#TheWalkingDead Season 2 on #AMC
#TalkNerdyToMeLover's @maniacalmorgan
Do you remember me nerding out about this TV show a few weeks ago? Based on the comic series called The Walking Dead, it is set to premier on Halloween. So, do you want to know the crazy part? They are already committed to do a second season. Yeah, that's right... before anyone has seen an episode from the first. The first season is going to be 6 episodes long, while they plan on having season 2 be 13 episodes. That's a bold leap, but I think it's totally a smart one. Turning comics into live action movies / TV is hot right now. Iron Man, Smallville, Batman, etc. Oh wait, how about zombies? 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later, Resident Evil, etc. They are combining two popular mediums. I'm super excited for this show and you guys should be too. It's going to be great!
Producer and director Frank Darabont said, "It would be great not just to get out of the heat, but to present a different idea to the audience visually and tonally by having it be winter. There’s some really cool stuff that Kirkman did, where they find the one zombie that’s frozen to the ground. I’d never seen that before and that’s really cool." I couldn't agree more. The winter season in the book was fantastic. I can only imagine what Darabont has in his creative little mind!
It also would seem that Darabont is excited to introduce one of the new characters. Yeah, I don't blame him. She's 100% badass. “Or when Michonne shows up – and boy, is she a character I can’t wait to get to – when she comes striding out of the wasteland like a Clint Eastwood fuckinging spaghetti western character cross-melded with some samurai movie, like the Baby Cart character with the fucking sword, and there’s just a little drift of snow in the air. I would love to put that on film." said Darabont.
There's some creative genius at work! Filming for season 2 begins February 2011. Don't forget to check out the season premier of The Walking Dead, October 31 on AMC.
