Is Robert Kirkman scaring showrunners away from AMC’s The Walking Dead? That’s one of the theories the Hollywood Reporter shares, concerning Glen Mazzara’s December exit from the show:
Several insiders confirm that Kirkman, whose detailed graphic novels form the basis of the series, is “very proprietary,” as one puts it. One adds, “I believe Robert wants to maintain a certain amount of his control, and AMC needs Robert for the fan base.” But despite the vitriol, some sources involved with Walking Dead say Kirkman was one of several producers on the show who had issues with Mazzara and his vision.
Whether the problem is with Kirkman or other AMC producers, the fact that the show has lost two showrunners in the space of just three seasons is a sign that someone, somewhere, has a problem relinquishing control to the people who are theoretically supposed to be in charge of the series…
January 10th, 2013 at 4:05 pm
I feel like Mazzara really turned the show around. Novelty did a lot of me for the first season.
I don’t think it’s it’s a stretch to think that they each left for different reasons, though.
Then again, when was the last time that a creator of a comic book series had any control over that creation when it went to another medium?
January 12th, 2013 at 7:26 am
If Kirkman is the reason , good for him , we’ve all seen adaptations that werent faithful to the source material , hell that’s all we’ve ever seen on screens till Walking Dead (and Game of Thrones”