," focusing more on character and drama than pure splatterific action.
And if the show's ratings start to flag, there's always the prospect of a "Walking Dead/Mad Men" crossover episode. Wouldn't it be a kick to see the zombies get eaten alive for once?
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Wednesday 12 August
By Aesop
The Walking Dead is a great graphic novel series...I'd hate to see it ruined by fitting it into a cable appropriate mold.
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Wednesday 12 August
By Heavytoka
Wow this could be either really good news or really bad, I'm hoping for Good, even Great!
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Tuesday 25 August
By daniel
seems like this should be on showtime or hbo, not amc. a lot of the more horrific moments in the series has nothing to do with zombie splatter-gutting.
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Saturday 05 September
By Lori
I love walking dead, I hope they stick to the story!
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Wednesday 09 September
By YES
this will be an incredible move forward for zombie fiction as there as never been a TELEVISION SERIES based around a zombie apocalypse. if anything, hopefully if this fails, it will spawn more shows about zombies as no shows for zombies currently exist.
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Thursday 10 September
By chuck
who farted?
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Thursday 10 September
By chuck
The idea of humans dying and coming back to life is a metaphor for immortality. This concept has been around since man developed the ability to think in the abstract.
If the writers are talented enough to catch the imaginations of the masses this program will be very successfull. After all, who wouldn't want to have sex with a dead person?
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Friday 11 September
By ali
um i wouldnt...
Monday 05 October
By wtf?
whats wrong with you?
why the hell would you want to have sex with a corpse? theres a name for th you necrotheliac.
i love zombies as much as the next guy but not like that.
you should be ashamed of your self.
Thursday 10 September
By chuck
I will definetly watch the zombie show. I will be there with a tube of K-Y jelly and a box of kleenex
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Friday 11 September
By rone
The Walking Dead is great. I have 3 other people reading every Novel I buy. If only they would put PREACHER on TV as well.
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Sunday 13 September
By OCDDAVID
Though extremely gory Dawn of the dead was very character driven. I find the more recent spate of zombie movies are more gore driven than the George A. Romero series ever were.
Sunday 13 September
By OCDDAVID
Though extremely gory Dawn of the dead was very character driven. I find the more recent spate of zombie movies are more gore driven than the George A. Romero series ever were.
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