Want to hang out with The Walking Dead's Robert Kirkman and Steven Yeun in Las Vegas? Attendees of this year's NAB show in Las Vegas can get that opportunity in the Crave Cave next month. Also included in our latest horror round-up is a look at Netflix's global rights deal with A&E's The Returned and big casting news for The Autopsy of Jane Doe.
The Walking Dead at NAB Show: Press Release - "WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Key members of "The Walking Dead" team will appear at NAB Show, which takes place in Las Vegas in April. Cast member Steven Yeun, "The Walking Dead" comic book creator and series executive producer Robert Kirkman and AMC President Charlie Collier are confirmed to participate in the general session "More of What You Crave: The World of 'The Walking Dead,'" scheduled for Tuesday, April 14 from 9:00-10:00 a.m.
The session, moderated by Michael Schneider of TV Guide, will provide an insider's perspective to the expansive world of "The Walking Dead," while also exploring the key elements underpinning the show's continued success in this "golden age" of television and AMC's commitment to delivering content that breaks through and reaches passionate audiences. After the session, NAB Show attendees will be able to visit with the panelists in the "Crave Cave," a new feature of the conference program designed to provide speakers with a comfortable place where they can engage with fans following their sessions.
"The Walking Dead" is the #1 show on television among adults 18-49 across all broadcast and cable networks. The show's record-breaking season five premiere drew 17.3 million total viewers and 11 million adults 18-49.
"The runaway success of 'The Walking Dead' exemplifies the power of compelling content," said Chris Brown, NAB executive vice president of Conventions and Business Operations. "We are delighted to host some of the show's key talent at NAB Show as they take us behind the scenes of one of the most beloved shows on television today."
This open-to-all General Session will take place on Tuesday, April 14 from 9:00-10:00 a.m. PT in South Hall Room 222 of the Las Vegas Convention Center. To attend this and other sessions, view registration packages.
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The Returned on Netflix: Deadline reports that Netflix, along with FremantleMedia International, has made a deal that will allow them to stream episodes of A&E's The Returned as a Netflix original show in regions outside of Canada and the U.S. within 24 hours of each episode's broadcast in the U.S.
The 10-episode first season of The Returned, based on the French series of the same name, will be available to stream on Netflix in the U.S. sometime next year. The first season debuts next Monday, March 9th.
"“The Returned,” from executive producers Carlton Cuse (“Lost,” “Bates Motel”) and Raelle Tucker (“True Blood”), focuses on a small town that is turned upside down when several local people, who have been long presumed dead suddenly reappear, bringing with them both positive and detrimental consequences."
The Autopsy of Jane Doe: Deadline reports that Emile Hirsch and Brian Cox will star in The Autopsy of Jane Doe, the first English-language film from Andre Øvredal (Trollhunter).
The film's script, co-scribed by Ian Goldberg and Richard Naing, has spent time on the 2013 Black List and the Blood List, making it an unmade movie with high potential for scares and quality storytelling. Production on The Autopsy of Jane Doe is expected to begin at the end of the month in the UK. Here's the film's synopsis:
"Cox and Hirsch will play father and son coroners who receive a mysterious homicide victim with no apparent cause of death. As they attempt to identify the beautiful young “Jane Doe,” they discover increasingly bizarre clues that hold the key to her terrifying secrets."
Emile Hirsch:
Brian Cox:
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