Samuel Brace on the decline of AMC… I am old enough to remember when AMC, back in the day — that day being five minutes ago — were at the top of the TV ladder. There was a time when they unequivocally ruled the roost, when all competition bowed before them. After Mad Men‘s debut […]
Complacency: The Killer of TV’s Golden Age
Samuel Brace on the death of TV’s Golden Age… It’s all over. Television’s golden age is, it seems, gone. It’s done. Some will argue that it was never here at all, but those people are mostly ardent film fans who could never face that for a while, for a very short time, TV was better than […]
Why Can Telltale Make Better Walking Dead Stories Than the TV Show?
Samuel Brace asks why can Telltale make better Walking Dead stories than the TV show? Why isn’t The Walking Dead very good? Why isn’t The Walking Dead the show it could be, should be and has been? Why does the TV show suffer, flounder and falter when the very same IP excels in another medium? […]
Veronica Diaz cast in Fear the Walking Dead season 2
Having added Dougray Scott and Daniel Zovatto to its cast last week, Deadline is now reporting that Veronica Diaz (Taco Shop, Behold My Heart) has joined AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead in a recurring role, where she’s set to play Vanessa, a character described as “smart and deceptive, with a look of innocence, someone who […]
Fear the Walking Dead casts Dougray Scott for second season
TV Line reports that actor Dougray Scott will be joining the cast of AMC’s The Walking Dead spinoff, Fear the Walking Dead, for its second season in a recurring role. Scott’s career has spanned over two and a half decades, and just a few of his movie and TV credits include Deep Impact, Mission: Impossible […]
It Follows’ Daniel Zovatto joins Fear the Walking Dead in recurring role
Deadline is reporting that It Follows star Daniel Zovatto has signed on for a recurring role in the second season of AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead. Production on season two of The Walking Dead companion show kicked off earlier this month, with Zovatto joining a cast that includes Kim Dickens, Cliff Curtis, Frank Dillane, Alycia Debnam-Carey, […]
Production underway on season 2 of Fear the Walking Dead
AMC has announced that production has kicked off on the second season of The Walking Dead companion series Fear the Walking Dead, with filming taking place at Baja Studios in Mexico. “We are thrilled to be starting production and even more thrilled to be shooting in Mexico. Baja Studios has been home to some of the […]
AMC developing The Walking Dead standalone special set on a plane
It looks like the zombie virus is going airborne, with Entertainment Weekly revealing that AMC is developing a half-hour standalone special of The Walking Dead that will take place on an airline flight. The site reports that the special will revolve around a group of passengers facing a walker attack, with one of the survivors […]
Fear the Walking Dead shatters records for highest-rated cable premiere
AMC launched its companion series to The Walking Dead on Friday night, with Fear the Walking Dead enjoying a hugely-successful start as its debut episode set a new record for the highest-rated cable premiere. The first episode of the show pulled in 10.1 million viewers according to Nielsen estimates, which shatters the previous record set […]
Mercedes Mason joins Fear the Walking Dead
Last week it was announced that Elizabeth Rodriguez (Orange Is the New Black, Grimm) has joined AMC’s upcoming Walking Dead companion series Fear the Walking Dead, and now the show has added another new cast member in Mercedes Mason (Chuck, The Finder). SEE ALSO: Watch the first teaser for Fear the Walking Dead Fear the […]
