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Major ‘The Walking Dead’ Casting Rumors, Who Should Play Rick?!
What just arrived in my mail? Could it be the latest TPB volume of Robert Kirkman’s ongoing zombie masterpiece “The Walking Dead”? It sure was. Easily one of the best things I have ever read (just behind “Preacher”), it still hasn’t settled in that AMC (the creative geniuses behind “Mad Men”) will be bringing the comic to life as a TV series with Frank Darabont (The Mist) aboard to direct. What’s been going through my horror-juiced brain? Who will strap on the boots of Rick Grimes, a small-town police officer from Cynthiana, Kentucky, that’s what. While I have my own personal choices, some rumors have trickled on to the internet that I found quite interesting. Read on to see who is “said to be” in talks and then chime in with your own personal thoughts below (you never know who’s reading).While I don’t really like to post rumors from sites I don’t visit on a regular basis (because I’m not sure how credible they are), Big Shiny Robot is claiming to have some very reliable inside sources who know three names being thrown around for the role of Rick in Frank Darabont’s comic book adaptation shooting this May (more here).
I really hope the people at AMC understand how big of a decision this is. We’re not talking about a single feature film, we’re having a conversation about the face of horror, a man who will be crammed down our throats 13 hours a year for (hopefully) the foreseeable future.
So without further adieu, here are the 3 names rumored to be in the ring for Rick. One of which makes me sick to my stomach.
“The most reliable sources point us to JAMIE BAMBER as in the running for Rick,” reports Big Shiny Robot.
“Next on the list is MARK PELLEGRINO, who is on “Dexter” and plays Jacob on “Lost”.” A PERFECT choice if you ask me.
Lastly, the vomit inducing suggestion of STUART TOWNSEND (please, God, NO!).
WHAT SAY YOU?
NEON is hitting the road this summer with Gen Z horror hangout movie It Ends, and the distributor promises this afternoon that the trailer will be released online tomorrow, July 22.
While you wait, check out the brand new It Ends poster below.
The feature debut by writer-director Alexander Ullom will arrive in theaters on August 21.
“Four recent college grads on a night time drive find themselves stuck on a road that sprawls on forever, with seemingly no end in sight. They are occasionally attacked by stragglers and have to find a routine to plan their rest stops, but after a few thousand miles it all feels the same. Still, they keep on driving, only in the belief something better will come eventually.“
Akira Jackson, Phinehas Yoon, Mitchell Cole, and Noah Toth star.
“This was always a movie that was more about how we live with horror than about the actual horror. I make this joke too much, but I always wanted to see the family in Hereditary give a postgame interview and just be like, ‘Yeah, that was terrifying. That was absolutely terrifying.’ Then, they all die, obviously, but like they go about their lives. The movie is constantly recontextualizing the things that happen in it,” Ullom previously told BD.
Meagan Navarro wrote in her 4-star festival review for Bloody Disgusting, “It Ends captures a universal fear, that anxiety-inducing transition into full-blown adulthood where we’re all expected to become responsible contributors to society. It’s a lot of pressure with no clear guide. As such, it runs through every emotion that comes with that journey.”
Alexander Ullom is already a filmmaker to watch; the newcomer has already been tapped to helm 4 X 4: The Event, which is being described as Battle Royale meets Saw meets Climax.
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