Just little tastes of the terror, horror, and the retch-worthy effects of our favorite TV zombie show. Sure, we may be getting Frankenstein and Mr. Hyde in the future, but if we do I’m sure we’ll be calling The Walking [...]
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The Walking Dead: Interview with Makeup Guru and Webisodes Director Greg Nicotero
Yesterday we brought you Scott Ian’s story of his turn as a zombie in a The Walking Dead webisode, directed by makeup effects wunderkind Greg Nicotero. Today we bring you an interview with the Emmy-nominated King of Making Us Nauseated [...]
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The Walking Dead: Scott Ian Delivers More Images and Details
We told you last week about Anthrax guitarist and comic book author Ian Scott fulfilling a dream by playing a zombie for The Walking Dead (it turns out that it's for a The Walking Dead webisode directed by Greg Nicotero, key special [...]
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The Walking Dead Casting News: A Metal Zombie
Or we could have gone with “A Zombie with Anthrax.” Ah well. the important thing is that guitarist/comic book author Scott Ian has a new credit to add to his already impressively cool cv: zombie. Technically, “walker” – he’ll be [...]
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Updated Fall Primetime Sci-Fi TV Premieres Schedule
Can you believe it’s already August? In only a few short weeks Doctor Who will be returning and ushering in the fall primetime tv schedule. A few more premiere dates have been released since our last update, so August 1 [...]
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The Walking Dead International Air Dates May Mean Near-Instantaneous Global Domination
As we have been reporting over the past few days, behind-the-scenes shakeups for AMC's The Walking Dead had many of us wondering if the season 2 premiere date would be affected. The premiere date that was announced at Comic-Con. Less [...]
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Breaking News Update: The Walking Dead’s New Showrunner Steps Up
As we reported the night before last, The Walking Dead executive producer and showrunner Frank Darabont has stepped down from the showrunner position. At that time it wasn't known if he was stepping away from the show entirely or just from the [...]
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Breaking News: Frank Darabont Walks Away from The Walking Dead
Frank Darabont, the showrunner, writer, and often the face of AMC's The Walking Dead along with writer/creator Robert Kirkman, is reportedly out as showrunner. There was no discernable indication that this was in the air during the TWD panel at Comic-Con less [...]
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SDCC 2011: The Walking Dead Panel and Season Two Trailer
Nearly everyone except Carl was onstage for this panel, and it was great to see them all looking so rested and healthy. Andrew Lincoln, Sarah Wayne Callies, Laurie Holden, and Norman Reedus, plus special effects amaze-man Greg Nicotero, showrunner Frank [...]
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The Walking Dead Season 2 First Look Clip and Comic-Con Banner
If you didn't see Breaking Bad last night, you missed the premier of this all-too-brief but nicely gory first clip from Season Two of The Walking Dead. Apparently, things are still not great nor are they high tech in Rick Grimes's [...]
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The Walking Dead: Makeup for that Creepy Season 2 Zombie Woman
SciFi Mafia would like to congratulate the amazing Greg Nicotero on his 2011 Emmy® nomination for Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or Special for his work on The Walking Dead, "Days Gone Bye"! To celebrate, here is a behind [...]
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The Walking Dead – Season Two Spoilers from the Showrunner
No kidding, there really are The Walking Dead season two spoilers in this interview with Frank Darabont, depending on how sensitive you are to such things. Interestingly, this interview has been given the official AMC stamp of approval, so I guess [...]
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