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The Walking Dead (TV series)



The Walking Dead
"The Walking Dead" on a brown grunge background.
Genre
Developed by Frank Darabont
Starring
Composer(s) Bear McCreary
Country of origin United States
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 6 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
Location(s) Atlanta, Georgia
Running time 66 minutes (Pilot)
45 minutes
Production company(s) AMC Studios
Circle of Confusion
Darkwood Productions
Valhalla Motion Pictures
Distributor AMC
Fox International Channels
Broadcast
Original channel AMC
Audio format Dolby Digital 5.1 (DVD)
Dolby TrueHD 5.1 (Blu-ray)
Original run October 31, 2010 – present
External links
Website
The Walking Dead is an American post-apocalyptic horror television series developed for television by Frank Darabont and based on the ongoing comic book series, The Walking Dead, by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard.[1] The series centers on a small group of survivors led by Sheriff's Deputy Rick Grimes and his family.
The series premiered on October 31, 2010, and is broadcast on the cable television channel AMC in the United States.[2]
The first season premiered to universal acclaim and was nominated for several awards, including the Best Television Series Drama at the 68th Golden Globe Awards.[3] Based on its reception, AMC renewed the series for a second season of 13 episodes to debut on October 16, 2011, at 9:00 pm EST.[4][5]

Series overview

Main article: List of The Walking Dead episodes
The Walking Dead tells the story of the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse; it follows a small group of survivors, traveling across the desolate United States in search of a new home away from the shuffling hordes of the undead (or "walkers"). The plot is focused primarily on the human element of a post-apocalyptic world and the way the struggling human race survives. The group is led by Rick Grimes, who was a sheriff's deputy in a small Georgia town before the zombie outbreak. As their situation grows more hazardous, the group's desperation to survive pushes them to the brink of insanity. At every turn they are faced with the unbearable horrors that come from having the dead walk again, the changing dynamic of their group, as well as facing hostility from the scattered remains of a struggling human populace who are focused on their own survival, now that the structures of global society have collapsed.

[edit] Season 1 (2010)

Main article: The Walking Dead (season 1)
The first season centers on Deputy Rick Grimes, who was shot and ended up in a coma for an indeterminate amount of time. When he wakes up, he finds a post-apocalyptic world overrun with the walking dead. When he leaves the hospital where he was a patient, he discovers that his wife and son are missing. Rick proceeds to arm himself and, after hearing a rumor from a survivor, sets off on a perilous journey for Atlanta, where the CDC is said to have set up a quarantined safe-zone in the city and where his family may be hiding. During his journey, Rick sees the devastation left by the "walkers" (a nickname given to the Zombies). Upon reaching Atlanta, he soon discovers that the city has been overrun by the undead and it is no longer safe.
A few miles outside the city, Rick's wife Lori and his son Carl have been hiding away from the walkers with Shane Walsh, Rick's former colleague and best friend. They have established a camp with a small group of other survivors from around the country. After being rescued from Atlanta by members of the group and being reunited with Lori and Carl, Rick assumes a command position with Shane and must take responsibility; not only for his wife and son, but also for the survival of the group. Part of the group goes back into Atlanta to recover weapons, where they come into conflict with another group of survivors, but Rick soon eases the tensions. However, on their return to their own camp, they find that the camp has been nearly overrun by walkers. In hopes of finding medical treatment for an injured member, the remainder of the group decide to return to Atlanta and seek aid from the CDC.
In the CDC, they find that all but one member of the staff (Dr. Edwin Jenner) have either fled or killed themselves. Dr. Jenner proceeds to explain his research into the cause of the "zombie apocalypse." But the CDC is not the safe haven the group believe it to be. The following day, the buildings lack of fuel for the generators causes certain safety protocols to be started, which will result in the destruction of the CDC. Dr. Jenner informs the group that the French may have found a cure, as they were the only nation whose scientists stayed in their labs. As Dr. Jenner has elected to stay in the CDC despite the danger, his final act is to whispers something unknown into Rick's ear. The group flees just before Jenner is killed by the building's self-destruct systems.

[edit] Season 2 (2011–2012)

Main article: The Walking Dead (season 2)
The second season is scheduled to premiere on October 16, 2011 and will feature 13 episodes.[4][5] At a 2011 Paley Center for Media panel,[6] it was announced that the second season will feature Grimes' group of survivors leaving Atlanta for the countryside, including the Greene family farm, a setting in the comic book series.[7] Filming of season 2 began in June 2011 in the greater Atlanta area.[8] Prior to the start of season 2, a 6-part webisode series aired October 3, 2011 on AMC's website. The webisodes detail the events just when the world ended, specifically the life of Hannah, also known as "bicycle girl," who appeared in the first episode of the series.[9]

[edit] Cast

Main article: List of The Walking Dead characters
The cast of The Walking Dead.

[edit] Main

[edit] Recurring

The series features several actors that Walking Dead developer Frank Darabont has worked with previously, including Laurie Holden, Jeffrey DeMunn and Melissa McBride. All three appeared in his 2007 film The Mist, along with Thomas Jane, who originally was set to star in the series when it was pitched to HBO. He's also in talks with Darabont to possibly guest star on the series.[10] Laurie Holden also appeared in the 2001 film The Majestic (she played Adele Stanton, Jim Carrey's character's love interest), which Darabont directed. DeMunn has also appeared in several of Darabont's films, in addition to The Mist and The Majestic, he also appeared in The Shawshank Redemption (1994) and The Green Mile (1999)

[edit] Production

[edit] Development history

Booth at Comic-Con with a scene from the pilot for the promotion of the series (2010)
On January 20, 2010 AMC officially announced that it had ordered a pilot for a possible series adapted from The Walking Dead comic book series, with Frank Darabont and Gale Anne Hurd acting as executive producers and Darabont writing and directing.[11] The entire series was pre-ordered based just on the strength of the source material, the television scripts, and Darabont's involvement.[12] In January 2010 a review of the pilot episode's script attracted further attention.[13] The pilot began filming in Atlanta, Georgia on May 15, 2010[14] after AMC had officially ordered a six episode first season.[15] The series' remaining episodes began filming on June 2, 2010 with Darabont serving as showrunner.[16][17]
On August 31, 2010, Darabont reported that The Walking Dead had been picked up for a second season, with production to begin in February 2011. On November 8, 2010, AMC confirmed that there would be a second season consisting of 13 episodes.[4] He would also like to include some of the "environmental elements" that take place during Volume 2 of Kirkman's book.[18]

[edit] Writing

On July 17, 2010, Darabont revealed who would be writing and directing the six episodes of the first season. Darabont wrote/co-wrote the first three episodes and directed the premiere episode. Michelle MacLaren directed the second episode. Executive producer Charles H. Eglee and co-executive producer Jack LoGiudice co-wrote the third episode with Darabont, with the installment directed by Gwyneth Horder-Payton. The fourth episode was written by executive producer Robert Kirkman, the creator and writer of the comic book, and it was directed by Johan Renck. The fifth episode was written by Glen Mazzara and directed by Ernest Dickerson. The sixth episode was written by consulting producer Adam Fierro and directed by Guy Ferland.[19]
On December 1, 2010, Deadline.com reported that Darabont had fired his writing staff, including executive producer Charles "Chic" Eglee, and plans to use freelance writers for the second season.[20] Kirkman called the announcement "premature" and clarified that Eglee left to pursue other projects when Darabont decided to stay on as showrunner and that no definitive plans had been made regarding the writing staff for season two.[21]
“ [Eglee] was brought onto The Walking Dead with the idea that Frank was going to work on the first season and then go off and do movies. Chic didn't want to be second-in-command on a show when he's used to being a top dog, and so he decided to go off and do something else, which is something that happens and is not a big deal. ”
—Robert Kirkman, TV Guide[21]
On December 3, 2010, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, executive producer Gale Anne Hurd commented that "It's completely inaccurate. [In] the writers' room, there are people that have set up other projects that will be their first priority if their own series is picked up as a pilot or if it's a series. I think [Eglee] just decided that he wants to run his own show." She revealed that it is likely the show will return in October 2011, as Darabont and Kirkman plan on mapping out the next season early in 2011. She also confirmed that "every one of the principal cast is signed up for multiple seasons."[22]
In July 2011, series developer and showrunner Frank Darabont stepped down from his position as showrunner for the series.[23] It was believed that he was unable to adjust to the schedule of running a television series,[23] however, The Hollywood Reporter reported he had been fired.[24] Executive producer Glen Mazzara will be the series' new showrunner.[25]

[edit] Filming

The series is completely shot on 16 mm film.[26] David Tattersall was the director of photography for the pilot episode with David Boyd as the director of photography on the remainder of the episodes. Production design is done by Greg Melton and Alex Hajdu. The effects team includes veteran special effects makeup designer Gregory Nicotero, special effects coordinator Darrell Pritchett, and visual effects supervisors Sam Nicholson and Jason Sperling.[27]

[edit] Marketing

Promotional poster of The Walking Dead.
The Walking Dead debuted during the same week in 120 countries. As part of an expansive campaign to advertise and heighten anticipation for the premiere, AMC and FOX International Channels coordinated a worldwide zombie invasion event on October 26, 2010. The stunt involved invading 26 major cities, starting with Taipei and Hong Kong, and ending in Los Angeles for the U.S. premiere, within a 24 hour period.[28]
The show's official website released, just prior to the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International, a motion comic based on Issue #1 of the original comic and voiced by Phil LaMarr.[29] The site also posted a making-of documentary primarily about the first episode, as well as a number of other behind-the-scenes videos and interviews. In the documentary, comic series creator and show executive producer Robert Kirkman as well as artist Charlie Adlard say they are pleased with how faithful the show is to the comic and remark on the similarities between the actors and the comic's original character drawings.[30]
Action figures of characters from the series, including Rick Grimes, Daryl Dixon and a zombie Walker and Biter, were created for release in November 2011. The figures, which are manufactured by McFarlane Toys, are designed to resemble the actors on the series. Figures created to resemble the characters as drawn in the comic book were released in September 2011.[31]

[edit] Talking Dead

Following the encore presentation of the second season premiere on October 16, 2011, a live after-show titled Talking Dead hosted by Chris Hardwick will premiere. Then, beginning on November 4, 2011, the half-hour series will air at 11:00 pm following the encore presentations of the episodes on Friday. The series will feature host Chris Hardwick discussing the latest episode with fans, actors, and producers.[32]

[edit] Release

Sarah Wayne Callies and Andrew Lincoln, Robert Kirkman in the background left (2010)
Scenes from the pilot were screened July 23, 2010 as part of the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International.[33] It premiered on AMC on October 31, 2010.[2] It premiered internationally on Fox International Channels during the first week of November.[34] The first season premiered in Hong Kong on TVB Pearl on August 30, 2011.[35]
Almost two weeks before the official premiere on AMC, the pilot episode leaked online.[36]
International broadcast rights for the show were sold and announced on June 14, 2010.[37]
The season 1 DVD and Blu-ray was released on March 8, 2011.[38] A three-disc special edition of the first season—featuring new featurettes and audio commentaries—was released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 4, 2011.[39]
The European versions of the first season DVD and Blu-ray are edited for gore, with cuts to episode two ("Guts"),[40] episode three ("Tell It to the Frogs"),[41] episode four ("Vatos")[42] and episode five ("Wildfire").[43]
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