The Walking Dead's United Kingdom Poster Art Shows Rick Grimes Forefront

United Kingdom Poster Art

The United Kingdom will show AMC's "The Walking Dead" November 5th at 10:00 pm on SKY 164/HD 183 VIRGIN 157/HD 158 (Horror-Movies). To celebrate the launch there is an exclusive movie poster for this region, which shows Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) front and center, with Shane (John Bernthal) and Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies) in the background. Stand-by as "The Walking Dead" gears up for an October 31st release in North America. Cast and crew details are below.

"The Walking Dead" synopsis:

"'The Walking Dead' tells the story of life following a zombie apocalypse. It follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes, traveling in search of a safe and secure home. Andrew Lincoln (Love Actually, Teachers, Strike Back) will portray the lead role of Rick Grimes while actor Jon Bernthal ("The Pacific," The Ghost Writer) will portray the character Shane, who worked with Rick in the police department before the zombie disaster. Other cast includes Laurie Holden ("The Shield"), who plays Andrea, one of two sisters who join the survivors of the zombie plague, Steven Yeun as Glenn, an expert scavenger and Sarah Wayne Callies ("Prison Break"), who plays Rick's wife Lori" (AMC).

Release Date: October 31st, 2010 (North America), November 5th (United Kingdom).

The directors for the first six episodes are:

1) Frank Darabont (The Mist, The Shawshank Redemption)
2) Michelle MacLaren ("Breaking Bad," "X-Files")
3) Gwyneth Horder-Payton ("The Shield," "BSG")
4) Johan Renck ("Breaking Bad")
5) Ernest Dickerson ("The Wire," "Dexter")
6) Guy Ferland ("The Shield," "Sons of Anarchy") -Dread Central

The writers for the first six episodes are:

1) Frank Darabont (The Mist, The Shawshank Redemption)
2) Frank Darabont (The Mist, The Shawshank Redemption)
3) Frank Darabont (The Mist, The Shawshank Redemption), Chic Eglee, Jack LoGuidice. (Chic: "The Shield," "Dexter." Jack: "Sons of Anarchy")
4) Robert Kirkman (writer of the comic series)
5) Glen Mazzara ("The Shield," "Hawthorne")
6) Adam Fierro ("The Shield," "Dexter," "24") - Dread Central

Cast: Jon Bernthal, Jeffrey DeMunn, Laurie Holden, Adam Minarovich, Chandler Riggs, Michael Rooker, Sarah Wayne Callies, Steven Yeun, Alexyz Danine Kemp, Madison Lintz, Derrick Mcleod, Jeryl Prescott, Emma Bell, Norman Reedus, and Maddie Lomax.

The latest trailer for the show has been posted here:

The Walking Dead Trailer on 28DLA

The AMC Blog:

The Series at AMC

Not a fan of the series, yet? You might be the only one:

The Walking Dead on FB

The entire first series is in this book, in comic book form:



Sources:

The Walking Dead at Horror-Movies.ca

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