Frank Darabont Takes On The Walking Dead For AMC

Haven't heard of this before, but definitely looks like a good idea.  I am a bit concerned with how AMC is going to be able to show it content wise

Sweet, I hope they don't cut Rick's hand off on the show, other then that I look forward to meeting the cast they will have for the show, thanks for the heads up G-Man.

Always said that this would make a great series.

This could either be really awesome, or really embarrassing. I hope it's the former, because Walking Dead is a great comic.

The Walking Dead is an awesome comic.  I'd just be worried that they may dumb it down a bit for TV.  Kinda like watching Braveheart on cable...it just isn't the same!

Walking Dead is one of my favorite comics. I hope the series is good.

intriguing concept

I love The Walking Dead. I always imagined this show for HBO but I guess AMC could pull it off. They'd have to tone down the language quite a bit though. Mad Men and Breaking Bad are both great edgy shows on AMC so I'm sure TWD won't have any trouble finding a home there.

YES! I love Walking Dead becuase it's sort of like a less wacky LOST. Like, nobody's trying to discover the secrets behind a hatch or the Dharma Initiative (also no time travel!), it's just about survival. I would totally watch this as long as it's good, even if they go light on the language and violence.

:( How can they even pull off most of the utterly screwed up stuff from Walking Dead on AMC?! They won't even show The Gimp in Pulp Fiction on that channel. I don't think this is a good idea. 

Can't wait to see this.

I would love a Walking Dead series but like people said above I 'm afraid that AMC won't be able to do it the justice it deserves.....also I want it filmed in black & white

Best news I have read all day!

i wonder if they can show michonnes torture scene

 I had never even heard of the show, but the art is pretty cool.
I like this shirt. This one or the "Racoon City PD" shirts.
 

 Darabont has good and just the right credentials for this. i think it's going to be a win.

Definitely a great idea. I love also the idea of black and white. As far as it being as graphic as the comic, it won't be and that is okay by me. It is not as much about graphic violence as it is about the brutalness of survival. This can be portrayed in such a way that the edgy and uncertainness of each moment is in question. Going to the bathroom alone could end in the end of your life kind of survival. AMC makes Mad Men as well which is a quality show, so they have a good track record. 
 
Hopefully it happens.

i hope this happens. the story is strong enough to support a series. I hope they stick to the comic, and do not try and "run" with the concept. The extreme violent acts don't have to be shown on screen, they can infer things and let the viewer fill in the blanks. black and white, while i like it in the comic, I doubt the producers will go for it. It would be cool and would def. set the tone. hope this happens, if not on Amc, then Showtime/HBO.

I want to cry, this will make so many starving children in the poorest regions of the world happy

I think it would work better with HBO or Showtime.  It has such shocking and dark subject matter that by having it on AMC would diminish those things that are integral to the story...

My ears pricked up as I saw this article today. Walking Dead series you say? I would love to see this happen, but would generally like them to try to keep to the storyline. It's not only a survival horror, but also about how culture can fail (and bond) in an apolcalyptic crisis. 
 
There was a mini-series shown here in the UK called Survivors, that focuses on a group of people after a virus has killed about 99.9% of the world's population (that's about 6.7mil people left in the world). It has a Lord of the Flies type of vibe to it. Although it's only gone on for about 6 episodes in the first series it has been quite interesting and there's alledgedly a second series to come.
 
I can imagine a possible Walking Dead series following in the same footsteps, but from what I know about American networks (which in all honesty, isn't a lot) they apparently have a tendency of watering these down. The series could work. But it needs to stay true to the story and not shy away from the brutality of the events that has made the comic book a success in the first place.

" I think it would work better with HBO or Showtime.  It has such shocking and dark subject matter that by having it on AMC would diminish those things that are integral to the story... "

This is how stories like Walking Dead, 100 Bullets, and Y: The Last Man have to be told if they're going to be put into this kind of medium.  Problem is this series is very violent so I don't know how the sensors are going to react if they stay true to the comics.
 
And amen to filming in Black and White!

" @Bobafeet said:

" I think it would work better with HBO or Showtime.  It has such shocking and dark subject matter that by having it on AMC would diminish those things that are integral to the story... "

Agreed on that front HBO would be awesome for this AMC will probably  aim this at a different audience and take away from the core story. "