AMC, noted for "Mad Men" and "Breaking Bad", has bought a pitch from 3-time Oscar nominee, Frank "The Mist" Darabont, to write/direct an adaptation of Image Comics' graphic novel series "The Walking Dead", by writer Robert Kirkman.
Gale Anne "Hulk" Hurd of Valhalla Motion Pictures and David Alpert of Circle of Confusion will executive produce.
Premise of the original comic books, published since 2003, is set among a group of zombie survivors of an apocalypse who are led by police officer 'Rick Grimes', in search of a safe place to live.
"This is not about zombies popping out of closets," said AMC.
"This is a story about survival and the dynamics of what happens when a group is forced to survive under these circumstances..."
