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Thief of Thieves - New project by The Walking Dead writer Robert Kirkman

11 Apr 2012

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Thanks to Darq for the heads up.

Walking Dead writer and executive producer Robert Kirkman has sold a new project to AMC: a crime drama called Thief of Thieves.

Based on Kirkman’s new comic book, Thieves is about a master thief who attempts to reconcile with his estranged wife and son, vowing to walk the straight and narrow. Except he discovers he’s completely addicted to the thrill of stealing. Now he must feed his addiction by stealing only what has been stolen — ripping off thieves, in other words. Thus, the title. You get it.

“Much like The Walking Dead brought horror to television in a unique and groundbreaking way, I feel Thief of Thieves can do the same thing for heist stories, showing the humanity of all the characters, including the criminals,” says Kirkman, who’s developing the show for AMC along with Chic Eglee (Dexter).

Source: EW
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7 comments:

  1. klutzy_girl11 April 2012 at 21:56

    Sounds semi-interesting. I might watch it.

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  2. Bruce_F11 April 2012 at 21:58

    Meh.  My interest in this will be heavily based upon casting and the general tone of the show because the concept, in and of itself, doesn't do much for me.

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  3. Wilson Crawford11 April 2012 at 23:15

    It could work. :)

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  4. Linlighthouse12 April 2012 at 01:10

    Dunno about this one. I guess TV lately has spoiled me. No heads popping off and gushing goo, I might not be interested.

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  5. Adrian Sikora12 April 2012 at 07:14

    It sounds like Thief which aired on FX.

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  6. Seba_Canel12 April 2012 at 11:18

    Here's the press release:

    AMC announced today “Thief of Thieves,” a new project in development
    from “The Walking Dead” executive producer/writer Robert Kirkman and
    Chic Eglee (“The Shield,” “Dexter”) based upon the new comic Kirkman
    created under the same name. “The Walking Dead” executive producer David
    Alpert and Kirkman reunite with Eglee who will serve as showrunner. All
    three also serve as executive producers on the new skein. The comic
    book Thief of Thieves, a new crime caper published by Kirkman’s Skybound imprint at Image Comics, debuted on February 8 and sold out the same day.


    “Much like ‘The Walking Dead’ brought horror to television in a
    unique and groundbreaking way, I feel ‘Thief of Thieves’ can do the same
    thing for heist stories, showing the humanity of all the characters,
    including the criminals,” explains Kirkman, who created “The Walking
    Dead” comic in 2003 and still writes each issue, among many other
    titles.


    “AMC recognizes the limitless ideas generated by the comic industry,”
    says Kirkman.  “Their dedication to bringing ‘The Walking Dead’ to life
    as a TV show has been key to its success and I’m excited about the
    potential of ‘Thief of Thieves’ to reach similar levels of success.”
     According to Kirkman, “Working with AMC has been a tremendously
    positive experience and I’m looking forward to continuing and
    strengthening our relationships there and I can’t neglect to mention
    I’ve been dying to work with Chic again since we wrapped on ‘The Walking
    Dead’ Season 1.”


    Circle of Confusion partner Alpert adds, “It’s incredibly exciting to
    put the band back together with Robert, Chic and AMC; it just feels
    great.”


    Kirkman developed “Thief of Thieves” based upon his experience in the
    writer’s room of “The Walking Dead” after observing how the ideas got
    more creative and thrilling when a group of talented writers were
    working together to make the show as interesting as possible.  The first
    arc of the comic is being written by Nick Spencer and Shawn
    Martinbrough is the artist.   Kirkman created the story and has a “head
    writer” in charge of each arc of “Thief of Thieves.” The story focuses
    on master thief Conrad Paulson who, while attempting to reconcile with
    his estranged wife and son, vows to walk the straight and narrow, only
    to discover he’s completely addicted to the thrill of stealing.  Now he
    must feed his addiction by stealing only what has been stolen, as the
    “Thief of Thieves.”


    The deal was brokered by CAA, Katz Golden Rosenman for Kirkman, Behr
    Abramson for Alpert/Circle of Confusion, Michael Gendler for Eglee and
    Marci Wiseman, head of business affairs for AMC with Roger Arar at Loeb
    and Loeb.

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  7. arun27912 April 2012 at 12:17

    I would pass on this without a second thought any other time, but created by Robert Kirkman and being made by AMC... I love The Walking Dead and except for The Killing's finale debacle, AMC is yet to make a bad series. So, I'll probably give it a shot.

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