Following AMC's Season 4 renewal of The Walking Dead, FOX International Channels (FIC) has confirmed the global pick up of the show for a fourth season. FIC will follow its global release model as in previous years, making the series available in all major international TV markets while season 3 returns this February with eight additional episodes after the mid-season hiatus. According to reports, AMC has also announced the departure of Executive Producer and Showrunner of The Walking Dead, … [Read more...] about FOX International Channels picks up “The Walking Dead” Season 4
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The Walking Dead third season premieres on high note across Asia
Asia – FOX International Channels’ (FIC) The Walking Dead Season 3 premiere received impressive ratings performance across Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, defeating other cable competition in its time period with regards to Total Viewers. The debut made FOX Movies Premium (FMP) one of the top Western movie channels in its timeslot among pay-TV viewers in Malaysia and Singapore. It also outperformed FMP’s year-to-date prime time average by about 54% and 194% in Malaysia and … [Read more...] about The Walking Dead third season premieres on high note across Asia
The Walking Dead returns to DISH
After months of channel blackout, AMC Networks’ channels AMC, IFC, Sundance Channel and WE tv are returning to DISH Network’s line-up of channel offerings following a settlement between Cablevision Systems Corporation, AMC Networks and DISH Network regarding a lawsuit between VOOM HD and DISH’s parent company EchoStar Satellite. The announcement comes as great news to DISH Network subscribers, who will now be able to watch the third season of AMC’s The Walking Dead. … [Read more...] about The Walking Dead returns to DISH
Fifty Bags Full
Q: What are the best new weapons in Season 3? A: We have introduced a lot of machine guns this year; there have never been any on the show before. It all ramps up to episode 16 where everybody is fighting everybody. They start out with bows and arrows and silenced weapons and once the war begins between everybody they move to machine guns and arming the civilians in the town (Woodbury), so we have really expanded the weapons this year. I would look for the Governor to show up with something … [Read more...] about Fifty Bags Full
Fifty Shades of Greyscale
Q: Can you talk about what’s new in effects makeup this season? A: We knew there is going to be a prison, and a lot of dead bodies laying around, so the first thing we did was we sculpted male and female corpses that were rotted and decomposed looking, and once those were sculpted and molded, I had an idea to do puppet versions of them, so if we ever wanted to see animatronics versions that are really desiccated and rotting away, we could do that. Even in terms of how we do zombie bites … [Read more...] about Fifty Shades of Greyscale
Fifty Shades of Grey (Matter)
Gale Anne Hurd is the Executive Producer of TWD. She is no stranger to feared creatures; having previously worked on films such as Ang Lee’s The Hulk and before that, a string of hits such as The Terminator, The Abyss, and Aliens, all with director James Cameron. Q: Do you ever worry that the violence and gore would overtake the plot? A: No, because the comic book, which won the Eisner, the equivalent of the Oscar for comic books, is incredibly highly regarded because it’s all about … [Read more...] about Fifty Shades of Grey (Matter)
