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TV: The Mysery Ends Today: All ‘Walking Dead’ Directors/ Writers Revealed
It’s a rare occasions when the spotlight of a TV series is on the directors. Us horror fans care tremendously, which is why we’ve been sitting in absolute suspense waiting to hear who else will directing AMC’s The Walking Dead alongside the brilliant Frank Darabont. While we’ve already reported on two other names over the past few weeks, AICN got the drop on all six, along with the writers. You’ll find the line-up below — let’s call it the TV dream team.
“The Walking Dead tells the story of the weeks and months that follow a pandemic zombie apocalypse. County Sheriff Rick Grimes travels with his family and a small group of survivors, constantly in search of a safe and secure home. But the constant pressure of fighting off death on a daily basis takes a heavy toll, sending many to the lowest depths of human cruelty. As Rick struggles to keep his family alive, he will discover that the overwhelming fear of the survivors can be far more dangerous than the mindless walkers roaming the earth.”
From AICN:
The directors for the first six are:
1) Frank Darabont (The Mist, The Shawshank Redemption)
2) Michelle MacLaren (“Breaking Bad,” “X-Files”)
3) Gwyneth Horder-Payton (“The Shield,” “BSG”)
4) Johan Renck (“Breaking Bad”)
5) Ernest Dickerson (“The Wire,” “Dexter”)
6) Guy Ferland (“The Shield,” “Sons of Anarchy”)
The writers for the first six are:
1) Frank Darabont (The Mist, The Shawshank Redemption)
2) Frank Darabont (The Mist, The Shawshank Redemption)
3) Frank Darabont (The Mist, The Shawshank Redemption), Chic Eglee, Jack LoGuidice. (Chic: “The Shield,” “Dexter.” Jack: “Sons of Anarchy”)
4) Robert Kirkman (writer of the comic series)
5) Glen Mazzara (“The Shield,” “Hawthorne”)
6) Adam Fierro (“The Shield,” “Dexter,” “24”)
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‘Backrooms’ – Behind the Scenes Photos Reveal the ‘Alien Romulus’ Actor Who Played Pirate Clark
Dubbed “Pirate Clark,” the monstrous threat in Kane Parsons’ Backrooms is sure to be one of the most memorable new movie monsters on screen this year, perhaps only behind Freaky Nikki from Obsession. But was that a computer generated creation? An animatronic?
Nope. Pirate Clark, which is of course the monstrous Backrooms-generated “Still Life” version of Chiwetel Ejiofor’s character Clark, was played by a real actor in Backrooms!
It was former basketball player Robert Bobroczkyi who played the impossibly tall Pirate Clark in Backrooms, and the effect was pulled off with little more than a costume and a mask.
As Luiz H.C. noted in an article here on Bloody Disgusting last month, “Though there was some obvious CGI involved in making the character’s peg-leg and nightmarish face more believable, Robert Bobroczkyi’s monstrous performance and his natural frame helped to make that final chase sequence a clear highlight among this year’s genre offerings.”
The Romanian–Hungarian actor stands a towering 7-foot, 7″ tall, and if Pirate Clark reminded you of the Offspring from Alien Romulus, that’s because Bobroczkyi played both roles!
At this time, Alien Romulus and Backrooms are the only two movies on Bobroczkyi’s resume, but like Javier Botet before him, we can be pretty sure he’ll be playing unique horror movie characters for many years to come. You just never know where he might pop up next…
Backrooms is now available on a Digital with the Blu-ray up for pre-order now.
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