Jun
01
2011

Budget Cuts Ahead For THE WALKING DEAD, Could Cause Some Problems

While at THR's annual drama showrunner Emmy roundtable, the writer/producer of THE WALKING DEAD, Frank Darabont, addressed the budget of AMC’s show saying; “Creatively I have no complaints thus far,” Darabont says. “But I believe if they do move ahead with what they’re talking ...
Jun
01
2011

Three New Characters Revealed for Season 2 of ‘The Walking Dead’

As we all know, the first season of AMC‘s The Walking Dead took some liberties with the comic. New characters and new situations (Keeping Shane alive, Nursing home gang, season finale at CDC..etc) were introduced. I’m still on the fence ...
May
31
2011

How Much Can Kyro Syrup and Red Food Coloring Cost? Walking Dead Season Two Facing Budget Cuts

Season One of AMC’s The Walking Dead was a honest to goodness smash hit, filled with it’s blend of drama and gore for the masses. It perfectly captured the endearing spirit of humans in a post-apocalyptic world. It was a ...
May
10
2011

Stan Lee Asked Robert Kirkman If He Can Be A Zombie On THE WALKING DEAD!

Ok, THE WALKING DEAD is a smash hit! so much so, celebrities are asking if they can cameo on the show so they can get all zombiefied. Now we come to Stan Lee, who also wants to be on the ...
May
10
2011

NOOOOO! Walking Dead Season 2 Will Not Include The Appearance of Michonne

Season One of AMC’s The Walking Dead was a honest to goodness smash hit, filled with it’s blend of drama and gore for the masses. The show -based on Robert Kirkman’s hit comic series- created the coming of the new ...
May
06
2011

Pre-Order: THE WALKING DEAD Series 1 Action Figure Set

                                       Pre-Order: The Walking Dead Series 1 Action Figure Set: Robert Kirkman's hit comic, The Walking Dead brought to life! Based ...
Mar
21
2011

Updates on Walking Dead Season 2- Stephen King May be on Board

C2E2 was this past weekend and one of the hottest topics was ‘The Walking Dead’ Having wrapped the six-episode mini-season, Frank Darabont and company are currently hard at work on storylines for a larger second story arc. Series regulars Laurie ...
Mar
13
2011

Edgar Wright Gives Brief Update on ‘Ant-Man’; Also Asked To Direct ‘The Walking Dead’

He made us quiver with ‘Shaun Of The Dead’ and drool lovingly over ‘Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World’ but what has Edgar Wright done for the nerds lately. Known for his direction and drive with film, like a porn star ...
Mar
11
2011

The Walking Dead Keeps Shuffling Along; Kirkman Confirms and Denies Recent Rumors

I’m a big fan of The Walking Dead, have been from the start. It’s my go-to-comic when trying to get friends hooked on the joys of comics. So when the AMC television show was announced, I was all Nerdbastard giggly ...
Mar
06
2011

The Walking Dead Season 2 Update “It’s Going to Get Sexier and More Violent”

Before I get to today’s Walking Dead update with comments by the cast and crew members, I’m going to put myself in front of the firing squad and say that I am not looking forward to season two (which won’t ...
Mar
04
2011

Walking Dead Season 2 to Feature a Lava Planet? *lowers head in shame*

Frank Darabont’s Walking Dead TV series on AMC was no doubt a critical and public success. Much like the comic from which it’s based it’s a rich, smart, character driven story about what happens when a group of people are forced ...
Feb
18
2011

Robert Kirkman on The Walking Dead Season 2, Plus the New Video Game

(article by nerdbastards contributor Sarah Moran @SarahThisIs) If you were out of the loop and missed the big news yesterday, Telltale games is developing a video game based on Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead (as well as Bill Willingham’s Fables). ...
Feb
17
2011

Two Of Your Favorite Comics Are Becoming Video Games; Fables and The Walking Dead!

(article by nerdbastards contributor Sarah Moran @SarahThisIs) Jill Pantozzi (luv u Jill), known to many of us geeks as The Nerdy Bird is reporting that Telltale games is planning two new video games based on Bill Willinghams’s Fables and Robert Kirkman’s ...
Feb
10
2011

The Well-Sculpted But Barely Articulated Dead

​Someone's got the Walking Dead action figure license. Based on my article title, care to guess who? From ToyNewsI: McFarlane Toys will be doing a new line of action figures based on "The Walking Dead." ... The first series of ...
Jan
20
2011

A ‘The Walking Dead’ Video Game Staggering Our Way?

Robert Kirkman’s ‘The Walking Dead’ was the breakout hit of the comic book world, then AMC developed it into a breakout hit series and now it may be head to videogame consoles. Taking control of characters like Glenn, Andrea and ...
Dec
06
2010

‘The Walking Dead’ 6 Million Strong

Thanks to the outstanding support from it’s viewers, Robert Kirkman’s ‘TheWalking Dead’ has ripped limbs and bitten the face off of basic cable records (that is, if basic cable had limbs and face, but who’s to say it doesn’t?), with the ...
Dec
05
2010

The Walking Dead Season Finale “TS-19″ Recap/Review

(Post by nerdbastards contributor Nick Bungay- Twitter @NickBungay) Here we are at the finish line of AMC’s The Walking Dead. With bodies everywhere, friends lost and relationships in ruin can “TS-19″ be our group’s hope for a possible cure. Let’s dive ...
Dec
05
2010

Walking Dead Marathon: Be Fast or Be Jerky

If you haven’t been bitten by The Walking Dead yet, there’s still time!  Today AMC is running a Walking Dead Marathon showing all the episodes right up to the airing of the season finale.  Set your DVR, Check your schedule, ...
Dec
04
2010

Update on ‘The Walking Dead’ Dead: Writers NOT Fired, Season 2 Being Mapped Out

We recently reported that Walking Dead executive producer Frank Darabont had canned the writers who worked on the awesome first season of AMC’s zombie series, including his Number 2 guy, Charles “Chic” Eglee, and that they planned to assign the second season of scripts ...
Dec
01
2010

Entire Writing Staff For AMCs ‘The Walking Dead’ Canned (Oh Noes!)

“What the hell?!” is all I can think as there is news going around that Frank Darabont has let go of the writing staff of the great AMC zombie show, The Walking Dead. No reason has been revealed why ...
Nov
28
2010

The Walking Dead Episode 5 “Wildfire” Review/Recap

(Post by nerdbastards contributor Nick Bungay- Twitter @NickBungay) Another week of the trials and tribulations living in an undead world, it’s time for this week’s Walking Dead review/recap. After the their return from the city, with no Meryle in “hand”, our ...
Nov
21
2010

The Walking Dead Season 1, Episode 4: “Vatos” Recap/Review

(Post by nerdbastards contributor Nick Bungay- Twitter @NickBungay) It’s Sunday night and while people are laying theirs heads to sleep for the night your up watching another episode of The Walking Dead. In this week’s episode, entitled “Vatos”, our hero’s continue ...
Nov
15
2010

15 Walking Dead Moments We Can’t Believe We’ll See on TV

AMC has surprised us with some of the things they've shown on the first few episodes of their version of The Walking Dead. From killing zombie kids and the horse smorgasbord in the first episode to some of the ...
Nov
15
2010

The Walking Dead Season 1, Episode 3: “Tell it to the frogs” Recap

(Post by nerdbastards contributor Nick Bungay- Twitter @NickBungay) This week the undead are alive and it’s time to “Tell it to the frogs” in this week’s saga of The Walking Dead. Rick encounters fellow survivors, a rescue attempt is put into ...
Nov
09
2010

The Walking Dead Will Keep on Walking

​With only two episodes aired, AMC has gone ahead and renewed The Walking Dead for a second season. This is good news, because The Walking Dead is pretty great -- the second season will be for 13 episodes, unlike this ...
Nov
08
2010

It’s An Undead World-’The Walking Dead’ Renewed For A Second Season

(Post by nerdbastards contributor Nick Bungay- Twitter @NickBungay) Two episodes in and audiences everywhere have spoken up for AMC’s newest breakout hit. Thanks to the outstanding support from it’s viewers, Robert Kirkman’s ‘TheWalking Dead’ has been renewed for another season. That’s right, ...
Nov
08
2010

An Irrelevant Take on the Zombie Goodness of the Walking Dead

It's pretty unlikely you haven't heard of the new zombie extravaganza that's hitting the tubes... But none the less, if you're unaware, The Walking Dead is AMC's newest TV show that is based on the graphic novel series created by ...
Nov
04
2010

Missed ‘The Walking Dead’? That’s OK, You Can Watch It Right Here

AMC’s The Walking Dead, adapted from Robert Kirkman’s stellar comic-book series premiered it’s first episode on Halloween night. While, from a rating perspective it was AMC’s highest viewed series premiere, pulling in more that 8.3 million viewers, there are a ...
Nov
01
2010

‘The Walking Dead’ Hits Big, 8.3 Million Big

Did y’all have a good Halloween? Ya? Well I know a few folks who had a great Halloween. Regardless of how much candy you scored Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, Tony Moore, Frank Darabont and the folks at AMC scored something ...
Nov
01
2010

Walking Dead on AMC improves on comic, revives zombie fiction… again

The first episode of AMC's TV adaptation of
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Oct
31
2010

‘The Walking Dead’: What Did You Think?

“In a world ruled by the dead, we a forced to finally start living” Hey bastards! It came, it went and totally kicked our ass. I am, of course referring to the premier episode of Frank Darabont’s ‘The Walking Dead’, AMCs ...
Oct
31
2010

Reminder: ‘The Walking Dead’ Premiers Tonight

Ahoy kiddies- First of all, HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Hope all you bastards have a safe, but slightly devious time! So, it’s Halloween, you know what that means? Before you shout out the now infamous tagline “If it’s Halloween, Then it Must ...
Oct
29
2010

The Dead Start Walking on Sunday at 10pm EST

First things first: The above video is a 5-minute preview of AMC's The Walking Dead, which -- like pretty much everything else we've seen from the show -- looks awesome (I love how the show takes its time, the little ...
Oct
28
2010

The Walking Dead Clip: Rick Wakes Up

AMC has been promoting the hell out of The Walking Dead and all it’s doing is making me can’t wait for Halloween to get here. This time, we get a clip that is about 4 and half minutes long and ...
Oct
28
2010

And You Thought The Walking Dead Zombies Were Lifeless…

Well, AMC's pilot for The Walking Dead has leaked online and someone has ripped the opening credits to YouTube. As you can see, they are quite passable. Moodiness? Check. Forboding visuals? Sure. Not to sully the fine work of whomever ...
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