Here’s how Walking Dead producers turned mistakes from the very first episodes into a new breed of super-zombies.
“The end of each story is very important.
How do you want yours to end?”
Season 1 zombies on ‘The Walking Dead’.AMC
asked Seth Gilliam’s Father Gabriel at the conclusion ofThe Walking Deadtrailer unveiled atSan Diego Comic-Conin July.
Only it wasn’t the conclusion.
I was never sure if they were just stories."
Season 1 zombies on ‘The Walking Dead’.AMC
“And it will cause some massive problems for our people.”
“It has escaped discussion on the show.
It’s addressing something that is inside the show already.
Season 1 zombies on ‘The Walking Dead’.AMC
The calls are coming from inside the house.”
But the twist is, those calls were placed about 12 years ago.
That came right out ofNight of The Living Dead.
We haven’t seen zombies picking up objects and using them since then.
However, speed and rock-smashing were not the only weird retro-abilities producers noticed.
“And there are walkers climbing up behind them.
We were still figuring it out.
But we decided that it was an opportunity.”
“These are very distinct environments and very distinct landscapes,” says Gimple.
The chief content officer does note that wewillsee that French lab scene play out on another upcomingWalking Deadshow.
“That was out in Europe,” Gimple says.
