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A force perhaps greater than the Jedi faith is likely to hit Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando this holiday weekend and it could prove harder than making the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs, to paraphrase Han Solo. Just days after the House of Mouse opened its $1 billion-budgeted Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge…

Robert Kirkman and his fellow The Walking Dead executive producers may have been late to the game compared to Frank Darabont when it came to taking AMC to court over profits from the zombie apocalypse series, but it looks like the creator will be first to trial next year. At least a mini-trial that could see the whole…

The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau today handed out fines to three TV shows and a radio company for “misusing” the Emergency Alert System or Wireless Emergency Alert tones. ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! and AMC’s The Walking Dead were hit with six-figure penalties, while Animal Planet’s Lone Star Law and the parent company of…

Joe Holt (The Punisher) is set for a recurring role in the upcoming third series in The Walking Dead franchise on AMC. Holt will play Leo Bennett, a solid family man and respected professor with a generous heart and unwavering optimism for the future. He’d risk his life to save the people he cares about. The untitled…

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EXCLUSIVE: Nico Tortorella (Younger) has been tapped for a lead role in the upcoming third series in The Walking Dead franchise on AMC. Nico's character, Felix, is described as an honorable man of his word who isn't afraid to fight for others’ safety and acceptance. The untitled third series will focus on the first…

The Walking Dead franchise is “in the early stages of life” and “has many opportunities for growth,” AMC Networks CEO Josh Sapan asserted during a conference call with Wall Street analysts Wednesday morning. The company has made moves to back up Sapan’s assertion, such as revealing this month at Comic-Con the first tas…

AMC has rounded out the cast for the third The Walking Dead series. Annet Mahendru (Huck) and Aliyah Royale (Iris) join previously announced Alexa Mansour (Hope), Nicolas Cantu (Elton) and Hal Cumpston (Silas) as cast members in the third series of the franchise, which begins production next week in and around…

During The Walking Dead panel at Comic-Con today, executive producer Gale Anne Hurd revealed that Thora Birch (Ghost World, American Beauty) and Kevin Carroll (The Leftovers) will be joining the cast of the AMC zombie series. Birch will play a character named Gamma who is a member of the Whisperers who is wildly…

The Walking Dead showrunner Angela Kang took the stage in Hall H with executive producers Robert Kirkman, Dave Alpert, Gale Anne Hurd and Greg Nicotero. Later on, stars Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Danai Gurira, Ryan Hurst, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Avi Nash, Nadia Hilker, Eleanor Matsuura, and Cailey Fleming to talk…

The film studios may be taking a back seat this year inside the San Diego Convention Center at Comic-Con, but the always vigorous battle for skyscraper space, square footage and activation attractions in San Diego is no less full throttle. In a typically crowed skyline, the clear winner this week is Fox Animation…

The 50th edition of Comic-Con International begins today with a sprawling programming schedule and a slew of tie-in events that fill (and then overfill) San Diego’s Gaslamp District but, as in years past, there will be one spot in the seaside city that will get the lion’s share of Hollywood star wattage, press…