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UPDATE: Glen Mazzara, who’d been Frank Darabont’s #2 on the
WALKING DEAD writing staff, has indeed been appointed to take over showrunning duties. (Darabont’s continued presence, if any, is still being discussed.) Mazzara has a lot of experience as a writer/producer on shows like
Hawthorne, Crash and
The Shield, but not as a show creator–and
Walking Dead, with only 6 episodes in its first season, is still forming its creative vision. No doubt all fingers at AMC are firmly in the “crossed” position.
The creator and showrunner of AMC’s biggest hit series THE WALKING DEAD has just stepped down from those duties, and may (or may not) be leaving the show entirely. Frank Darabont, who’d been known before Walking Dead as a feature writer/director (most notably of The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile) has stepped down–it appears very suddenly, since he took part in the show’s panel at Comic-Con just a few days ago. The effect of this on the series is unknown at this point–Darabont’s #2, Glen Mazzara, is an experienced writer/producer, so he would be the logical choice to take over, but no one ever said TV was logical. Meanwhile the show continues in production for the October 16 premiere of its second season.
There is without doubt some story behind this, so stay tuned…
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