Hey folks,

Big news this week! We now know when The Walking Dead will premiere on AMC! Jason and I discuss this plus a few other news items this week.

• The Walking Dead will premiere on October 31st, plus 90 minute run-time!
• Full comic-con trailer released in glorious high quality.
• G4TV Comic-con interview with Robert Kirkman.
• Casting Update
  • Alexyz Danine Kemp – Zombie
  • Derrick McLeod – Zombie
  • Max Calder – Baseball Bat Zombie
  • Ondie Daniel – Zombie
• Dread Central: Set visit part 3, Casting & prepping production.
• Fangoria: Season 2 filming to take place in February 2011.
• Thomas Jane to guest star on The Walking Dead.
• AMC’s Emmy Wins.

All this plus listener feedback! You can find listener Jason’s character list right here.

If you have any comments, questions, or feedback of any kind we’d love to hear it. Please email us at talkingdeadpodcast@gmail.com, or post comments below. You can follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/talkingdead, or Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thetalkingdead.

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Hey folks,

I don’t post much news outside episodes of podcast, but this is just too awesome to pass up. AMC announced today that The Walking Dead will premiere on Halloween night, October 31st.

Not only that, but the Comic-con trailer is now officially online in glorious high quality. Check it out!

This week on the Talking Dead Jason and I discuss the following:

New Walking Dead podcast, The Walking Deadcast.

Casting update from IMDB

• Roger Herrera as Vato Gang Member
• M.V. Oliphant as Nurse
• Jevocas Green as zombie
• IMDB now lists 7 episodes, not 6.

Frank Darabont explains why they chose Andrew Lincoln to play Rick Grimes
Gale Anne Hurd praises AMC
New photos from the set

Quick hits:

• The Walking Dead will be featured on the cover of HorrorHound magazine in September. Melissa Cowan aka “bicycle girl” will be on the cover.
• AMC releases an iPhone app with news and video for all their shows, including The Walking Dead
• George Romero will likely NOT direct an episode of TWD. Talking to Shock Till You Drop: If approached by Frank Darabont Romero said: “I’d probably ѕау nο. Mу zombies аrе іn thе closet аnd I hаνе mу οwn particular way οf using thеm. I’m clinging tο mу οwn franchise, аѕ peculiar аѕ thаt іѕ. It’s nοt bіg box office, bυt іt’s mine.”
• AMC asked on Twitter: If you lived in a post-apocalyptic world, would you rather be a human or a zombie?

A potential problem with The Walking Dead (by Keith McDuffee at cliqueclack.com)

Plus listener feedback and iTunes reviews.

If you have any comments, questions, or feedback of any kind we’d love to hear it. Please email us at talkingdeadpodcast@gmail.com, or post comments below. You can follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/fearhurst, twitter.com/jasonmyles, or twitter.com/renerd.

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• Melissa Cowan’s photos from The Walking Dead wrap party
• Casting update:
  • Adam Minarovich – ED
  • Madison Lintz – Sophia
  • Juan Gabriel Pareja – Morales
  • Andrew Rothenberg – Jim
  • L. Stephanie Ray - Survivor
  • Noel Gugliemi – Felipe
  • Timothy Douglas Perez – Vato Gang Member
  • Neil Brown Jr. –  Guillermo
  • Claire Bronson – Candace Jenner
  • Shannon Brinson – Featured Zombie
  • Brian Stretch – Tank Zombie
  • Erin Leigh Bushko – Zombie
  • Scott M. Yaffee – Zombie
  • Kristen Sanchez – Zombie
• Andrew Lincoln terrified on set
• Bear BcCreary promises “kick-ass” music for The Walking Dead
• Bloody Disgusting set visit, part 2
• Robert Kirkman’s wish list
• Dispatches from the set: Comic artist Charlie Adlard interview
• Annotated Walking Dead Google map
• Update: FKUX never released the 90 second trailer they promised.
• AMC’s Walking Dead quiz (Jason takes the quiz live on the air!)

Plus listener feedback and iTunes reviews.

If you have any comments, questions, or feedback of any kind we’d love to hear it. Please email us at talkingdeadpodcast@gmail.com, or post comments below. You can follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/fearhurst, twitter.com/jasonmyles, or twitter.com/renerd.

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Hey all,

It’s the international edition of The Talking Dead this week. Jason and I may be on different continents, but that can’t stop us from recording a podcast. I apologize for the sub-standard audio quality, but hopefully you can handle Jason’s Skype-voice, and my heavy breathing. On episode 17 we discuss the following:

• Dispatches from the set: David Boyd, Cinematographer
• Video – Making Up The Walking Dead’s Bicycle Girl
• Buzzfocus – A deeper look at The Walking Dead
• Comicbook Resources interview with Frank Darabont
• Rumoured air dates for the pilot episode
• FX Channel UK trailer
• Listener feedback

If you have any comments, questions, or feedback of any kind we’d love to hear it. Please email us at talkingdeadpodcast@gmail.com, or post comments below. You can follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/fearhurst, twitter.com/jasonmyles, or twitter.com/renerd.

Leave us a message on The Talking Dead voicemail line at: 206-202-1568.

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