Christopher Walken Invades The Walking Dead

The artist known as Doctor Popular has given us our biggest smile of the week with his very funny series of art entitled "The Walken Dead."  He re imagines the world of Robert Kirkman and AMC's The Walking Dead series, except with super actor Christopher Walken playing a zombie. 

It's witty, funny and a more than a little bit scary.  Christopher Walken is already a little creepy, but a zombie Christopher Walken carrying a cowbell around with him, well that's just terrifying.

source: Laughing Squid

Tim Burton & Johnny Depp Turn to Vampires Soap Opera with DARK SHADOWS Remake

The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Johnny Depp’s next film (after finishing the next installment of Pirates of the Caribbean) will be the Tim Burton re-imagining of the classic vampire soap opera Dark Shadows.

Apparently, Johnny Depp loved Dark Shadows show as a child and has been pushing the project with Burton's help for quite a few years. The film will start production April 2011.

Depp will portray Barnabas Collins, a vampire living in a Maine manor who is searching for his lost love.

If you're like me and you've I'never seen Dark Shadows here is some information about the series (which by the way seems like a much better show than Days of Our Lives, All My Children, etc.):

Dark Shadows is a gothic soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966 to April 2, 1971. The show was created by Dan Curtis, who tells of a dream he had in which a girl takes a long train ride to visit a large mansion. The story "bible," which was written by Art Wallace, does not mention any supernatural elements. It was unprecedented in daytime television when ghosts were introduced about six months after it began.

The series became hugely popular when, a year into its run, vampire Barnabas Collins (played by Jonathan Frid) appeared. Dark Shadows also featured werewolves, ghosts, zombies, man-made monsters, witches, warlocks, time travel (both into the past and into the future), and a parallel universe. 

 I've had about enough of vampires over the last couple of years, but Depp and Burton do routinely make some unique and unforgettable movies.  

What do you guys think? Are we done with vampires? Or is this exciting to you?

AMC's THE WALKING DEAD Zombie Invasion has Begun!

At about 7:00 this morning, a pack of undead individuals began staggering around various cities of the world as part of AMC's worldwide publicity stunt for "The Walking Dead," its new original series premiering Oct. 31 at 10 p.m.

The cable network is staging "zombie attacks" in 26 major cities -- hundreds of extras in zombie makeup roaming landmarks such as the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., Big Ben in London, The Prado Museum in Madrid.

The stunts will commence at daybreak in Taipei and Hong Kong on Tuesday, Oct. 26 and moves across the globe during a 24 hour period and culminates at the show’s Los Angeles premiere.

Across the globe, several thousand supporters of the show - sporting dusty, tattered clothing spattered with blood - began with a trance-walk around their favorite city frightening some pedestrians and confusing others.

But nothing would kill their spirit.

via: 411mania, Washington Post & CT Post

The Making of The Walking Dead - 17 Minute Feature

It's like a Halloween came early this year! 

Robert Kirkman's AMC series The Walking Dead is nearing its TV premiere date on Halloween night on AMC and gfest can't wait!  We've seen little clips and trailers that have all been awesome, but nothing compares to this new 17 minute behind the scenes feature.  Watching this should give you all the assurances you need that AMC and Frank Darabont are taking this project seriously and that they are doing it right.


The feature includes interviews with Darabont, where he talks about how AMC has had no problems with including a lot of extremely violent content in the show. This show sure looks like its going to blow people away, not to mention how many zombies will be blown away in the process.

If you've ever read The Walking Dead, you have to watch this behind the scenes video below and tell us what you think! But we are officially in love! 

Another THE WALKING DEAD #80 Teaser Cover - 'The End?'

The latest preview for Robert Kirkman's THE WALKING DEAD does not look good for Rick and Carl.  If you thought things looked bad in the other previews, well it looks a helluva lot worse for our survivors now.

The release of the much anticipated issue #80 along with the premier of the television series on Halloween makes it good to be a fan of THE WALKING DEAD and of course, Zombies. 

BEST T-SHIRT OF THE DAY - "Dawn of Toons that Where at Some Pointed Canceled"

T-shirts don't get much better than the one by RedRobotRabbit.  Can you name all these toons that were at one time or another canceled by clueless entertainment executives?  You can purchase this sweet t-shirt by clicking here. I love the fact that Bender has confiscated Ned Flander's head.

Another THE WALKING DEAD #80 Teaser Cover - 'Desperate Times...'

The latest preview for Robert Kirkman's THE WALKING DEAD does not look good for our heroes/survivors.  If you thought things looked bad in the last preview, well it looks a helluva lot worse now.

Kirkman is no stranger to killing-off main characters in this book, so it should be no surprise that we lose a few of these folks that have been near and dear to our heart.  But, damn, it's looking real, real bad for these folks.

FIRST Trailer for AMC's THE WALKING DEAD

AMC has revealed the trailer for its new series, "The Walking Dead," which premieres with a 90-minute episode on Halloween night, Sunday, October 31, at 10/9c. "The Walking Dead is a six-episode series based on the comic book written by Robert Kirkman and published by Image Comics.

"The Walking Dead" tells the story of life following a zombie apocalypse. It follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln), traveling in search of a safe and secure home. Jon Bernthal plays Shane, who worked with Rick in the police department before the zombie disaster. Other cast includes Laurie Holden, who plays Andrea, one of two sisters who join the survivors of the zombie plague, Steven Yeun as Glenn, an expert scavenger and Sarah Wayne Callies, who plays Rick's wife Lori.

WALKING DEAD #80 Teaser Image

Image Comics sent out this teaser image for issue #80 of Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead.

Source Image Comics

New Pictures From AMC's Walking Dead

AMC has unveiled even more images from The Walking Dead, hitting television this October. And once again, we're getting takes of Rick (Andrew Lincoln) Grimes' dangerous trip into Atlanta, where the dead walk.

EXCLUSIVE: Walking Dead Pictures - Zombies Everywhere

Yesterday we got a teaser image of Andrew Lincoln portraying police officer Rick Grimes in AMC's adaptation of The Walking Dead.

Today we get a picture of a whole lot of Zombies and damn if they don't look real good.

Gfest can't wait for this series to begin.  It looks sooooooooooo good!

EXCLUSIVE FIRST PHOTO OF RICK GRIMES FROM SET OF WALKING DEAD

AMC today has released the first production photo of lead actor Andrew Lincoln portraying police officer Rick Grimes in AMC's adaptation of The Walking Dead.

Says Robert Kirkman, creator-writer of the comic book and executive producer on the series, "Writing this book for the past seven years I've gotten very close to the character of Rick. Andrew Lincoln embodies every aspect of the character that fans know and love. After seeing this photo I don't think that there will be a doubt in anyone's mind that he's perfect for the role."