No thanks: “The decision that saved The Walking Dead created the show as we know it

The Walking Dead producer Gale Anne Hurd made a decision that saved the series and helped it become a phenomenon. Before working as a producer on the television adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s best-selling novel The Walking Dead comics, the veteran producer has already enjoyed a successful career in entertainment. Hurd has produced several landmark science fiction films, including Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment DayAnd Aliens, along with the second film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Incredible Hulk.

Helping these sci-fi and superhero stories become reality, she took part in helping The Walking Dead television series was taking shape, which included finding the right network for it. Hurd was determined to do justice to Kirkman’s comics and his creative vision. and was not willing to compromise on this issue, no matter what the network executives suggested. Two major television networks were interested in creating The Walking Deadbut Heard turned them both down. Instead, the series ended up on AMC, where it aired for 11 seasons along with numerous The Walking Dead spin-offs in which Hurd participated.

NBC and HBO were ready to make The Walking Dead (but with less violence)

AMC had no such condition

As told by Greg Nicotero via Huffington Post, both NBC and HBO have submitted proposals to make The Walking Dead. However, one of their conditions was that the television adaptation’s production team would need to significantly reduce the amount of graphic violence and gore featured in Kirkman’s comics. Heard knew this compromise would not be true to the source material or Kirkman’s creative vision, prompting her to tell NBC and HBO: “No, thank you.”

She then continued searching for the network that best suited The Walking Deadwhich led to the collaboration with AMC. 14 years later The Walking Deadpilot episode debuted The partnership between AMC and the creative teams behind The Walking Dead franchise continues to be mutually beneficial. As Nicotero explained, “Thank God we got to AMC. They totally get this show. From the very beginning, they completely trusted and supported what we were trying to do with this series.” This included the series not shying away from the violence and gore of the comics.

The Walking Dead stuck to its message and created the show as we know it.

Gale Anne Hurd saved the show

Most The Walking DeadThe series’ popularity came from its entertainingly brutal exploration of a post-apocalyptic world. and the feeling that no character is safe from death. These elements would not have been possible if the series had toned down the violence significantly. While there were inevitably a lot of changes in the comics, AMC made sure the series stayed true to its original premise: Rick Grimes has emerged from a coma several months after the zombie outbreak, and will work with other survivors to navigate a lawless world.

From the attack on the citizens of Terminus in Season 5, Episode 1, “No Shelter,” to the heads of beloved characters found on the pikes in Season 9, Episode 15, “The Calm Before,” many of The Walking DeadThe best episodes of the series are filled with memorable violence. These moments existed not only for the sake of spectacle, but also for important character development and narrative advancement in the AMC series. Such brutal moments would not have been possible if the series had been picked up by NBC or HBO, which would have fundamentally changed the situation. The Walking Deadstory.

The reason why HBO abandoned The Walking Dead seems puzzling in retrospect.

This is the same network that created Game of Thrones

NBC wants less violence in The Walking Dead this is not surprising given the tone and ratings of most of the network’s programs. It’s much more surprising that HBO left The Walking Dead for the same reason. Less than a year after The Walking Dead debuted on AMC, HBO released the first episode Game of Thronesseries known for its shocking violence, which may have surpassed The Walking Dead in this area. Game of Thrones became even bigger than The Walking Deadpartly because of the boundaries it pushed, even though HBO had wanted those boundaries before.

WITH Game of ThronesHBO continues to produce shows that contain a lot of violence.including his additional income House of the Dragonand also WestworldAnd The Last of Us. To The Walking DeadHBO has already had its fair share of violent series, from Wire To Oz. HBO’s decision seems strange now, but for The Walking Deadit worked out for the best, as the series found a proper home on AMC, which continues to serve the franchise well with a slew of spinoffs that follow the ongoing stories of its beloved characters.

Source: Huffington Post