Source: Deadline | Posted By: Dan Geer

This news comes as a bit of a shocker, but Deadline is reporting that Frank Darabont has stepped down as showrunner for AMC‘s The Walking Dead. What is strange is that Darabont was present at San Diego Comic-Con‘s panel for the show just this past Friday alongside executive producers Gale Anne Hurd and Robert Kirkman (creator of The Walking Dead graphic novel). Read on for details. (Update: Glen Mazzara is indeed the new showrunner. Read on for the latest!)

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Source: AMC | Posted By: Dan Geer

AMC has officially announced that its hit post-apocalyptic zombie series, The Walking Dead will return to your TV screen on October 16th! Not only that, but a killer new trailer was unveiled at San Diego Comic-Con that clocks in at over four and half minutes! It is now online for all to see, so hit the jump to watch!

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Source: AMC | Posted By: Dan Geer

A couple of weeks ago, a teaser for Season 2 of AMC‘s The Walking Dead made its way online that most people thought was the real deal. As it turned out, it was actually fan-made. While it may have fooled the masses, there’s no fooling around now, as AMC has officially released the first promo/teaser for Season 2 through their official website. Hit the jump to watch Rick Grimes bash in some zombie skulls in the new teaser!

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Source: AMC | Posted By: Dan Geer

As Season 2 of AMC‘s The Walking Dead continues to film in Atlanta, Georgia this summer for its October premiere, it is no surprise that we are seeing a sudden influx of behind-the-scenes featurettes for the show. Last week, we were able to take a brief look at the first day of shooting the second season (which will be 13 episodes), and yesterday saw the premiere of the teaser (Update: Teaser was a fake).

Today, we get a fun look at Robert Kirkman (creator of The Walking Dead comic series and co-producer of the TV series) roaming around the set for the next season making sure everything is in order. Take a look below!

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Source: Collider | Posted By: Dan Geer

A teaser trailer for the highly-anticipated second season of AMC’s The Walking Dead TV series has made its way online. While it’s not much, it definitely does what a teaser trailer should do, which is to show us very little and still manage to get us excited. Cannot wait to see what is in store for us when the series returns this October! Hit the jump to check it out!

Update: The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman has reported that this trailer, while cool, is actually fan-made and not an official teaser for the show. Hopefully we’ll get a real trailer soon!

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Source: AMC | Posted By: Dan Geer

Last year, producers Frank Darabont and Gale Anne Hurd broke new ground with what can be done with a television show with AMC‘s post-apocalyptic zombie series The Walking Dead. Even though the first season was only six episodes, it was nevertheless a success, and a second season was inevitable.

Currently in production on Season 2 (this time 13 episodes), AMC has released a fun video featurette briefly documenting the first day of shooting, which you can watch after the jump!

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Source: FEARnet | Posted By: Dan Geer

Recently, FEARnet has been releasing various holiday-themed videos featuring the character of “Sam” from Michael Dougherty‘s horror anthology film Trick ‘r Treat to promote their “24 Hours of Trick ‘r Treat” event occurring this Halloween on FEARnet HD. They started out with the hilarious (and disturbing) “Half Way to Halloween” Easter video a couple of months ago, and now they have debuted a new twisted, yet sweet Father’s Day vignette to hype up the event. The video is executive produced by Michael Dougherty and directed by Zach Shields, and you can watch it after the jump!

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Source: Showrunners Facebook | /Film | Posted By: Dan Geer

The world of TV programming can be quite challenging, especially ever since The X-Files essentially paved the way for modern television shows by producing a mini-movie every week. It is simply the gold standard for today’s hour-long fiction shows, as modern audiences have now come to experience with LOST, Battlestar Galactica, Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Fringe, etc. Anything less just would not make it past TV executives these days; and, even if the quality of the show is great, that does not mean the show will last (as fans of ABC’s V have recently witnessed).

Director Des Doyle’s documentary Showrunners (currentlly in production) dives deeply into the subject of just what it takes to make a quality television show and just how ugly it can get sometimes. It features interviews with many big names in the TV industry, including Damon Lindelof (LOST), Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica), Jeff Pinkner and J.H. Wyman (Fringe). Check out the official synopsis and trailer for the documentary after the jump!

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Source: Yahoo! Movies | Posted By: Dan Geer

Some of you may have already seen this on TV, but the new TV Spot for J.J. Abrams‘ Super 8 made its way online over at Yahoo! Movies this morning, which shows some new footage but still cleverly manages to reveal very little about the story (that’s a good thing).

In case you are not aware of the concept of the film, it is basically a throwback to Steven Spielberg‘s coming-of-age Amblin movies from the 80s like The Goonies and E.T. Check out the new TV spot below!

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Source: THR | Deadline | Posted By: Dan Geer

In case you haven’t already heard, Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s first entertainment project since his term as Governor of California ended will be an animated TV series called The Governator (of course). The series will chronicle Schwarzenegger, who, after retiring from being Governor, takes up a career as a superhero to fight crime.

Today, it was officially announced at an MipTV press conference that the series will also take the form of comic books, games and finally a 3-D feature film. A trailer for the series was also released today, which you can check out after the jump!

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