Zombie News Rumor From i09: ‘The Walking Dead’ Writing Staff Fired

As AMC’s ’The Walking Dead’ completes a seemingly-successful first season, a report from i09 has animated the undead web with rumors that show runner Frank Darabont has dismissed the writing staff.

Frank Darabont fires The Walking Dead’s entire writing staff

This Sunday Walking Dead will finish its first season on AMC. But showrunner Frank Darabont is already at work getting ready for the 13-episode second season — by firing his entire writing staff. Could this mean trouble for Walking Dead?

Deadline is reporting a rumor that director, writer and Walking Dead producer Frank Darabont has let the entire writing staff go. And instead of hiring a new staff for the second season, Darabont is toying with the idea of assigning freelancers to each script. While assigning freelancers to TV scripts isn’t anything new, canning the whole writing staff is pretty unusual, and we’re still weighing out the pros and cons of this executive decision.

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