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TV: Meet ‘The Walking Dead’s New Showrunner
I took a harsh beating from you guys after openly declaring my disdain for the first season of AMC’s “The Walking Dead”. My thoughts were misconstrued as all I was trying to say was “we deserve better.” AMC took a leap of faith and brought us the horror show we’ve been begging for, and because of us its ratings were through the roof. The last thing I wanted was the show’s success to imply that everyone was happy with the direction it had taken. Being that it’s the only show of its kind, and that we’ve frantically been begging for it for years, I think it’s worthy of celebrating — but that doesn’t mean I’m going to sit back and proclaim it the most brilliant show on TV. Frankly, next to award winning television like “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad”, “The Walking Dead”‘s visual style looks like absolute garbage, and the episode cliffhangers did nothing to make the week-long wait for the followup strenuous. Don’t get me wrong, I love the works of Frank Darabont, but I am still celebrating his exit from what should be the best horror show on the small screen… ever.
A new area begins NOW as “The Walking Dead” executive producer Glen Mazzara is taking the reins of AMC’s undead series following the exit of creator/executive producer/showrunner Frank Darabont, reports Deadline. Personally, it doesn’t excite me that the shift is staying in house, as I’d rather see a fresh face move into the fold. Hopefully some of the behind-the-scenes tension was about what Mazzara wanted to do. All I know is that AMC better bring this up to the level of “Mad Men” or “Breaking Bad” becase WE DESERVE THE BEST!
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‘Desperation’ – Sam Raimi and ‘Final Destination Bloodlines’ Directors Teaming for Stephen King Movie
Stephen King’s 1996 novel Desperation is headed back to the screen, with Jeff Sneider breaking the news on The InSneider that Sam Raimi, Stephen King, and Final Destination Bloodlines directors Adam B. Stein and Zach Lipovsky are coming together for the film.
Sam Raimi will produce the upcoming Desperation movie, while Stein and Lipovsky are on board to direct. Searchlight Pictures is the studio attached to the feature film project.
Published in 1996, Stephen King’s novel Desperation was previously turned into a made-for-TV movie starring Ron Perlman, Tom Skerritt and Steven Weber back in 2006.
Wikipedia reminds, “Desperation is a story about several people who, while traveling along the desolated Highway 50 in Nevada, get abducted by Collie Entragian, the deputy of the fictional mining town of Desperation. Entragian uses various pretexts for the abductions, from an arrest for drug possession to ‘rescuing’ a family from a nonexistent gunman. It becomes clear to the captives that Entragian has been possessed by an evil being named Tak, who has control over the surrounding desert wildlife and must change hosts to keep itself alive.
“They begin to fight for their freedom, sanity and lives before realizing that if they are ever to escape Desperation, they must trap Tak in the place from which he came.”
Desperation was published at the same time as Stephen King’s own “mirror novel” titled The Regulators, which shares characters but takes place in an alternate universe.
The union of Sam Raimi and Stephen King is an exciting one for fans of both Raimi and King, and there’s a nice bit of full circle history there too. As you may recall, it was Stephen King’s review of The Evil Dead that Raimi credits for saving and legitimizing his indie debut feature.
And the rest is history! Stay tuned for more on this developing story.
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