Friday, September 9, 2011

NEWS: The Walking Dead Season 2 Premiere Event


The Walking Dead returns to our screens next month but ahead of that the producers provided a special screening of the premiere episode, followed by a Q&A with producers Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, David Alpert and David Mazzara - who also happens to be the new showrunner.

The 90-minute premiere - which was described as being a ''rough cut'' is - according to HitFix's Daniel Fienberg - ''a mighty tense block of television'' that ''ends on a note that had one normally reserved reporter sitting next to me swearing in eager anticipation of the next installment.''

The premiere was followed by a Q&A session that addressed a variety of topics - including the departure of former showrunner Frank Darabont. HitFix has more on this session but a couple of points immediately jump out.

Firstly the producers addressed the criticism that Season 1 didn't deliver on the ''big moments'' promised by the pilot episode. Kirkman replied, "I think that Season 2 is just jam-packed. I think that it's a much bigger season than the first season. I think there's a lot going on. I don't know that I would necessarily agree with that criticism of the first season, but I will say that this is definitely a bigger season."

Kirkman also replied to the question as to how closely Season Two would follow the comicbook. "I think the comic book is very good, but it would bore me to be watching the show as a fan and know exactly what's gonna happen," was his reply.


Regarding Darabont's departure, Mazzara showed no reservations in his response. "Listen, you know, I came over to be Frank's No. 2. I believe in Frank. Frank's a talented individual. I think he's a terrific guy who was a mensch to me in everything and I really loved working with him. We all did a lot of work in plotting this season under Frank. I think part of the reason that we've had such a smooth transition is that it's a fully articulated world, both coming from the comic and what Frank's been able to put on-screen, what everybody here has been able to put on-screen... There's been all this concern that I'm gonna f*** up the show and all this stuff and really, we're just trying to get it done. I think this is consistent with the material we did last year. I think, like any second season, you work out the bugs, you try to improve, you find what you can do, and what you're seeing is the usual growth of any TV show, creatively."

The Walking Dead returns to AMC on October 16th but before then you can read the full Q&A over at HitFix.

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