AMC Scott M. Gimple, a writer and producer for “The Walking Dead,†has been named the new show runner of the series.“The Walking Dead,†the hit AMC horror series, will live on for its fourth season under the stewardship of a new show runner, Scott M. Gimple, the cable channel has confirmed. Mr. Gimple, a writer and producer who joined “The Walking Dead†in its second season (and whose previous credits include the television series “FlashForward†and the film “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeanceâ€), was first reported to have been promoted to the position of show runner b the Hollywood trade publications in January. At that time, AMC had about as much to say about the news as a zombified corpse might. But on Wednesday, the cable channel finally confirmed his appointment in a news release that also announced production on Season 4 of “The Walking Dead†would begin in Atlanta on May 6.
Mr. Gimple is the third show runner in the short but highly successful run of “The Walking Dead.†He succeeds Glen Mazzara, who ran the series in its second and third seasons, and who announced in December he was parting ways with AMC over unspecified creative differences. Mr. Mazzara had replaced Frank Darabont, the filmmaker behind “The Shawshank Redemption†and “The Green Mile,†who originally developed â! €œThe Walking Dead†from the comics of the same title, and who left the series after its first season.
