Being showrunner of The Walking Dead has been a little bit of a poisoned chalice, with Frank Darabont (S1) and Glen Mazzara (S2&3) each doing the job before current incumbent Scott Gimple took over for S4, although he does seem to be fairly settled in the role now. David Erickson is serving as show runner for this series, and brings plenty of experience from both writing and producing a fair amount of episodes of Sons of Anarchy. Once again in his Kevin-Feige-of-the-zombie-world role, Robert Kirkman will be executive producing the show, and has co-written the pilot with Erickson. Kirkman is the man responsible for co-creating the original Walking Dead graphic novels, and has been involved with the TV series from the very beginning. Joining him will be fellow TWD exec-producer Gale Ann Hurd, who also produced The Terminator and Aliens, which isnt a bad resume by anyones standards. No writers aside from Kirkman and Erickson have been announced yet, and it remains to be seen whether theyll be scripting all six episodes, or if some of the regular Walking Dead writers such as Seth Hoffman or Angela Kang will pen an episode or two.
NCTJ-qualified journalist. Most definitely not a racing driver. Drink too much tea; eat too much peanut butter; watch too much TV. Sadly only the latter paying off so far.
A mix of wise-old man in a young man's body with a child-like wonder about him and a great otherworldly sensibility.
