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.
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Survivors
The post-apocalypse is going through something of a renaissance on British TV at the moment. A remake of ‘Day of the Triffids’ has been announced; Halloween saw the zombie-Big Brother mini-series ‘Dead Set’ while the weeks running up to Christmas saw a remake of ‘Survivors’ – the classic 70s post-apocalyptic series set in a world where nearly everyone has perished to a highly infectious disease. While it had its moments, ultimately the remake was an unsatisfying affair, with a succession of nagging gripes that overshadowed a pretty slick production.
70’s Survivors: Modernity Rebooted
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Dead Set
Where would you like to be when the zombie apocalypse hits? Would you want to be hanging out in an abandoned farm-house? A suburban shopping mall? Or an underground military facility? Probably the last place I would want to be at the best of times is the Big Brother house, forced to live with a variety of wannabe-celebs while each of my words and actions were monitored by the world at large.
Imprisoned with these unappealing people while outside is being eaten by hungry zombies is even less appealing. However, this is the premise of ‘Dead Set’; an E4 mini-series for Halloween that mashes-up the zombie genre with reality tv.
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