Frank Darabont talks The Walking Dead Season 2

AMC is hoping for The Walking Dead to have a big presence at this year's Emmys (just look at their Michael Rooker ads), and showrunner Frank Darabont recently sat down with Deadline for an interview. He talks a bit about the Emmys and pitching the show to AMC, but here is what he had to say about the upcoming season:

"It’s fair to say that the first six episodes were teeing up a lot of conflicts that will be more fully explored in our second season. We find a growing conflict with our two main guys, Rick [Andrew Lincoln] and Shane [Jon Bernthal]. We’re really excited about putting all of the characters on a chessboard and seeing how wonderfully and effectively we can toss conflict into the game."

He also addresses the rumors from last year that much of the writing staff from the first season had been let go:

"Let me just begin by stating the obvious: that it was all pretty overblown. It left the impression that I walked in one day and murdered 12 people. Would you like to know how many writers we were talking about? Two. My thought had been that they’d under-delivered, and a change was necessary. I had to do too much of it by myself last year, and that was only six episodes."

For more information on the new writing staff and to read the rest of the interview, visit the source link below.