Walking Dead Blu-ray Release Date Announced

The Walking Dead: Season 2 will hit Blu-ray and DVD on August 28, 2012, and it will be available in a very cool limited edition Blu-ray, with a zombie head manufactured by McFarlane Toys.

SRP of $69.99 and around £45 in UK

The Walking Dead" is a hit with both audiences and critics. The first season won the Emmy^® Award for Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or Special and was nominated for Emmys^® in Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series and Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series. Season 1 also garnered a Golden Globe^® nomination for Best Television Series - Drama, and was named to the American Film Institute's (AFI) Top 10 Programs of the Year (2010), among other accolades.

Season 3 of The Walking Dead" premieres on AMC in October.

'The Walking Dead': Exclusive first look at Danai Gurira as fan favorite Michonne

Ever since we saw that cloaked figure brandishing a katana sword while accompanied by two chained up armless zombies in The Walking Dead’s season 2 finale, fans have been salivating for a first look at the woman under the hood — Michonne. That first look is now here. A fan favorite from The Walking Dead comic book on which the AMC series is based, Michonne will be played by actress Danai Gurira (Treme) when the show returns for season 3 this October, and here is your exclusive first taste of what she will look like.

In the comics, Michonne is an unflinching warrior who proves to be powerful ally for Rick Grimes and the rest of the survivors. But how different will the onscreen version be? “The essence of the character — her personality, her motives, everything that makes Michonne Michonne — remains intact from the comics,” says Robert Kirkman (the creator of the comic and executive producer of the TV adaptation). “But like a lot of things on the show, there will be little tweaks and differences here and there. We saw that her introduction is slightly different from how it was in the comic, and her interaction with Andrea is really going to be a really cool addition to the character that I think will get television viewers up to speed, and they’ll get to know her a lot faster than comic book readers did.”
As for why they cast the relatively unknown Danai Gurira for the pivotal role, Kirkman says, “We looked at a lot of talented people that were really fantastic, but we were waiting for that one spark, that moment where everyone was completely in agreement and completely excited, and we felt like we had found the essence of this fictional character that just randomly appeared in another person, and that person was Danai Gurira. She kind of came in and really just blew us all away. She’s got incredible presence, and she’s got a theater background, and is very physical, and was just perfect for the role.”
Kirkman is equally enthusiastic about the big location setting for season 3, as Rick and company attempt to turn a prison into their new zombie-proof fortress. “It looks absolutely amazing,” gushes Kirkman. “They are shooting the hell out of this prison. It just looks absolutely stunning, and I think when people start seeing trailers and stuff for this season, I think people are just gonna be like, “Wait, what? This is what? I can’t believe this is a TV show!” It’s really creepy, really moody and it’s just gonna be really awesome.”

thanks to :http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/05/23/walking-dead-danai-gurira-michonne/for the info

Blog Request: Design Your Own Walking Dead Character

This is a really interesting blog post, I would create maybe a psycho badass bad guy or maybe even a good guy he could be interesting on both. The idea is a character who pretty much carves a smiley face into his skin everytime he kills a zombie so as you imagine he may be covered in these smiley faces. Heres the fun part though he also carves sad faces into his skin for every human he has killed he could fit into a group of killers pretty well I guess you could say being like this, but maybe he would fit into a group like Rick well as a new badass of the group.

Thats it really do tell me if you liked my character or if you thought he was a terrible idea feel free to share this blog to other fans to help spread the word!

First 1000 views!

Reached a big milestone today my first 1000 views! I noticed viewing numbers are increasing everyday so hopefully this blog really starts getting popular and I hope its really big by the time season 3 starts! thanks again guys!

Heres a little Shane video for you Shaneheads also for your enjoyment by lucasmarice135!

The Walking Dead Season 1 Recap: Episode 1 - Days Gone Bye

I'm a huge fan of the comic book, so to see this get made into a T.V show I was really excited. Thinking back this episode is my second favourite episode first being Beside The Dying Fire the finale for season 2 which is going to be really hard to top. Episode 1 almost seemed like it was a movie it was really well directed by Frank Darabont and we got a spectacular shot of a birds eye view above the tank Rick enters which may be the best shot or at least near the top that we have ever seen in The Walking Dead.

 This episode unlike many other episodes keeps reasonably close to the comic apart from the opening and the tank scene at the end. I thought this episode was really good at drawing me into the show even thought maybe it was'nt as hard to get me to watch since I was already a small fan of the comic but after this I bought a lot more of the comic.

When I saw Rick in this episode I knew he would be perfect for the role and he really played the "shocked" character well and it is interesting to see that he has evolved a huge amount since this episode.

I would by far give this episode a 10/10 due to being up with the best off this show so far and no real complaint can be made about this episode.

The Walking Dead proves popular with gamers

More than one million episodes of The Walking Dead have been sold to gamers so far, it has been confirmed.

The game series has been developed by Telltale Games and award winning writer Robert Kirkman. Episode one has attracted glowing reviews since its launch, with Official Xbox Magazine, PC Gamer and IGN.com among the commentators rating it highly.
Dan Connors, chief executive of Telltale Games, commented: "The tailored narrative design puts gamers in control of their own story within the universe of The Walking Dead in a way that appeals equally to hardcore gamers and to more casual gamers who are fans of the franchise."

He promised aficionados of the series that the next set of episodes will allow them to enjoy "some really great moments".

Mr Connors added that garnering a record audience across so many different platforms has been a "tremendous achievement".

Episode one, which is named A New Day, will be followed by a second instalment next month – Starved for Help.

How The Daryl And Merle Confrontation Should Go In Season 3

I think this is the most interesting thing or at least in the top 5 things that I want to see in season 3 or maybe season 4 if they decide to hold it back that long. The reason is that we know Daryl was pissed that they left Merle on that roof but now Daryl has managed to become part of this group and be liked by its members due to how much of an asset he actually is to the group. Will he still be loyal though if his brother comes back? I think so I really don't think he will turn his back on Rick's group and I think it will be Daryl who kills Merle in the end.

Little extra this week for the Daryl fans here is a video from lucasmarice135 really cool Daryl video.