MTV Splash Page chased down Robert Kirkman, Image Comics bigwig and creator of 'The Walking Dead', which is soon to be a TV show on AMC. Back in the summer a deal was announced that finds filmmaker Frank Darabont developing Kirkman's zombie survival opus for the cable net.
Kirkman said he's an executive producer on the show which gives him some control, but he's thrilled to have Darabont on board to steer the ship.
"Frank understands the material 100 percent. It's always been shocking to me, doing Hollywood meetings over the years, just how easy it is for someone to come in to the meeting and say something like, 'We want the zombies to have super powers,'" Kirkman said. "Knowing that, I'm really excited about it, because from my discussions with Frank, he likes the right things about 'Walking Dead.'"
He also said to expect the show to be "100% true" in tone, but not necessarily in story details. "I've told Frank flat-out that I do not want him to follow the comic to the detriment of the show. I encourage him to veer off if he has something that will work really well on TV that wouldn't work in a comic," Kirkman said.
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