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but that’s as far as I want to go.”
Some couldn’t see a way forward without their fearless zombie
leader, while others called it the
best thing that could’ve happened
to the show. “The Walking Dead
has always needed a televisionsavvy hand to guide it,” wrote Scott
Meslow in the Atlantic, pinning
some of the show’s weaknesses
on Darabont’s unease with the TV
format. “And fortunately for AMC,
newly appointed showrunner Glen
Mazzara is much more qualified
than Darabont for the job.”
Now, fans can judge for themselves: Season 3 of AMC’s horror
series — premiering Sunday, Oct.
14 — is the first whose conception
and execution will be entirely under
the helm of executive producer and
showrunner Glen Mazzara.
“Whenever I write a script, I
want people on the edge of their
seat,” Mazzara told Huffington.
“That’s my voice, and that’s what I
want the show to be.”
Fans and critics had lamented
the slow pace of the second season,
which almost exclusively took place
on a farm. Mazzara, who previously
wrote and produced for FX’s highdrama series The Shield, says that
upcoming episodes will be different.
“I think it was my job going into
TV
Season 3 to better integrate all of
the things we love about The Walking Dead so that you don’t have
to wait too long for some humor
or a scare or a thrill or a heartfelt
scene,” Mazzara said. “I wanted to
the show to be unpredictable.
I wanted the show to be thrilling.
HUFFINGTON
10.14.12
This will
be the first
season of The
Walking Dead
with Glen
Mazzara (The
Shield) at
the helm.