Walking Dead

Secrets from the Walking Dead Comics Hidden in the Season Two Videos

Last year, The Walking Dead deviated massively from Robert Kirkman’s comic book source material — ending in a giant CG fireball. But will the new season adhere to the original work? Here are a few comic book clues we picked up in the trailers, clips and promo shots! BIG SPOILERS AHEAD. First, you can clearly…

Television Meredith Woerner Oct 14

6 Walking Dead shorts tell the bloody story of the undead “Bicycle Girl”

Find out what happened to the rest of the world during the undead outbreak on The Walking Dead, with these five webisodes, directed by the series co-producer Greg Nicotero. Find out what really happened to the Bicycle Girl from the show’s pilot. Walking Dead will return on October 16th.

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 3

Frank Darabont’s replacement promises not to screw up Walking Dead

The showrunner who replaced Frank Darabont on Walking Dead, Glen Mazzara, gave a fairly candid interview with The Hollywood Reporter. In it he promises he’s not planning on deviating from Darabont’s second season plans. Hooray? Fingers crossed, anyway.

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 12

10 Crazy Things Viruses Do In Movies And Television

Viruses never act realistic on television or in the movies — usually, they just kill their hosts way too quickly, probably with a brief fever and some well-spritzed movie sweats. But sometimes, fake viruses get way more insane. What are the craziest viral symptoms ever seen on your screen? What’s the worst that can happen…

Movies Meredith Woerner Sep 8

Walking Dead forbids fans from asking about Frank Darabont’s departure at Dragon*Con

Last weekend, the cast of The Walking Dead took the stage at Dragon*Con and fielded questions from the audience — with one big restriction. Dragon*Con attendees were told eight times not to ask about former showrunner Frank Darabont. According to Geeks Of Doom: The audience was told precisely eight times (yes I counted) prior to…

Television Meredith Woerner Sep 6

Terminator 5 might resurrect an iconic character. Plus the Game of Thrones writers preview the new season two cast!

David Fincher’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea will focus on three particular characters from Jules Verne’s novel. Doctor Who’s Steven Moffat explains why the Doctor’s past is catching up to him. Plus new set photos from The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises! Spoilers from here on out! Top image from The Dark Knight Rises.…

Television Alasdair Wilkins Aug 31

How AMC’s Zombie Talk Show Could be Brilliant

Rumor has it AMC is tinkering around with the idea of a post-Walking Dead talk show. But before you start eye rolling yourself in to a seizure inducing stupor, hear us out. This show could be the start of something brilliant, if they follow these simple guidelines. Vulture is reporting that the higher ups over…

Television Meredith Woerner Aug 30

AMC’s Crazy Ideas for Cutting Costs on The Walking Dead

AMC thinks that zombies should be heard and not seen. Read a few of the terrible money-saving ideas AMC reportedly threw at showrunner Frank Darabont, before throwing him out the door. A new report claims there was more to Darabont’s precipitous departure than anybody realizes. Just days after AMC trotted out Darabont at Comic-Con, who…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 11

Frank Darabont stepping down as Walking Dead showrunner

Just days after he touted The Walking Dead’s second season at Comic-Con, rumors are flying that showrunner Frank Darabont is stepping down as the head zombie-wrangler on AMC’s hit undead series. What. The. Fuck. The Hollywood Reporter has just released this loaded bit of news: Sources confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that Darabont, the creator,…

Television Meredith Woerner Jul 26

The Best Clips and Trailers from This Year’s Comic-Con

This year Comic-Con buried the fans under a mountain of new footage! Walking Dead, True Blood, Supernatural, Knights Of Badassdom — everyone released some amazing footage to the masses! Here’s our round-up of the best videos that debuted at Comic-Con. Up top, you’ve got one hell of a clip of David Tennant, being generally amazing…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jul 25

The trailer for The Walking Dead Season 2!

Straight from Comic-Con, here’s the trailer for the thirteen-episode second season of The Walking Dead. Zombies! Shane running! Tension! Drama! Fences! Enjoy. The Walking Dead kicks off on Sunday, October 16 at 9 PM on AMC.

Trailers Cyriaque Lamar Jul 22

The first ever clip from the second season of The Walking Dead

AMC has released the first clip from the new season of The Walking Dead, and it’s a doozy. Watch as Rick Grimes whacks away the last bit of humanity inside of himself — by crushing a few “geeks” with a rock! October is too far away. We can’t wait to see the second season of…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 18

Comic-Con releases the full Friday schedule: Get ready for Spider-Man, Total Recall and Walking Dead!

The big surprise to come out of San Diego Comic-Con’s Friday schedule release: Sony’s decision to bring the Total Recall remake to San Diego. Let’s hope this means we’ll see some footage! View the whole schedule at SDCC’s website.

Movies Meredith Woerner Jul 8

First official look from Walking Dead season 2 reveals a zombie makeover!

The first official image from the second season of Walking Dead is out, showing off some new undead make up tricks. While the zombies look impressively gruesome, we’re wondering if the new yellow-eyed look is the first of many changes? In a press release sent out from AMC, Executive Writer/Producer Frank Darabont had this to…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jun 9

One video reveals all of The Walking Dead’s VFX secrets

Wonder how AMC turned Atlanta in a post apocalyptic disaster? Stargate Studios has compiled a pretty fantastic FX reel, which breaks down every little detail on set from the piles of bodies to the cars. Even the fleas were digitized! Thanks for the tip Kris!

io9 Meredith Woerner Apr 18

10 Great Series that Torture Their Characters (And Make You Love It)

With Game of Thrones coming to television this weekend, many more people will soon know the joy of vicarious masochism that is George R.R. Martin’s storytelling. But Martin’s not the only creator who abuses his characters for your perverse enjoyment. What are the other series that are A) awesome and B) cruel to their characters?…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 12

Handy comic explains how to write every Walking Dead plot ever

Want to write a best-selling zombie epic but don’t know where to start? Jeff Comsey, Rus Wooten, and Ryan Sohmner of the diabolical webcomic The Gutters have drafted this diagram on how to pen your own undead odyssey. Ouch! Just remember that the above comic contains some pretty big spoilers for the series. For more…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Apr 10

Thor and Gotham’s finest are the stars of comic book Wednesday

What’s on the stands this week? A new printing of Gotham Central, a new host for the Venom symbiote, new Walking Dead, and much, much more! First Issues Marvel resurrects the CrossGen line of comics with Sigil (Mike Carey pens the script). Marvel also introduces a new keeper of the symbiote in Rick Remender and…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Mar 8

Robert Kirkman raises our hopes for an epic second season of The Walking Dead

Frank Darabont’s Walking Dead TV series veered away from Robert Kirkman’s comic book source material, big-time. So will the group of post-apocalyptic survivors get back on track? Kirkman let some details slip about season two that have us very excited. Spoilers ahead… When asked by Entertainment Weekly if season two would follow the source material…

Television Meredith Woerner Mar 4

A Walking Dead video game? Brrraaaainnsss-less

We all knew this day would come. When something is popular, you have to wring out every single drop of cash from it. So it’s no surprise that Walking Dead is rumored to be getting a video game adaptation. 1UP is reporting that Telltale Games sent them a mysterious invitation to an event where they…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jan 24

Secrets from the Walking Dead Comics Hidden in the Season Two Videos

6 Walking Dead shorts tell the bloody story of the undead “Bicycle Girl”

Frank Darabont’s replacement promises not to screw up Walking Dead

10 Crazy Things Viruses Do In Movies And Television

Walking Dead forbids fans from asking about Frank Darabont’s departure at Dragon*Con

Terminator 5 might resurrect an iconic character. Plus the Game of Thrones writers preview the new season two cast!

How AMC’s Zombie Talk Show Could be Brilliant

AMC’s Crazy Ideas for Cutting Costs on The Walking Dead

Frank Darabont stepping down as Walking Dead showrunner

The Best Clips and Trailers from This Year’s Comic-Con

The trailer for The Walking Dead Season 2!

The first ever clip from the second season of The Walking Dead

Comic-Con releases the full Friday schedule: Get ready for Spider-Man, Total Recall and Walking Dead!

First official look from Walking Dead season 2 reveals a zombie makeover!

One video reveals all of The Walking Dead’s VFX secrets

10 Great Series that Torture Their Characters (And Make You Love It)

Handy comic explains how to write every Walking Dead plot ever

Thor and Gotham’s finest are the stars of comic book Wednesday

Robert Kirkman raises our hopes for an epic second season of The Walking Dead

A Walking Dead video game? Brrraaaainnsss-less

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