For a while, THE WALKING DEAD TV show was moving along like a Romero zombie. It shuffled slowly, gradually… with creeping inevitability?
Now, it’s coming at you like one of those hyper 28 DAYS LATER zombies! It’s sprinting fast and furiously!
According to Bloody Disgusting, director Frank Darabont’s got a start date locked for the 15 of May. On that day, shooting will commence for the pilot adaptation of this ghastly, ghoulish comic.
This news come on the heels of my report last week regarding the reviews that have arisen for the show’s pilot script. One was all for it, the other was all against it.
Now, let’s be clear - - a pilot still doesn’t mean that a WALKING DEAD show is coming to your TV set, dead to rights. A lot of pilots get shot that never make get picked up. Earlier this week, I showed all you maniacs the unused pilot for a JUSTICE LEAGUE show in the 90s. And then there was HEAT VISION AND JACK - - the Ben Still-directed, Jack Black and Owen Wilson-starring, Rob “SCUD THE DISPOSABLE ASSASSIN” Schrab-created, crazy bizarre pilot that’s gained quite a bit of notoriety for never getting turned into a series.
So if you’re foaming at the bit for a WALKING DEAD show, I suggest you get out your four-leaf clover and start furiously rubbing that rabbit’s foot you carry around, because Mr. Darabont’s going to need your good vibes, your good graces and your good luck.
-- Tom Pinchuk is the writer of UNIMAGINABLE for Arcana Comics and HYBRID BASTARDS! for Archaia Comics. Watch out for the HYBRID BASTARDS! hardcover collection this March - - available for pre-order now on Amazon.com.