'Walking Dead' producers say show will 'visit some dark places'
Creator Robert Kirkman promises more comic book elements to come
"The Walking Dead" creator and executive producer Robert Kirkman and producer David Alpert discussed the hit zombie show at this year's PaleyFest in Los Angeles.
In the video above, Kirkman reveals that "Dead" will maintain its connection to the original comic book series, while continuing to add new narrative and character elements. "There are huge elements from the comic book in season 3, moving into season 4 it's going to be pretty much the same," he says. "There's gonna be a lot of things that fans recognize from the comics and there are gonna be a lot of new elements pushed in and it's gonna make for a really good show like it always has been."
"The pressure is always there to top [previous seasons]," Kirkman adds. "We always try to do something different, something unexpected."
Producer David Alpert offers that the new season of the AMC show will wrap up some story lines and bring some sense of closure to the its multiple story strands.
He also teases the tone of the upcoming episodes.
"We're going to visit some dark places," he says," but there's always a ray of hope and optimism going forward."
Season three wraps up at the end of the month, while season four is set to premiere in October.
"The Walking Dead" airs Sunday at 9/8c on AMC.
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March 2, 2013 at 5:02PM EST Reply to CommentThey always promise "dark places" but the show never goes dark or twisted. It retreads the same material over and over again just with enhanced gore.
Mark Yeah not dark at all, if you ignore what happenned with Lori, The Govenor, the violence and torture etc.
March 2, 2013 at 6:16PM ESTRoy Munson The main character had to kill his best friend, bury his wife and is now struggling to maintain his sanity. How is that not dark??
March 2, 2013 at 9:14PM ESTWHAT DO YOU WANT???
Devan Rick I have no idea what show your watching you say show isn't dark haha you gotta be kidding I Carl killing his mom isn't dark or the crazy gov
March 3, 2013 at 6:23PM ESTRoy Munson Rick who?
March 3, 2013 at 6:25PM ESTJared
March 2, 2013 at 5:28PM EST Reply to CommentA child has to kill his mother so she doesnt turn into a zombie. Not dark at all
Mario
March 2, 2013 at 6:01PM EST Reply to CommentThat show ain't scary! They need to show more zombie dick to get MY attention!
Adamco THIS! ZOMBIE DICKS!
March 3, 2013 at 1:32AM ESTaue
March 2, 2013 at 6:27PM EST Reply to CommentBaby Judith is going to die!
Meat eater COOK THE BABY!! B
March 14, 2013 at 10:07PM ESTMathias
March 2, 2013 at 7:21PM EST Reply to CommentKill off Andrea. And thanks for ruining a decent character from the comics.
And really, the stuff that's been going on since it came back is not dark at all... Carl shoots Lori? Good riddance and thank you for finally killing one of the annoying characters.
Torture? Read the comic, you'll see this is nothing.
The show is badly written, and being the most watched show on cable says a lot from US citizens :)
Sean Aw. someone is just a little bit mad.
March 3, 2013 at 1:13AM EST