Production begins today in Atlanta, Georgia on AMC’s adaptation of the Robert Kirkman comic The Walking Dead. The six-episode first season is written, produced and directed by three-time Academy Award-nominee Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile) and executive produced by Gale Anne Hurd (The Terminator, Aliens, Armageddon, The Incredible Hulk), and follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes, traveling in search of a safe and secure home after a zombie apocalypse.
AMC has released this exclusive first look photo of “The Walkers” – the series’ titular flesh-eating creatures.
Click on the image below for a much larger version.
For a complete photo gallery and interviews with Frank Darabont and Gale Anne Hurd, visit amctv.com.