(Atlanta, June 2) -- Production begins today in Atlanta for AMC's adaptation of the Robert Kirkman comic The Walking Dead. The six-episode first season -- written, produced and directed by three-time Academy Award-nominee Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile) and executive produced by Gale Anne Hurd (The Terminator, Aliens, Armageddon, The Incredible Hulk) -- follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes, traveling in search of a safe and secure home after a zombie apocalypse.


To whet your appetite for this tale of the living and the undead, AMC is pleased to present this exclusive first look photo of "The Walkers" -- the series' titular flesh-eating creatures.