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AMC Releases 1st Look At ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 4: Photo

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday May 10, 2013 @ 10:00am PDTTags: AMC, Andrew Lincoln, The Walking Dead

AMC today put out the first photo from The Walking Dead Season 4. Here’s a look at Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes back to work on the set in Atlanta. But who is that standing in the shadows? Production on Season 4 began Monday. The Walking Dead‘s Season 3 finale drew 12.4 million viewers, up by more than 3 million from the Season 2 ender. And the Season 3 average in adults 18-49 surpassed everything else on TV this season, including The Big Bang Theory, American Idol, The Voice and Modern Family. Season 4 of The Walking Dead begins airing on AMC in October.

Related: AMC Says Zombies To Blame For Error-Filled ‘Walking Dead’ NYT Ad

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‘Walking Dead’s Glen Mazzara Set To Write ‘The Shining’ Prequel

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday April 11, 2013 @ 11:34am PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Glen Mazzara, The Overlook Hotel, The Shining, The Walking Dead
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EXCLUSIVE: Glen Mazzara, who ran AMC’s smash hit series The Walking Dead for the past several seasons, will now focus on ghosts. He’s in talks to write The Overlook Hotel, a prequel to the Stanley Kubrick-directed The Shining, based on the Stephen King novel. The film is being developed at Warner Bros to be produced by Mythology Entertainment’s Bradley Fischer, James Vanderbilt and Laeta Kalogridis.

While King wasn’t crazy about the Kubrick movie, there are so many iconic images in that movie, and an outsized performance by Jack Nicholson, that this will be a tough act to follow. Mazzara is an interesting choice. He succeeded Frank Darabont on The Walking Dead, and while it seemed he clashed with graphic novel creator Robert Kirkman — he was dropped as showrunner in December — I think he did a fabulous job in moving forward and giving context to what Darabont started. I’ve never seen a series quite like it, and there are plenty of ghostly nuggets from the formative days of that haunted hotel that were dropped in the book and the Kubrick movie that make me eager to see what Mazzara does with this prequel. Read More »

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UPDATE: AMC Says Zombies To Blame For Error-Filled ‘Walking Dead’ NYT Ad

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday April 4, 2013 @ 3:00pm PDTTags: AMC, Modern Family, The New York Times, The Voice, The Walking Dead

UPDATE, 3 PM: How did AMC get wrong what networks air The Voice and Modern Family in its full-page The Walking Dead ad that ran in today’s New York Times? It was the undead’s fault, says the network. “It appears our fact checking department was overrun … Read More »

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‘The Walking Dead’ Ups Trio To Regulars

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday April 3, 2013 @ 4:00pm PDTTags: AMC, Chad Coleman, Emily Kinney, Sonequa Martin-Green, The Walking Dead
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UPDATE: In response to questions about the status of The Walking Dead‘s Melissa McBride, who was not among the four promoted to regular, the actress confirmed on Twitter that she is already a regular on the show. So that is that.… Read More »

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‘The Walking Dead’ Season Finale Shatters More Records; Watched By 12.4M

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Monday April 1, 2013 @ 11:39am PDTTags: AMC, The Walking Dead, TV Ratings

The Walking Dead Season 3 finale was watched by 12.4 million viewers last night on AMC. That and the 8.1 million the zombie drama drew in the adults 18-49 demographic were highs for … Read More »

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Video Pirates Offer Pay TV Shows Within Three Hours: Analyst

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Friday March 15, 2013 @ 12:34pm PDTTags: Piracy, The Big Bang Theory, The Pirate Bay, The Walking Dead

There’s so much current programming that’s available for free from online pirates that it “could put the whole [pay TV] ecosystem at risk,” Macquarie Equities Research’s Tim Nollen warns today. His report follows what he says was a “quick and dirty Google search” to see what he could find. To his surprise “practically everything that’s popular on TV can be found instantly” from torrent sites such as The Pirate Bay and cyberlockers listed in Letmewatchthis.com. For example, he found episodes of FX’s Justified, TNT’s Dallas, AMC’s The Walking Dead, History’s Vikings, and CBS’ The Big Bang Theory less than three hours after they aired. He also was surprised by how slick some of these sites have become. “In terms of usability, it’s difficult to tell the difference between iTunes or Netflix and the smoothest-looking illegitimate sites.” About 70% of U.S. homes have broadband service, giving them the ability to download an hourlong show in about 42 seconds — and lots of people already use that power to watch shows for free. Pirate Bay is more popular among U.S. Internet users than sites from The Washington Post, Best Buy, and dating service Match.com. Read More »

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Glen Mazzara Signs Overall Deal With Fox TV Studios

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday March 14, 2013 @ 10:30am PDTTags: Big Deals TV, Fox TV Studios, Glen Mazzara, The Walking Dead
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Three months after his highly publicized exit from AMC’s The Walking Dead, former Walking Dead executive producer/showrunner Glen Mazzara has launched his own production company, 44 Strong Prods, and has signed an overall deal with Fox TV Studios. Under the pact, Mazzara will develop cable series through 44 Strong — named after his address in Brooklyn, 44 Strong Place — and will shepherd other writers on their own shows. It reunites the writer-producer with FtvS, the studio behind FX’s The Shield, where Mazzara spent six seasons. “The Shield was the show that really put FtvS on the map, and Glen was a huge part of that show’s success,” FtvS president David Madden said. “Years later, Glen has become a lauded and expert showrunner, and after his extraordinary stint on The Walking Dead, we are proud to bring Glen back home.” Added Mazzara, “I’ve had a long history with Fox Television Studios… This is where I want to be, and I couldn’t ask for a better partner as I take the next step in my career.” Read More »

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‘The Walking Dead’ At PaleyFest 2013: Creators, Cast Close & Controversy-Free

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday March 1, 2013 @ 11:57pm PSTTags: Gale Anne Hurd, PaleyFest 2013, Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead

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Diehard zombie fans were out in force for the first night of PaleyFest 2013 thanks to the festival-opening The Walking Dead panel moderated by Nerdist impressario and Talking Dead host Chris Hardwick. Perhaps that’s why Hardwick erred on the side of devoted fanboy rather than penetrating interviewer, giving the event more of a Comic-Con panel feel. Cast members Andrew Lincoln (Rick), Dania Gurira (Michonne), Laurie Holden (Andrea), Scott Wilson (Hershel), Emily Kinney (Beth), Norman Reedus (Daryl), and Steven Yeun (Glenn) were joined by series creator and executive producer Robert Kirkman and his co-executive producers Gale Anne Hurd, Greg Nicotero and David Alpert for a occasionally salty, consistently hilarious discussion that avoided any hint of controversy.
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AMC Confirms Scott Gimple As ‘Walking Dead’ Showrunner, Ups Two Others To EP

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday February 27, 2013 @ 11:17am PSTTags: AMC, Scott Gimple, The Walking Dead
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AMC today made official The Walking Dead supervising producer Scott M. Gimple‘s promotion to executive producer and showrunner for Season 4, replacing Glenn Mazzara. Additionally, co-executive producer, Emmy-winning Special Effects … Read More »

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So Which Hollywood Agency Will Sign Zombie TV Hacker First?

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday February 12, 2013 @ 11:07am PSTTags: The Walking Dead

The stunt was pulled Monday night, when somebody with maybe too much The Walking Dead on the brain hacked into two Montana TV stations’ Emergency Alert System to warn of a real zombie apocalypse. The admittedly authentic-looking … Read More »

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‘The Walking Dead’ Returns With Record-Breaking 12.3M Viewers

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Monday February 11, 2013 @ 12:19pm PSTTags: AMC, The Walking Dead, TV Ratings

Walking Dead Ratings Season 3 Return AMC’s The Walking Dead returned last night from its third-season break with 12.3 million viewers, a series high for the zombie apocalypse drama. Up against the Grammys, the 9 PM midseason premiere pulled in 7.7 million viewers among Adults 18-49, a basic-cable record for a series and up 6% from the show’s previous high for its October 14 season premiere. In total, 16.6 million viewers watched Walking Dead last night combining the 9 PM premiere and 11 PM, midnight and 2 AM encores on AMC. The series was back Sunday for the last eight episodes of its third season after a break of more than two months. Read More »

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‘Walking Dead’ EP Gale Anne Hurd Q&A On Glen Mazzara’s Departure, The Series’ Return & ‘Downton Abbey’

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Saturday February 9, 2013 @ 12:46pm PSTTags: AMC, Gale Anne Hurd, The Walking Dead

The Walking DeadYou could call her the Queen of the Dead. Walking Dead executive producer Gale Anne Hurd has been with the AMC zombie apocalypse show from the very beginning, through its behind the scenes up and downs and its record breaking ratings results this past year. After a more than two-month break, The Walking Dead is back Sunday for eight more episodes of its third season. Hurd spoke with Deadline about the show’s return, the sudden exit last year of showrunner Glen Mazzara and how Dead comic creator and show EP Robert Kirkman feels about the detours the series takes from the comics. The seasoned producer also talks about the possibility of a Walking Dead movie and the similarities between her show and its fellow Sunday night airer Downton Abbey.

Deadline: I have to ask right off the bat – What happened with Glen Mazzara?
Gale Anne Hurd: Essentially with the series moving forward, he saw Season 4 in a different light than AMC did.

Deadline: OK. That’s very similar to what he has said. With Glen having left, are we are going to see any difference in the show with Scott Gimple taking over the showrunner job?
Hurd: I don’t think there will be any difference. We have the same writers’ room who’ll be contributing to all the episodes as we had before. We have Greg Nicotero and Robert Kirkman and producer Dave Alpert are still very strong voices. So I don’t think you’ll see a shift at all.

Related: Glen Mazzara No-Show At ‘Walking Dead’ TV Academy Panel
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Movie Theaters To Offer PaleyFest Panels For ‘Walking Dead’ And ‘Big Bang Theory’

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Thursday February 7, 2013 @ 10:35am PSTTags: National CineMedia, PaleyFest, The Big Bang Theory, The Walking Dead

Movie theater owners typically consider television to be the enemy. But many will call a brief truce next month as part of their search for inexpensive, non-movie content that can attract ticket buyers on slow nights. … Read More »

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Glen Mazzara No-Show At ‘Walking Dead’ TV Academy Panel

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday February 5, 2013 @ 9:28pm PSTTags: Academy of Televison Arts and Sciences, AMC, The Walking Dead

Walking Dead TV Academy It was an almost Walking Dead full house tonight on stage at the TV Academy’s Leonard E. Goldenson Theatre. Almost. Noticeably absent Tuesday was Glen Mazzara. The departing executive … Read More »

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PaleyFest Finalizes Panel Attendees

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday February 5, 2013 @ 2:57pm PSTTags: PaleyFest, The Walking Dead

The Paley Center for Media has firmed up guest panelists for its 30th annual PaleyFest, set for March 1-15 at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills. Click over for the complete lineup, which kicks off with AMC’s The Walking Dead.

Related: PaleyFest 2013 Unveils Full Schedule Read More »

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NATPE: Glen Mazzara Says “Ask AMC” Why He Was Dropped From ‘Walking Dead’

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday January 29, 2013 @ 11:42am PSTTags: AMC, Glen Mazzara, NATPE, The Walking Dead

Former The Walking Dead showrunner Glen Mazzara said today that if you want to know why he suddenly lost his job on the hit show last year, he’s not your guy. “When people involved with the show are looking at the long-term plan, you know, they want something different. And what those differences are, you’d have to ask AMC,” he said Tuesday during a session at NATPE. Mazzara exited Walking Dead in December when AMC renewed the breakout series for a fourth season. “I was a hired gun coming in to support the creator of the show and, through odd circumstances, I ended up becoming the showrunner. I was just glad that I was able to contribute and not mess up the show, I see that as a win,” he added to laughs from the crowd. Earlier this month, Walking Dead supervising producer Scott Gimple was announced as Mazzara’s replacement. Mazzara was appearing on a panel in Miami with Lost co-creator/showrunner Damon Lindelof on the second day of the conference. The second part of The Walking Dead’s third season starts February 10.

Related: Kurt Sutter Slams “Small Minded” AMC Over ‘Walking Dead’ Showrunner Exit
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TV TRAILER: ‘Walking Dead’ Season 3B

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday January 24, 2013 @ 10:52am PSTTags: AMC, The Walking Dead
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Season 3 of AMC‘s The Walking Dead, whose fall portion shattered cable ratings ratings and topped broadcast competition, continues on February 10 when the zombie drama returns for its winter premiere. The upcoming episodes were overseen by Walking Dead‘s outgoing showrunner Glen Mazzara, who is being … Read More »

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Scott Gimple Promoted To Showrunner Of ‘The Walking Dead’, Replaces Glen Mazzara

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday January 14, 2013 @ 1:00pm PSTTags: Glen Mazzara, The Walking Dead
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Walking Dead Showrunner Scott GimpleFor a second consecutive time, The Walking Dead is reaching within to replace a showrunner. The series’ supervising producer Scott M. Gimple is finalizing a deal to become executive producer and new … Read More »

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PaleyFest 2013 Unveils Full Schedule; ‘Walking Dead’ Tapped For Opening Panel

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday January 9, 2013 @ 9:18am PSTTags: Community, Paley Center for Media, PaleyFest, The Walking Dead

AMC’s The Walking Dead will serve the opening-night panel March 1 at Paley Center for Media’s annual TV confab, which runs through March 15 at the Saban Theatre in LA. The full slate of panels announced today includes the already … Read More »

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