The Walking Dead News

Excited for the return of The Walking Dead Season 2? Here's the newly released midseason premier poster to help you with your withdrawal symptoms. New episodes of The Walking Dead start on Sunday, February 12th.

JAKKS Pacific has officially announced "The Walking Dead Deluxe TV Games", a series of plug & play TV games that let gamers shoot zombies with a shotgun controller:

It was recently announced that Neil Marshall was in talks to direct Hellfest for The Walking Dead producer Gale Anne Hurd. Now, we have word that a new writer has been brought on board to improve the existing script.

Last week, we reported on an interesting story from actor Sam Witwer (Being Human), who had a brief cameo in The Walking Dead TV series pilot. He talked about the fact that Frank Darabont had planned a prequel story that would follow Sam's zombie solider before the events of The Walking Dead season 1.

Since budget cuts were made to the show and Frank Darabont was fired, this idea has been abandoned, but Frank Darbont recently provided more details on what would have been:

Fans of Being Human (US), Battlestar Galactica, and The Mist are familiar with actor Sam Witwer, but did you know he also had a cameo in the pilot episode of The Walking Dead TV series? When Rick hides inside of the tank, Frank Darabont had Sam playing the role of the zombie soldier.

During a recent interview, Sam revealed that Frank Darabont had plans for a prequel episode featuring the zombie soldier. He also talks very candidly about the firing of Frank Darabont as showrunner of The Walking Dead and provides some new details.

The search for Sophia was a big part of the first half of The Walking Dead Season 2. With that storyline finally resolved, AMC ran a Q&A with Madison Lintz, who plays Sophia on the show.

AMC recently launched a contest where you could win the Hyundai Tuscon Shane drove in Season 2:

Need to catch up on The Walking Dead TV series? If you missed out on any of The Walking Dead and have nothing to do this New Year's Eve, AMC will be running a full series marathon:

News on The Walking Dead has been slow this month since the show is on a mid-season break. We've shown readers a number of zombie transformation videos in the past, but we have some step-by-step photos of a zombie transformation from season 2.

The 92nd issue of The Walking Dead comic book series was released this week. In case you haven’t picked it up yet, we have the cover art and a 5-page preview for you to check out.

A couple of months back, it was announced that The Walking Dead producer Gale Anne Hurd was working on a project titled Hellfest. There hasn't been much news on the movie since then, but we're now hearing that Neil Marshall (The Descent, Doomsday) is in early talks to direct the film.

Critics of The Walking Dead Season 2 have said that the first half of the season focused too much on talking over action. In a recent interview, Norman Reedus addressed these criticisms and let fans know to expect plenty of action in the second half of season 2:

Last month, we showed you some awesome concept shoes designs for Converse Chuck Taylor All Stars based on The Walking Dead, Dexter, and Breaking Bad. The response to the designs have been so positive, that Tauntr decided to create and sell the shoes themselves.

After the events of Sunday's mid-season finale of The Walking Dead season 2, we're sad that we'll have to wait until February for the show to pick back up again. To help tide you over, we have photos and clips from Episode 8. Titled "Nebraska", you'll be able to see the episode for yourself on February 12th.

The Walking Dead may be on a mid-season break until February, but AMC continues to release new special features. Today, they posted a Q&A with Chandler Riggs, who plays Carl Grimes on the show. He talks about his Walking Dead birthday, using guns on the set, and who he wants to work with on season 2.