The Walking Dead emerged from the loss of Frank Darabont and rumored budget cuts to shatter cable rating records. But how it achieved that involved a stellar business model for staying true to company vision, while engaging staff and customers in the end product.
Who remembers Merle Dixon - “The Walking Dead” character from the first season who improbably became something of a cult figure among a cultish show’s cult following? Of course you do: He was abandoned on the roof of an Atlanta building, handcuffed to some stanchion, as a hungry crowd of dead-men-walking banged on the door, [...]
Don’t forget! Michael Rooker will be on AMC’s The Talking Dead this Sunday, November 13, 2011 at 12/11c. Send in your questions for Michael online: amctv.com/shows/talking-dead or tweet them to @AMCTalkingDead!
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No Comments »At the recent Aliens to Zombie convention in Hollywood, fanboy-favorite actor Michael Rooker turned up carrying a large box of life-sized polyurethane severed hands that he planned to dole out as souvenirs. “Thirty years honing my craft, and it’s come to this,” he joked. The unusual keepsakes were designed as a homage to Merle Dixon, [...]
Posted in News, The Walking Dead Tags: merle dixon, moMerle, rookerholics, The Walking Dead 2 Comments »What’s this? Do I see a familiar face towards the end of next week’s preview? Don’t miss it! An all new Walking Dead airs Sunday, November 13 at 9:00 PM Eastern Time!
Posted in Television, The Walking Dead, Videos Tags: chupacabra, merle dixon, The Walking Dead 4 Comments »Actor Michael Rooker knows scary and not just because he was Merle in The Walking Dead‘s Season 1. He also played a serial killer in Henry, morphed into a mutant monster in Slither (on AMC this Thursday), and worked with horror masters Stephen King and George A. Romero on The Dark Half. Given his association [...]
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Posted in News, Photos, Television, The Walking Dead Tags: amc, merle dixon, norman reedus, photos, premiere, walking dead, zombies No Comments »On this very special episode of The Walking Dead TV Podcast, your hosts get to chat with Merle Dixon himself, Mr. Michael Rooker! Brad, Jordan and John touch on a plethora of subjects with Michael, including his role on The Walking Dead, lost hands, Atlanta heat and Dancing with the Stars. All this and we still find [...]
The Walking Dead TV Podcast will soon be talking with Michael Rooker for an upcoming show. They are running a special contest where the winner can ask Michael a question as well as score some sweet TWD swag – but this contest is for members of their Facebook page only. If you want a shot [...]
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Coming to Blu-ray on October 4, 2011 AMC’s “The Walking Dead” is an epic survival adventure series from Frank Darabont, director of The Shawshank Redemption, and Gale Anne Hurd, producer of The Terminator and Aliens, based on the graphic novel series by Robert Kirkman. After waking from a coma in an abandoned hospital, police officer Rick [...]
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