The Walking Dead television series is currently ramping up to return to AMC on February 9th to finish out the back half of Season 4, and with it fans are clamoring to find out what happens next. While we wait for the mid-season premiere, two news items have arose that which should provide for plenty of conversations.
First up, there are new updates coming out on where The Walking Dead spin-off series, which was first announced back in September, currently sits in terms of product. Second, a Walking Dead parody movie is about to start filming.
In a recent interview with Vulture, two of AMC’s top executives, Charlie Collier and Joel Stillerman, spoke on the state of the network’s current and future programming. Among their discussions was the The Walking Dead spin-off, which Stillerman had this to say:
We kicked around a few ideas, but primarily what he’s working on is, what is the idea that gives [him] as clear a mandate to make another version of this show as [he] had for the first one? What is going on [now] is a more philosophical discussion over why there should be another version of the show. Once we answer that, we’ll zero in on the specific creative.
Collier adds:
It sounds like the big question that still must be answered is “what story is worth telling that couldn’t be told in the current show?” And with that question comes the clear signal that, for better or worse, we aren’t going to be seeing any concrete information about the show for quite some time. AMC currently has the series pegged to air in 2015.
On a lighter note, word is coming out that movie parody of The Walking Dead is already well underway. The movie, entitled Walking with the Dead, comes from director Scott Dow and writer Tim Ogletree and is currently shooting in Texas.
Here’s the current synopsis:
The film will star Jacqui Holland, Dave Sheridan, Joey Oglesby, Sophia Ali, and Ogletree.
What story point of view would you like to see in The Walking Dead spin-off? Any interest in the parody film?
[Source: Vulture | Bloody Disgusting] http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2014/01/13/the-walking-dead-spin-off-series-update-new-parody-film-underway?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+geeksofdoom+%28GEEKS+OF+DOOM%29
