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Major ‘The Walking Dead’ Casting Rumors, Who Should Play Rick?!

Published

14 years ago

February 13, 2010

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?

Movies

Dev Patel’s ‘Monkey Man’ Is Now Available to Watch at Home!

Published

15 hours ago

April 23, 2024

John Squires

After pulling in $28 million at the worldwide box office this month, director (and star) Dev Patel’s critically acclaimed action-thriller Monkey Man is now available to watch at home.

You can rent Monkey Man for $19.99 or digitally purchase the film for $24.99!

Monkey Man is currently 88% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with Bloody Disgusting’s head critic Meagan Navarro awarding the film 4.5/5 stars in her review out of SXSW back in March.

Meagan raves, “While the violence onscreen is palpable and painful, it’s not just the exquisite fight choreography and thrilling action set pieces that set Monkey Man apart but also its political consciousness, unique narrative structure, and myth-making scale.”

“While Monkey Man pays tribute to all of the action genre’s greats, from the Indonesian action classics to Korean revenge cinema and even a John Wick joke or two, Dev Patel’s cultural spin and unique narrative structure leave behind all influences in the dust for new terrain,” Meagan’s review continues.

She adds, “Monkey Man presents Dev Patel as a new action hero, a tenacious underdog with a penetrating stare who bites, bludgeons, and stabs his way through bodies to gloriously bloody excess. More excitingly, the film introduces Patel as a strong visionary right out of the gate.”

Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, Monkey Man stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.

Monkey Man is produced by Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions.