'Walking Dead' black and white pilot to air next month
Published Jun 1 2012, 17:48 BST | By Mark Langshaw
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AMC has confirmed that the alternate version of the series opener will receive its world television premiere on July 8, preceded by all 19 episodes of the series over the course of two nights.
The marathon will also include a sneak preview of Walking Dead season three, and feature introductions and supplementary material courtesy of Talking Dead host Chris Hardwick.
A live primetime special edition of Talking Dead will air on July 8 at 9pm, followed by the pilot at 10pm. Plans to screen the episode in other territories are yet to be confirmed.
The alternate pilot was "created specifically for fans of The Walking Dead", which is based on an Image Comics series that is rendered in black and white.
The Walking Dead returns for its third season in October.
Watch a sneak preview of The Walking Dead season three below:
this black and white episode is an alternate pilot, not the same as the first aired tv episode - god can anyone read?
July 8th 2012 at 11:50pm
frank darabont did the same thing with the mist blu ray, and like badblokebob said he just turned the colours down which is something everyone can do with there tv's settings. this will probably be the exact same thing which to me seems pointless.
June 2nd 2012 at 12:48pm
Slightly confused by what this really is now.....
June 2nd 2012 at 12:40pm
This will just remind people of when the show was good.
June 2nd 2012 at 10:14am
So, they've just taken the regular pilot and made it black & white? Which you could do yourself by adjusting a setting on your TV?
Wow.
June 1st 2012 at 9:58pm
That's one of the stupidest things I've read today.
June 2nd 2012 at 12:08am