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AMC's Zombie Apocalypse Marathon of every episode of The Walking Dead, from start-to-present, begins tonight at 8pm ET. With breaks during the day, this will run up through Sunday night's third season finale.
Check out the full schedule here - The Walking Dead Zombie Apocalypse Marathon.
AMC is revisiting the idea of The Walking Dead in black and white after the successful use of the monochrome presentation of the pilot back in July. Word has surfaced on Twitter via a fan's message to showrunner Glen Mazzara of the upcoming airing of the first two seasons of The Walking Dead in good old black and white.
Twitter user @brayingdixon snapped the attached picture of a story in The Walking Dead Magazine and sent it to Robert Kirkman and Mazzara, who then re-tweeted it.
The black and white revisualization of the series will begin airing in February 2013.
Interestingly, the color to black and white de-colorization approach was originally done to great effect with director Frank Darabont's adaptation of Stephen King's The Mist and no doubt inspired the same treatment for his pilot for The Walking Dead.
AMC and Anchor Bay go for a double dip with The Walking Dead, now available in a three disc special edition for its first season.
Special features include:
- Audio Commentaries on all six episodes
- Featurettes, extra footage & more from the complete first season
- Pilot Episode: The Black & White Version
- We Are The Walking Dead
- Bring Out The Dead: KNB and The Art Of Making Zombies
- Digital Decay: The VFX of The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season (3-Disc Special Edition) is available now on Blu-ray and DVD.
After The Walking Dead panel they hosted at C2E2 on Saturday, IGN is reporting that Stephen King may take on writing duties for at least one episode of the show's second season.
A King-written would be a great way to raise the already strong profile for The Walking Dead and it certainly makes sense given Executive Producer Frank Darabont's longstanding and prolific relationship with the author. Darabont has previously written and directed The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile and The Mist - all adaptations of Stephen King stories.
The Walking Dead will return on AMC in Fall 2011.
Just in time for Christmas, Amazon has a nice collection of Blu-rays on sale for less than $10 (with some as low as $6.99). If you're shopping for a horror fan this holiday season, then these might make a very nice gruesome stocking stuffer.
Ttitles included in the sale range from 28 Days Later to An American Werewolf in London to Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Fly, The Mist, Planet Terror, Trick 'r Treat and more.
These prices may not last long so, if you were planning on getting any of these titles, grab them now.
28 Days Later - $9.49
30 Days of Night - $6.99
An American Werewolf In London (Full Moon Edition) - $8.99
Bram Stoker's Dracula - $9.99
Carrie (1976) - $9.99
Child's Play (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) - $9.99
The Descent (Original Unrated Cut) - $9.99
The Final Destination - $8.99
The Final Patient - $6.99
The Fly - $8.49
Freddy vs. Jason - $9.49
Halloween (John Carpenter, 1978) - $9.99
The Hills Have Eyes 2: Unrated (2007) - $9.49
Hostel Part II - $6.99
I Am Legend - $8.99
Let The Right One In - $8.99
The Lost Boys - $8.99
Midnight Movie - $9.49
The Mist (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) - $9.99
Mortuary (Tobe Hooper) - $6.99
The Omen - $9.49
Planet Terror (2-Disc Special Edition) - $9.99
Prom Night - $6.99
The Relic - $9.99
Salvage - $6.99
See No Evil - $9.99
Sorority Row (2010) - $9.99
Total Terror 1: Demonic / Uninvited - $8.99
Total Terror 2: Bruch With Death / Harvest of Fear - $9.99
Trick 'r Treat - $9.49
Underworld Evolution - $8.99
Have fun shopping!
The Walking Dead: Season One is now officially available for pre-order on DVD ($27.99) and Blu-ray ($34.99) at Amazon.com with a March 8, 2011 release date.
The six episode first season set is being released by Anchor Bay. Features of the set are still TBD but with the love, care and attention already obviously put into the show itself by the production team, extras should almost certainly satisfy fans.
MTV Movies got Frank Darabont, the writer-producer-director of AMC's The Walking Dead to sit down to list his favorite horror movies for Halloween.
Guess I'll need to check out Count Yorga, Vampire now.