According to Hollywoodreporter.com:
In its biggest development deal to date, AMC has acquired the rights to Robert Kirkman’s popular comic book “The Walking Dead” for a potential series.
Having AMC take home the rights to this seems like a good sign: they already produce the excellent Mad Men and Breaking Bad. Add Kirkman’s über-depressing (but so. damn. good) zombie epic to AMC’s development of the classic “The Prisioner,” and its previous acquisition of Kim Stanley Robinson’s Red Mars, and we could be looking at a network that’s positioning itself to give ol’ SyFy a run for its money! (via The AV Club)
You said it, Pablo. Looks like AMC wants to be the real SyFy.
What I’ve read of this series, I love (despite being so depressed by it). It’ll make great a great serial show.
The URLs for Hollywood Reporter and AV Club are screwy. I had to delete a ” at the end to get to the pages.
Oops. Sorry ’bout that. Fixed.
I love the comic book series BUT there are things about it that would seem to only work in comic book form.
Certain elements of surprise can only work in the comic book. In a TV series, some of these elements will fall flat.