Executive Producer Gale Anne Hurd Chats With The Wall Street Journal

Find out what she had to say once again about rumors of writers being fired, season two of The Walking Dead, and Michonne.

How far ahead have you mapped out the second season? Was that a part of the discussions when you were planning for the first season?

For the first season, we talked about how it would be about getting to Atlanta and Rick reuniting with his family, and then getting on the road again. Within that context, we wanted to make sure we captured certain key events from the comic book, but also surprise people who were comic book devotees with new material they hadn’t seen before. That was something very important to Robert from the very beginning, that the series wouldn’t just be a panel-by-panel adaptation.

When Frank and Robert had their initial meetings this past February and March, they definitely discussed new characters and new paths for old characters. We realized that for viewers unfamiliar with the comic book, they were bound to have questions, and knowing that in the comic book, there aren’t really any answers, we figured where else would these characters go if not the CDC [Centers for Disease Control].

Check out the full interview over at The Wall Street Journal.

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