WonderCon 2011: Spotlight on Robert Kirkman
Here are some highlights from the Spotlight on Robert Kirkman panel at WonderCon 2011:
Update on Season 2 of The Walking Dead:
-Kirkman will do more writing for the upcoming season
-He has relocated to LA with his family so he can be there everyday to work on the scripts.
-TWD filming to continue in Atlanta.
-Still in talks with Joe Hill and Stephen King for individual episode development, but they are not on board yet.
-On diverging from the comic: “To do what happens in the comic would bore me to tears…let’s do THIS (something else) instead.”
-Hopes to gain experience in the editing room and other areas of working on a TV show like this.
New details on Skybound Imprint titles: Super Dinosaur and Witch Doctor.
Super Dinosaur:
– “It will be all depressing at some point like The Walking Dead, but there’s something for everybody”.
Witch Doctor:
-Horor medical drama for June release.
-Supernatural threats are defeated by scientific means
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