Cable network AMC have acquired the rights to develop Robert Kirkman’s The Waking Dead into a series.  The Hollywood Reporter notes The Shawshank Redemption’s Oscar nominated writer Frank Darabont is onboard to write, produce and direct the series which will focus on the minutiae of a group of survivors getting by in a zombie-ridden world.
AMC are confident that, despite the genre element of the project, it will be a perfect fit on their schedule, which already includes Breaking Bad and Mad Men.

Arrested Development creator is set to collaborate with Will Arnett and Jim Vallely for another FOX comedy.  The yet to be titled show will be a single camera sitcom and will focus on the romance and clashing values of Arnett’s rich Beverly Hills asshole main character and a tree-hugger.

The trades are reporting that Shawn Ryan, the baby daddy of The Shield, has sold a put pilot to FOX for a new show, Ridealong.  The new series will be set and shot in Chicago, Ryan’s home town, and will feature a cast of police officers who for all intents and purposes are based in their cars.
Shawn Ryan assures that series will be different enough from The Shield so that it won’t feel like he’s treading the same ground.  He cites Ridealong as being much more FOX-like than The Shield …