This week on the Talking Dead Jason and I discuss the following:

New Walking Dead podcast, The Walking Deadcast.

Casting update from IMDB

Roger Herrera as Vato Gang Member

M.V. Oliphant as Nurse

Jevocas Green as zombie

IMDB now lists 7 episodes, not 6.

Frank Darabont explains why they chose Andrew Lincoln to play Rick Grimes

Gale Anne Hurd praises AMC

New photos from the set

Quick hits:

The Walking Dead will be featured on the cover of HorrorHound magazine in September. Melissa Cowan aka "bicycle girl" will be on the cover.

AMC releases an iPhone app with news and video for all their shows, including The Walking Dead

George Romero will likely NOT direct an episode of TWD. Talking to Shock Till You Drop: If approached by Frank Darabont Romero said: “I’d probably ѕау nο. Mу zombies аrе іn thе closet аnd I hаνе mу οwn particular way οf using thеm. I’m clinging tο mу οwn franchise, аѕ peculiar аѕ thаt іѕ. It’s nοt bіg box office, bυt іt’s mine.”

AMC asked on Twitter: If you lived in a post-apocalyptic world, would you rather be a human or a zombie?

A potential problem with The Walking Dead (by Keith McDuffee at cliqueclack.com)

Plus listener feedback and iTunes reviews.

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