The dead truly have risen in the last decade, with zombies abound in Shaun of the Dead, George A. Romero’s Land of the Dead, Diary of the Dead, and upcoming Survival of the Dead, the (disappointing) Resident Evil series, Zombieland, Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later, The Zombie Survival Guide and other books by Max Brooks, and on and on and on.
But zombies in their very own TV show? I thought the dead would walk the earth long before they got a television series.
AMC has given the official greenlight to The Walking Dead, based on Robert Kirkman’s graphic novel series about a group of survivors in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse. Frank Darabont is slated to write and direct the adaptation. Gale Anne Hurd of Valhalla Motion Pictures and David Alpert of Circle of Confusion are going to executive produce with Darabont.
The pilot is in the works now, which, once approved, could have us knee deep in zombie guts by fall 2010 or early 2011.
The Walking Dead is an American monthly black and white comic published by Image Comics beginning in 2003. The comic was created by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Tony Moore (replaced by Charlie Adlard from issue #7 onward, Moore continued to do the covers until issue #24) and chronicles the travels of a group of people trying to survive in a world stricken by a zombie apocalypse.
The Walking Dead is centered on Rick Grimes, a small-town police officer from Cynthiana, Kentucky, his family, and a number of other survivors who have banded together in order to survive after the world is overrun with zombies. As the series progresses, the characters become more developed, and their personalities shift under the stress of a zombie apocalypse. Fighting growing despair — and sometimes each other — the group searches for a secure location which they can finally call home.
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