ComicsOnline

– Celebrating 25 Years of Everything Geek Pop Culture!

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

Stay tuned to ComicsOnline for WonderCon 2011 news and everything geek pop culture!

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

(Managing Editor/Director of Media Relations) Matt interviewed MacGyver once (true story), and was invited on a submarine to the Arctic. It hasn't happened yet, but Matt hopes that some day he will get the call and he and Richard Dean Anderson will go off and have a wacky adventure.