Walking Dead: Darabond was FIRED, didn't QUIT

Walking Dead: Darabond was FIRED, didn't QUIT

The cast is "scared," the crew is crushed after Darabont is canned while working to fix an episode that a director turned in with unusable footage.

By Rustyham - Aug 10, 2011 02:08 PM EST
Filed Under: The Walking Dead
Source: The Hollywood Reporter

"One insider says those gathered were stunned at "the duplicity of AMC" for having used Darabont to promote the show at Comic-Con before firing him. And they were angry about the lack of explanation; they were simply told, cryptically, "This isn't working." Above all, they were disheartened. "It's a crushing blow," says the insider. "Even when you have a hit, they can still destroy you.""

"But this source says that AMC had its own ideas about how to make the show more cheaply. The show shoots for eight days per episode, and the network suggested that half should be indoors. "Four days inside and four days out? That's not Walking Dead," says this insider. "This is not a show that takes place around the dinner table." That was just one of what this person describes as "silly notes" from AMC. Couldn't the audience hear the zombies sometimes and not see them, to save on makeup? The source says Darabont fought "a constant battle to keep the show big in scope and style.""

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naterator
naterator - 8/10/2011, 3:51 PM
HMMMMM WELL WE ALL KNOW WHY THERES NO MORE MONEY TO GO AROUND.....ITS THE ECONOMY.

AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 8/11/2011, 3:01 AM
Naterator@ lol
StrangerX
StrangerX - 8/11/2011, 10:08 AM
AMC is full of idiots right now. They want to keep all the money towards Mad Men, instead of their next up and coming money maker. This is like firing Charlie Sheen during the second season of Two and A Half Men before you make the billions of dollars from the 8 seasons he was on. Fans are gonna stray from the show and those are the people they want to please, because it was word of mouth from the fans on the net that basically hyped the show to it's success everyone else jumped on board. Once the fans go that's it.
macfint
macfint - 8/25/2011, 4:16 AM
This is terrible news. I am scared.
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