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AMC Gets The Walking Dead

13 August 2009 12:00 AM, PDT | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that the cable channel AMC has acquired the rights to the Image Comics series “The Walking Dead” for turning the zombie comic into a TV series. Frank Darabont has been attached to write and direct as well as be an executive producer for “The Walking Dead”, which he has been developing before AMC picked it up. Darabont has directed “The Mist”, “The Majestic”, “The Green Mile”, “The Shawshank Redemption”, and also wrote the screenplay for “A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors.” “The Walking Dead”, created by Robert Kirkman for Image Comics, premiered in 2003 and has gone onto critical acclaim as it [...] »

- Costa Koutsoutis

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AMC and Darabont Team for The Walking Dead

11 August 2009 10:25 PM, PDT | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »

AMC is bringing Image Comics’ graphic novel series The Walking Dead to the small screen, signing Frank Darabont to write and direct a series adaptation. Darabont and producer Hurd pitched the project to AMC and several other outlets. Dead, written by Robert Kirkman, is set among a group of zombie survivors of an apocalypse who are led by a police officer, Rick Grimes, in search of a safe place to live. Numerous editions of the Walking Dead graphic novels have been published since 2003. Joel Stillerman, AMC's senior vice president of programming, production and original content, said the project appealed to the network because of "the quality of the storytelling" in Kirkman's work. The series will stay faithful to the tone of the original novels, he said. AMC only recently ventured into producing original shows, but the gamble has paid off in a big way. The network’s Breaking Bad »

- James Cook

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Feature: The Curious Cameography of Matt Damon

8 January 2009 1:13 PM, PST | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »

By Stephen Saito

When Stanislavsky decreed, "there are no small parts, only small actors," Matt Damon was listening. In a career that started with one line in "Mystic Pizza," Damon has risen to the ranks of the A-list. Yet as Damon's star has gotten bigger, the roles have gotten smaller -- most recently, the "Bourne" star reaffirmed his status as king of cameos with his brief appearance in "Che: Part II," in which he plays Father Schwartz, a German priest fluent in Spanish who attempts to negotiate with rebel forces in Bolivia, with screen time of less than a minute. Though his finest pint-sized performance likely went down on the small screen last year in Sarah Silverman's serenade "I'm Fucking Matt Damon," no one has done more random onscreen favors for friends than Damon, who has been around the world more than Jason Bourne and worn crazier get-ups than »

- Stephen Saito

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