NEWS - NON-KING NEWS

6 day's left until Dexter

Posted: September 26, 2011, 10:29
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On sunday season 6 of Dexter kicks of and here are two clips from the first episode.















Walking Dead in EW

Posted: September 26, 2011, 10:25
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Here is a cool photo from The Walking Dead that's published in Entertainment Weekly's latest issue.


You can see more photos here.

The Walking Dead Chronicles

Posted: September 26, 2011, 10:21
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Click for a larger imageCheck out The Walking Dead Chronicles: The Official Companion Book (Release Oct. 4, 2011). It's the only authorized, behind-the-scenes guide to season one of The Walking Dead.

Focusing on the making of the first season of the Golden Globe-nominated TV show, as well as the creation of the New York Times bestselling comic book on which the series is based, The Walking Dead Chronicles is lavishly illustrated with never-before-seen unit photography, storyboards, set designs, makeup and visual effects shots, and page-to-screen comparisons of the comic and TV show.

I don't know about you but I'll be checking this out!

Walking outside the US

Posted: September 23, 2011, 11:35
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Good news for all Walking Dead fans outside the US that has FOX. FOX will air the episodes just four days after they air in the US.

The Talking Dead

Posted: September 23, 2011, 09:01
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AMC has ordered a talk show hosted by Chris Hardwick to air after The Walking Dead. Talking Dead, AMC's first live aftershow, will serve as a platform for discussion about The Walking Dead. The half-hour series will premiere after the encore presentations of the hour long drama on Sunday, Oct. 16. Beginning on Friday, Nov. 4, Talking Dead will air following the shows encores at 11 p.m.

Talking Dead will have Hardwick, who hosts G4's Web Soup, with fans, actors and producers and taking questions and comments from viewers. Hardwick also moderated The Walking Dead panel at Comic-Con this year.

Win The Walking Dead

Posted: September 22, 2011, 08:27
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Click for a larger image Click for a larger imageOn October 4th the first season of The Walking Dead is released in a special edtions DVD. Now you can (if you live in the US that is) win a copy of the limited blu-ray editon (see photo right) that also contains a Zombie mask designed Greg Nicotero (see photo right). Enter here

Today's Walking Dead clips

Posted: September 21, 2011, 12:17
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Here is a clip about how they make the Zombie's clothes look burned.








Here is a clip from the special edition DVD/blu-ray that's released October 4th.



And a short teaser for season 2 (premiers October 16th).

Dexter promos

Posted: September 19, 2011, 11:07
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Season 6 of Dexter starts on October 2:nd and here are two new cool promo posters.

New teaser for The Walking Dead

Posted: September 19, 2011, 09:14
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As most of you know by now I really love The Walking Dead and look forward to the new season next month. So, when I found this new trailer I couldn't resist sharingit with you all.




Latest on The Walking Dead

Posted: September 16, 2011, 12:09
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Here are some cool images from season 2 of The Walking Dead.


And here is a new clip from the new DVD/blu-ray edition of season 1.



We have also gotten word that Greg Nicotero (who took home an Emmy for his prosthetic makeup) has been named co-executive producer of The Walking Dead and that he's also directing an episode during Season 2.

Zombie action

Posted: September 13, 2011, 23:00
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It's very popular to do action figures of characters in TV series and movies. The Walking Dead is no exception. In November four characters from the TV series will be released as action figures. The four are Deputy Rick Grimes, Daryl Dixon, Zombie Walker and Zombie Biter and you can read all about them here.


What do you think about action figures like these? Personally I think they are pretty cool. Not that I think many will buy them to play with but I bet they'll look pretty cool in the book case where you keep your movie collection, don't you think?

Walking Dead posters

Posted: September 13, 2011, 15:46
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Once again AMC has succeeded in producing a great poster for The Walking Dead. They did it with season one and now they have done it again with season 2.

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New teaser for Walking Dead

Posted: September 13, 2011, 10:12
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Here is a new (very short) teaser for season 2 of The Walking Dead, enjoy!

Preview of book six about Dexter

Posted: September 13, 2011, 08:50
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If you, like me, follow Dexter both on TV and in the books you can now check out the first pages of the upcoming sixth book (released October 18, 2011) called Double Dexter here.

Early reviews of season 2 premier of Walking Dead

Posted: September 13, 2011, 08:45
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Critics who’ve seen The Walking Dead season 2 premiere episode tweet reviews

We’re just over a month away now from the much anticipated The Walking Dead season 2 premiere. AMC has been busy providing some critics with advanced copies of the first episode, and said people are now tweeting brief reviews that are getting us excited!

TV Guide’s Matt Roush:
- Wasn’t in mood for lunch anyway. But after getting peek at intense, graphic, xcellent #WalkingDead S2 opener, I only have appetite for ep 2.

TV Guide’s Adam Bryant:
- Walking Dead’s Season 2 premiere won’t let any fans down. It may, however, make a few of them puke. Can’t wait to see more.

The Walking Dead’s score composer Bear McCreary:
- Walking Dead Season 2 is going to be amazing. That is all I can say now. It will be amazing.

All I can say is "Where is my screener?" If anyone has seen this, let me know. I want to hear more about it.

A day on the set of The Walking Dead

Posted: September 13, 2011, 08:43
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a href="http://blogs.amctv.com/the-walking-dead/2011/09/a-day-on-the-walking-dead-set-part-i.php" target="NEW">Here is an article about a day on the set of The Walking Dead.

New Dexter trailer out

Posted: September 8, 2011, 08:49
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24 day's until the premier of season 6 of Dexter and we have another teaser trailer. This one focus on the guest characters...and YES, Collin Hanks plays a bad guy!

Inside The Walking Dead: Zombie Eyes

Posted: September 7, 2011, 14:00
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AMC has released another behind the scenes video for The Walking Dead. This time we get to see how the Zombies eyes get to look in season 2...

Dexter kill chart

Posted: September 7, 2011, 13:47
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For those of you that, like me, love Dexter, check out this chart of who and how Dexter has killed.

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World War Z clip

Posted: September 7, 2011, 13:47
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I love Zombies and enjoyed the book World War Z and now it's being turned into a movie which if it's as good as the book should be very interesting. Here is a clip from the filming.

Walking Dead kicks of with 90 minutes

Posted: September 2, 2011, 08:49
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AMC’s critically acclaimed original series, The Walking Dead, is back with its much anticipated second 13 episode season. Kicking-off a two week long Fearfest, the network, once again, presents viewers with a 90-minute premiere episode, airing at 9 PM ET on Sunday, October 16th, with six one-hour episodes in the weeks following. The final six episodes of the season commences on Sunday, February 12th at 9pm ET.

Special ed. of The Walking Dead

Posted: August 31, 2011, 08:52
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On October 4th Anchor Bay Entertainment releases the special edition of The Walking Dead season 1 on DVD and blu-ray (you can see the covers below). Here is what you get on this release that you didn't get on the first one:

- Pilot Episode: The B&W Version
- Audio Commentaries On All 6 episodes
- We Are The Walking Dead
- Bring Out The Dead: KNB And The Art of Making Zombies
- Digital Decay: The VFX of The Walking Dead
- No More Room in Hell: The Walking Dead Phenomenon
- Adapting The Dead
- Killer Conversations: Frank Darabont & Greg Nicotero

Today they also released a very interesting clip that shows us how Greg Nicotero and his team created the dead bodies we see in the show. Enjoy!

Locke & Key trailer

Posted: August 25, 2011, 15:24
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Here is a trailer for the pilot of Locke & Key (based on Joe Hill's comic with the same name) and after seeing it I can't imagine why FOX didn't order it...



Thanks to Craig Trunzo

Darabont leaves Walking Dead

Posted: August 5, 2011, 16:37
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Geek Tyrant had these interesting thoughts about Frank Darabont leaving The Walking Dead:

Did Frank Darabont quit The Walking Dead because of Mad Men's pay raise by AMC? Many people in Hollywood have been speculating that is a big factor for Darabont's departure. The LA Times reports that AMC has pushed to make cuts on both Walking Dead and Breaking Bad, which "came as a surprise to the creative forces behind those popular series."

These budget cuts come only months after Mad Men creator and executive producer Matt Weiner received "a huge new contract to continue the show about swinging 1960s ad men for at least two more seasons. His price tag of close to $10 million a season has those who work on rival shows grumbling that they are being asked to foot the bill for Draper's martinis."

Sony Television, which is behind Breakign Bad, was so annoyed by these cuts that they were considering shopping the show to other cable networks, including FX. This is understandable when AMC's offer for the fifths season included only six or eight episodes instead of the usual 13. Thankfully, a new deal is in the works. AMC had to cut about $250,000 per episode for its second season. Darabont has been replaced, but the network declined to comment on speculation that he forced out in part over a disagreement about the show's new budget.

AMC President Charlie Collier strongly denied these speculations and stated:

"We're investing more than we ever have before. The fact that future seasons of 'Mad Men' were going to be expensive is not a surprise to us." He was also quick to defend the network against complaints about its recent dealings with producers. "We've taken some of the most expensive, riskiest shows around and nurtured them and managed to grow our network."

Collier did not get into specifics, but said "The viewer will see we're making shows that will look like a movie every week."

What do you all think? Will The Walking Dead be the same without Frank? Comment on facebook or twitter.

The Walking Dead special edition

Posted: August 5, 2011, 16:27
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Anchor Bay Entertainment will release a special edition of The Walking Dead on October 4. This set will have one extra disc that will have these features on it:

- Pilot Episode: The B&W Version
- Audio Commentaries On All 6 episodes
- We Are The Walking Dead
- Bring Out The Dead: KNB And The Art of Making Zombies
- Digital Decay: The VFX of The Walking Dead
- No More Room in Hell: The Walking Dead Phenomenon
- Adapting The Dead
- Killer Conversations: Frank Darabont & Greg Nicotero

In addition to the Blu-ray special edition, a limited edition collector's tin contains an exclusive wearable zombie mask from NECA designed by the series own make-up artist, Greg Nicotero. The first 100,000 units of the Blu-ray and Limited Edition Collector's Tin together includes an EXCLUSIVE Cryptozoic "The Walking Dead" trading card.

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The Walking Dead Chronicles: The Official Companion Book

Posted: August 5, 2011, 16:19
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A book with the title The Walking Dead Chronicles: The Official Companion Book (a must for fans of The Walking Dead as far as I can se) will be published on October 1st:

This one-of-a-kind behind-the-scenes guide focuses on both the making of Season 1 and the creation of the bestselling comic book which inspired it. The Walking Dead Chronicles is lav¬ishly illustrated with never-before-seen photos, storyboards, set designs, makeup and visual effects shots, and page-to-screen comparisons of the comic and TV series. Featuring new interviews with comic creator Robert Kirkman and executive producer Frank Darabont among others, the book also includes a detailed episode guide, excerpts from early drafts and final scripts, and a glimpse into Season 2 and beyond. Available for purchase Sat., Oct. 1, 2011.

Trailer for Dexter season 2

Posted: August 5, 2011, 16:07
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Showtime’s block buster series Dexter starts its sixth season on October 2nd. Here is a trailer for the new season.



It has also been revealed that season 2 premiers on October 16.

New Non King section

Posted: August 4, 2011, 23:41
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Lilja’s Library has always been dedicated to Stephen King. I have written about other stuff as well under the section Almost King (and sometimes I have sneaked it into the regular news as well) but the focus has always been (and will always be) on King. The Almost King consists of reviews of things by people connected to King in some way but things that haven’t been by or about King.

Well, over the years there has been more and more non King things that I’ve found interesting and that I think the general King reader might find interesting as well. So, to get a way to cover those things I have created this NON KING section. Here I will post news about things that isn’t King related and if you want to check it out (which I hope) it will be there and if you don’t you can just ignore it. It won’t interfere with the regular news (it will show up on facebook and twitter though) except for a small link. Oh, and please let me know what you think of this idea. Good? Bad? Don’t care? Let me know!