Robert Kirkman On Writing The Walking Dead TV Show!

Robert Kirkman On Writing The Walking Dead TV Show!

The creator and writer of the comic book series discusses what it's been like to write episodes for the TV adaptation as well as revisiting characters he'd left behind long ago...

By JoshWilding - Aug 25, 2010 02:08 PM EST
Filed Under: The Walking Dead
Source: MTV Splash Page

The Walking Dead is an upcoming American series created for television by Frank Darabont and based upon the comic book series of the same name created by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore. The show tells the story of the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse and follows a small group of survivors traveling across the country in search of a new home away from the hordes of zombies. As their situation grows more and more grim, the group's desperation to survive pushes them to do almost anything to stay alive!



"It's fun going back and writing the thing, because I don't remember very much from the early issues of the comic," Kirkman told MTV News in a recent interview.

"The story in the comic moves so much, a lot of the characters die, and it's a frequent death rate in the book. So I'm getting to write characters that I haven't even really thought about for a long time, because they've been out of the book for a while."

"It's kind of like going back home again and getting a second pass at earlier stuff. It's a lot of fun."

The first episode of The Walking Dead will premiere with a 90-minute episode on AMC on October 31st later this year!




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RedDevil
RedDevil - 8/25/2010, 2:52 PM
More zombies................but as a TV show it could be cool and the comic is great. If this was a movie I would not watch it.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 8/25/2010, 2:56 PM
Good job its a TV show then! ; P
RedDevil
RedDevil - 8/25/2010, 3:04 PM
@LEE
Cheers bro!
AverageCitizen99
AverageCitizen99 - 8/25/2010, 3:07 PM
@JoshW
Nice job bud! :)
This show will be crazy fantastic! This could change the landscape for not just the zombie genre but also how to approach horror and the supernatural on television.
jacksback
jacksback - 8/25/2010, 3:57 PM
I didn't know they were making a Micronauts movie, directed by JJ Abrams...
TANKGIRL
TANKGIRL - 8/25/2010, 4:50 PM
@ AverageCitizen99 @ Anil Rickly glad you back to cbm i miss you guys
josebonifacio
josebonifacio - 8/25/2010, 6:22 PM
I'm really looking forward to this one.


ComicBookGoth
ComicBookGoth - 8/25/2010, 8:41 PM
the walking dead
JonSolo
JonSolo - 8/26/2010, 5:32 PM
With this and the locke and key show in development im super excited about the out of the box thinkiing shows that are getting green lit.
zjone
zjone - 9/4/2010, 12:00 AM
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