Tag: The Walking Dead
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Theme Park Bits: Universal’s The Walking Dead is Closing, Mickey and Minnie’s Marquee, And More
In this edition of Theme Park Bits: An attraction themed to The Walking Dead is closing in March. Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway has a marquee. And more! We start today at Universal Studios Hollywood, where the park will soon be saying goodbye to one of its more terrifying attractions. According to the Inside Universal…
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‘The Walking Dead: World Beyond’ Crossover Possibilities and Tie-Ins Explained
The Walking Dead: World Beyond is taking the zombie drama franchise in a different direction when it arrives on AMC sometime early this year. The series takes place roughly 10 years into the zombie apocalypse, which puts it around the same time that the 10th season of The Walking Dead would be taking place after…
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Special Makeup Effects Maestro Greg Nicotero on Tom Savini, Shudder’s ‘Creepshow,’ and His Legacy as an Artist
Greg Nicotero is a prominent genre mainstay responsible for reinvigorating mainstream horror as an executive producer, special make-up effects supervisor, and primary director for AMC’s The Walking Dead. However, his prolific work extends decades before the show’s rise to meteoric fame. He got his start working under Tom Savini on Day of the Dead, where…
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The Best TV Shows of 2019
When it comes to television, 2019 felt like a year when nothing made sense. The most popular TV series of the decade ended with fans filing petitions for a redo and the Primetime Emmys handing over its top prize. A reality singing competition where celebrity contestants don extravagant costumes became the year’s No. 1 new…
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Distributor Filmink Presents Launches in Australia
Industry veterans, Dov Kornits and Lou Balletti have announced the launch of a new theatrical distributor operating in Australia. The company pitches itself as a one-stop shop straddling distribution and media promotion, and will begin operations with a Friday 13 December release of horror title “Wrinkles the Clown.”Kornits is publisher of Australian film magazine and…
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‘The Walking Dead’ Review: ‘The World Before’ Is Fine, Until It Isn’t
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “The Walking Dead” Season 10, Episode 8, “The World Before” — the midseason finale.]For the most part, “The World Before” is a perfectly solid “Walking Dead” entry. It successfully juggles several storylines without feeling as inconsequential as “Bonds,” probably because some stories are just beginning while others…
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‘The Walking Dead’ Review: ‘Open Your Eyes’ Serves Up Genuine Horror — Spoilers
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “The Walking Dead” Season 10, Episode 7, “Open Your Eyes.”]Well, that was unexpected.Siddiq (Avi Nash), still suffering from ever-worsening panic attacks, is able to pull himself together enough to realize that Alexandria’s plague is being caused by tainted water — due to a switched handle in the…
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‘The Walking Dead’ Review: ‘Bonds’ Moves Things Along — But That’s All
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “The Walking Dead” Season 10, Episode 6, “Bonds.”]After an extremely pokey start, Season 10 of “The Walking Dead” seemed to finally be kicking into gear after last week’s packed (albeit sub-par) episode. Unfortunately, “Bonds” downshifts the pacing while maintaining the low level of quality. This week’s entry…
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‘The Walking Dead’ Season 10, Ep 1 Review: ‘Lines We Cross’ Has a Big Fire and a Lot of Talking
Previously On “The Walking Dead”It was a year of big changes, as showrunner Angela Kang took over and Andrew Lincoln and Lauren Cohan departed early in the season, with news later breaking that Danai Gurira would also be leaving during Season 10. In storyline, Rick got a multi-episode send-off followed by a big time-jump, but…
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‘The Walking Dead’ Movie May Have Some Ninjas – New York Comic Con
Ninja zombies? Exec producers of The Walking Dead released one detail, one word only, about the highly anticipated movie spin-offs of the long-running franchise — it’s “ninjas.”At a raucous panel with an estimated 5,000 fans at New York Comic Con, one devotee asked Scott Gimple, chief content officer of The Walking Dead universe and series…