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Greg Nicotero Taps Into Nostalgia With These “The Walking Dead” Posters
AMC is pulling from Netflix’s playbook in tapping into nostalgia in promoting their 100th episode of “The Walking Dead”. Much like the series of “Stranger Things” posters that gave homage to horror classics, these pieces of “The Walking Dead” art do the same, giving nods to The Thing, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, Alien, Black Runner, The Exorcist, Ghostbusters, The Mummy, Night of the Living Dead and more.
“I thought it was a great opportunity to celebrate that we’ve done 100 episodes,” Greg Nicotero tells THR of the series of posters he and his KNB colleagues created to honor the show’s milestone episode.
As “The Walking Dead” started rapidly shuffling toward its milestone 100th episode, airing Oct. 22, Nicotero started musing on ways to combine his love for posters and his love for the show he’s worked on for the better part of a decade, explains the site. The idea was finally cracked during a fateful conversation with series lead Andrew Lincoln.
“I was standing in front of the Sanctuary with Andy, shooting the first episode of [season eight], and we started talking about this idea that I had,” Nicotero remembers. “And he said to me, ‘What if we did The Exorcist, and you use the front of the Sanctuary as the building, and you have a stream of light coming out, with Rick Grimes standing there?’ And I looked at him and went, ‘That’s exactly what I’m talking about.’ It was just perfect.”
From there, Nicotero called upon two of his KNB associates, Michael Broom and John Wheaton, to team on a series of posters meant to mash the show with classic movies together. We’ve been detailing them for months now, but here’s the full result. Which one is your favorite?
All posters courtesy of Michael Broom and John Wheaton
A lonely Carrie White seeks friendship and answers in the first teaser for Carrie, a brand new adaptation of Stephen King’s classic story from horror master Mike Flanagan.
Along with the new teaser comes the announcement that the eight-episode limited series premieres on Prime Video on October 7.
The series follows misfit high‑schooler Carrie White (Summer H. Howell), who has spent her life hidden away inside the walls of her home with her fiercely protective mother, Margaret (Samantha Sloyan). After her father’s sudden, untimely death thrusts her into the unforgiving ecosystem of public high school, Carrie is forced to navigate a viral bullying scandal that tears through her community, the relentless pressure and casual cruelty of the social‑media age, and the awakening of mysterious telekinetic powers that rise alongside her adolescence.
Carrie is written and executive produced by showrunner Mike Flanagan (Midnight Mass, The Haunting of Hill House) with Flanagan also directing four episodes.
Stephen King also serves as executive producer.
Also starring in the series are Siena Agudong as Sue Snell, Alison Thornton as Chris Hargensen, Joel Oulette as Tommy Ross, Josie Tota as Tina, Arthur Conti as Billy, Thalia Dudek as Emaline, Amber Midthunder as Miss Desjardin, and Matthew Lillard as Principal Grayle.
Each of the show’s episodes will apparently open with the introduction of “a different, unique story of a different woman, somewhere else in the world and in time, coming to terms with their own abilities.” Flanagan teased, “Carrie’s specific place among that group of women is part of the real joy that we get to discover over the course of the season.”
Expect Flanagan to expand King’s story in unexpected ways, using a modern lens.
Also check out the new poster below, giving a peek at Carrie in her prom queen tiara.
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