Ohhhhhhhhhh kids.
Ohhhh kiddies.
What exciting news to share. Revealed yesterday on pretty much every horror site imaginable, was news that AMC's new series "The Walking Dead" will have its 90 minute 1st episode debut on what date?
OCTOBER 31ST. HALLOWEEN.
The debut will cap off its 14th year doing FearFest, its horror movie marathon tying into the Halloween season.
Brilliant.
Don't worry, it'll be on at 10pm, long after the trick or treaters are done beating a path to your door. You can pop a Jones Halloween soda, or a pour a glass of EVIL Cabernet Sauvignon and plunk down for some fantastic zombie drama.
As you've heard me mention a little over one year ago, HERE , "The Walking Dead" is based on a series of fantastic graphic novels put out by Image comics and penned by Robert Kirkman. If you haven't read them, please go to the Amazon carousel links below and start ordering and catching up on one of the finest human dramas ever written that just so happens to be based in a universe where zombies walk the earth.
To add further excitement to the TV adaptation, the 90 minute pilot (90 minutes?! Isn't that really a FEATURE FILM?) is directed by none other than Frank Darabont! A man who knows human drama in extraordinary circumstances with a pedigree of films such as The Mist, The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption.
Still haven't whetted your appetite for this enough? Check out the FOUR MINUTE trailer (which originally showed at this year's San Diego Comic Con) below to get an idea of what you're in for.
5 comments:
Can't wait for this. Read the comic years ago and thought it would make a read romero-esc film. A series is even better.
Voodoo Rob: Meeeeee too. A really great series and so glad that it's being handled by a TV network and director/producer that will take the care necessary to make it great.
can't wait for this, wish i didn't have to wait till halloween for this!!
Yeah, I'm actually a little disappointed that they aren't starting the series a little earlier than Oct. 31. I wish that it would have been released a bit earlier.
Aside from that, I'm really looking forward to it!
cynniegurl: Well, while you wait you can check out the motion comics on iTunes and/or pore over the books!
Belle Dee:
I sorta agree! I'll be doing other things on Halloween and would like to have seen it in the week before. But, that's a minor complaint for something that is sure to be fantastic!
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