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Finally...the REAL Rick Grimes

Posted by Sinatra The Tank | Posted in , | Posted on 3:43 PM

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After all the rumors and what not and excitement about Johnny Lee Miller being cast as Rick (on my part maybe not yours) we finally have the official casting and it ain't Miller.

Andrew Lincoln (Love Actually) has been cast as Rick Grimes. I've never heard of Lincoln and never saw Love Actually so I really have nothing to go on but apparently Kirkman thinks he's perfect and thats enough for me.

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Kirkman said:
Andrew Lincoln, wow--what an amazing find this guy is," said Robert Kirkman, who wrote the comic book series upon which the series is based. "Writing Rick Grimes month after month in the comic series, I had no idea he was an actual living breathing human being and yet here he is. I couldn't be more thrilled with how this show is coming together."

So there you have it...sound good? Anyone out there familiar with him? Anyway let us know your feelings about the casting as I go lose more hair over this Arsenal match...

Walking Dead is now OFFICIALLY a series!

Posted by Sinatra The Tank | Posted in , , | Posted on 6:38 PM

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Sorry to continue to bombard all you nice people with Walking Dead news but things just seem to be moving along so rapidly recently, anyway...

I've been reporting on quite a bit of news regarding The Walking Dead. It started with the initial news that a series was being considered and then that Darabont was being brought on board to direct a pilot that if successful would get the show green lit and in the last few days some casting tidbits here and there.

If only you knew!

Well a few short hours after the Johnny Lee Miller Rumors comes news that AMC has officially green-lit a whole season for The Walking Dead and not just a pilot. The long and short of it is that the show will run SIX, One Hour Long Episodes that will constitute a first season. One would imagine that if its successful that it will be picked up for additional seasons. The show is also set to premiere during October of this year (filming begins in June) just in time for AMC's annual Fearfest.

It's all coming up Aces so far regarding The Walking Dead's transition from comic to television.

Here's the Variety Article:

AMC has given a series greenlight to "The Walking Dead," the Frank Darabont-helmed adaptation of the Image Comics series by Robert Kirkman.

AMC has ordered a total of six episodes of the series that revolves around a group of survivors of a zombie apocalypse. Darabont penned and directed the pilot and will exec produce with Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd of Valhalla Motion Pictures and David Alpert of Circle of Confusion, which will be funded entirely inhouse by AMC parent Rainbow Media. Charles Eglee, a seasoned TV drama showrunner, has also boarded the project as an exec producer.

"Dead" is targeted to preem in October, dovetailing with Halloween and AMC's annual "Fearfest" two-week marathon of horror and thriller pics.

Jon Bernthal ("The Pacific") has been cast in a lead role. The series revolves around police officer Rick Grimes, who leads a group of human survivors on a search for a safe home in a world overrun by zombies. AMC greenlighted production of a "Walking Dead" pilot back in January but ultimately decided to go straight to series after hearing Darabont's vision for a six-episode arc, and because of the desire to tie in with "Fearfest."

"He's taken the baseline road map of the underlying material and just blew it out to the next level," said Joel Stillerman, AMC's senior veep of programming, production and digital content. "There's stuff in there that will make the people who love the comics very happy and some surprises in there as well."

AMC prexy and g.m. Charlie Collier noted that "Dead" marks AMC's first foray into full ownership of one of its series. "With Frank and Gale and their entire team invested in this project, we also wanted to be fully invested in this project," he said.

Stillerman added that the property is likely to have "huge international value."


HURRAY!

Casting Rumor: The Walking Dead!

Posted by Sinatra The Tank | Posted in , , , | Posted on 11:06 AM

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We know who's playing Shane but this show will live or die by it's Rick and today there is word on who is the front runner to play the lead in The Walking Dead:


Casting is underway for AMC's "The Walking Dead" TV series as Jon Bernthal ("Eastwick", Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian) was announced to be playing Grimes' partner and friend Shane in the Frank Darabont directed pilot episode. Adding to the story, Bloody Disgusting learned exclusively that Jonny Lee Miller (Hackers, Dracula 2000, "Eli Stone") is the frontrunner (in talks) to play "Rick Grimes", a police officer who leads a group of zombie survivors in search of a safe place to live during the apocalypse. As mentioned earlier, shooting begins this May on the pilot with hopes of it turning into an ongoing series. Those of you who are fans of AMC's "Mad Men" know exactly how good this could be.
I have got to say I'm floored! If this casting ends up happening then it's just another reason for me to love this show before an episode has even been produced. Johnny Lee Miller is very underrated IMO, he's been in my favorite movie of all time (Trainspotting) as well as two of my biggest guiltiest pleasure movies of all time (Dracula 2000 and Hackers) so needless to say I'm pretty happy right now.


Looks wise he's not the Rick I was picturing but I'm sure the make-up department can manage, acting wise Miller is the tit's and can get the job done. Shooting for The Walking Dead is set to start in May for a Fall premiere. Exciting times...

The First victim of The Walking Dead!

Posted by Sinatra The Tank | Posted in , , | Posted on 4:17 PM

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AMC's is making a pilot of the FANTASTIC Robert Kirkman comic The Walking Dead, thats old news by now but its still sounds so cool.

Anyway the new news is that it seems casting has begun (or has begun to be announced) and the first victim of the undead is Jon Bernthal (Night at the Museum 2,Eastwick) who will be playing Rick's partner Shane. For those oh you who have read the series you know the kind of character Shane is and his story and for those that haven't he's an interesting character to be sure and will likely figure heavily into the pilot/series if it gets picked up.

With a hair cut and a five o'clock shadow this could work!

I'm so happy this show is getting made, I'm so happy Frank Darabont is writing and directing the pilot/producing the series, I'm just sooo damn happy! I trust AMC to make a hell of a show considering the original stuff there turning out now. Once this sucker hits the airwaves I will have a new favorite show!

The Dead get Walking

Posted by Sinatra The Tank | Posted in , , | Posted on 11:53 PM

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I'm sure by now most people have heard that Robert Kirkman's insanley good comic series The Walking Dead was set to get the series treatment over at AMC with insanley good director Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption)taking over the Writing and Directing duties (at least for the first episode) and now it looks like things are starting to progress.

AMC has just officially green lit the pilot episode of The Walking Dead!


The snippet below doesn't really say when to expect anything but since it's officially green lit we can all rest easy knowing that we will at least have one episode of a zombie television series. I trust everyone involved and AMC has a great track record up to this point. I don't want to get to excited but it's hard not to.

From Variety:

AMC has given greenlights to two drama pilots, "The Walking Dead" and "The Killing."

"The Walking Dead" is based on the comicbook series about survivors of a zombie apocalypse by Robert Kirkman. Frank Darabont penned the adaptation and is on board to direct. Gale Anne Hurd of Valhalla Motion Pictures and David Alpert of Circle of Confusion will exec produce with Darabont and Kirkman.

"Walking Dead" revolves around a group of survivors, led by a police officer, who travel the country in search of a safe home.

Working with people like Frank Darabont and Gale Anne Hurd is the right way in for us to deliver a project of distinction in this genre," AMC prexy Charlie Collier said.

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