by Leonard Pierce
AMC is taking a big chance with The Walking Dead. Coming at a time when the risk of zombie fiction over-saturation is very real, the network is betting that the quality of the series—based on a comic book that began before every other book written in the U.S. was about the undead—will overpower the genre burnout that’s beginning to take hold. They’re also hoping that audiences will take a chance on a largely unfamiliar cast and on a show that will air on one of the richest nights in television. The Walking Dead is an extremely expensive show, with location filming done in striking 16mm, elaborate makeup and effects, and one of the most prominent directors in Hollywood, Frank Darabont, acting as show-runner.
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