Here’s a spiffy new photo for The Walking Dead featuring the whole main cast that debuts on AMC in October. The series follows a group of people struggling to survive in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse over the course of weeks, months and years. From left to right the characters and actors in the publicity photo are Emma Bell (presumably Amy), Jon Bernthal (Shane), Steven Yeun (Glenn), Sarah Wayne Callies (Lori Grimes), Chandler Riggs (Carl Grimes), Andrew Lincoln (Rick Grimes), Jeffrey DeMunn (Dale) and Laurie Holden (Andrea).
Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Mist) is spearheading the project. He’s directing the first episode and writing the first three. Per AICN the other directors are Michelle Maxwell MacLaren, Gwyneth Horder-Payton, Johan Renck, Ernest Dickerson and Guy Ferland. The other contributing writers are Chic Eglee, Jack LoGuidice, Robert Kirkman (creator of the comics), Glen Mazzara and Adam Fierro.
The Walking Dead is based on the comics series. The first season will consist of six episodes and premieres in October. Everything about this looks and sounds fantastic, and the comics are quite good in their own right (though Kirkman’s dialogue is a definite weakness), so zombie fans should be in for a real treat in a couple months.
