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Beware 'The Walking Dead' at Comic-Con

by Lawrence P. Raffel, Tue., Jul. 13, 2010 5:02 PM PDT
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AMC has released info on all kinds of Walking Dead goodies for those lucky enough to attend San Diego Comic Con this year. Hit the jump for the full The Walking Dead schedule.

The Walking Dead panel, scheduled for Friday, July 23 at 11:30AM in room 6BCF, will feature series stars Andrew Lincoln (Love Actually), Jon Bernthal (The Pacific), Sarah Wayne Callies (Prison Break), Laurie Holden (The Mist), and Emma Bell (Law & Order). Joining the cast are writer, director, executive producer and three-time Academy Award nominee Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile); executive producers Kirkman and Gale Anne Hurd (The Terminator, Aliens, Armageddon), make-up artist Greg Nicotero (George Romero's Land of the Dead, The Mist); and Joel Stillerman, AMC's SVP of original programming, production and digital content.

- Attendees will have an opportunity to get "zombified" by visiting "The Walking Dead" booth and putting themselves into a zombie scene from the series via a touch screen and AMC will email the photo to them.

- AMC will distribute limited edition The Walking Dead series posters from internationally recognized movie poster artist, Drew Struzan (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, Blade Runner, Hellboy and more).

- An autograph session will take place with Andrew Lincoln, Jon Bernthal, Sarah Wayne Callies, Frank Darabont, Robert Kirkman, Greg Nicotero and Gale Anne Hurd in the Image Comic Books booth.

- AMC will distribute limited edition The Walking Dead series buttons.

- AMC will have The Walking Dead walkers around the convention center and booth.

- The Walking Dead booth will be a semi-recreation of a scene from the pilot episode.

The Walking Dead will premiere this October during AMC Fearfest, the network's annual blockbuster marathon of thriller and horror films.

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