Updates on The Walking Dead TV series
Rick doing what he does best: Killin' Zombies
I’ve been eagerly anticipating the forthcoming tv adaptation of one of my favourite graphic novels, the zombie apocalypse serial The Walking Dead, ever since I heard in August last year that AMC were going to produce a tv series based on the comics and Frank Darabont (The Mist and Shawshank Redemption) would direct.
The past couple of weeks have seen a flurry of encouraging announcements, with AMC confirming that at least six episodes will be made. Shooting begins in June and will be broadcast from October this year. In addition, Robert Kirkman, the creator and writer of the comic books, will be one of the executive producers, which should in theory ensure that the adaptation should be faithful to the original text.
AMC also announced that Andrew Lincoln would play Rick Grimes. I’m not so sure about this: for one thing, he’s English not from Kentucky and unless he does a mean Southern accent he won’t be a faithful Rick.
I’m hoping this a masterstroke along the lines of Hugh Laurie in House but I just can’t see Egg from This Life as the cop-turned-leader from the comics. Kirkwood says that Lincoln is Rick in the AMC press release, but then again he would say that wouldn’t he?