The Apocalypse Has Begun......

[boo7382]

In Atlanta!!

Zombie drama shuts down Georgia highway

A zombie detour gives a whole new meaning to a mindless commute.

The popular AMC television show "The Walking Dead" began filming its second season here in Atlanta and is shutting down a state highway south of the city for most of this week.

A detour on Ga. 20 in Henry County near the Atlanta Motor Speedway will be shut down through late Thursday, Kimberly Larson, a spokeswoman for the state's Department of Transportation told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The detour began Sunday.

The Channel 2 Action News helicopter has an image of the show's set. There are dozens of cars backed up and strewn along the highway.

The AJC reports that traffic is being detoured off the highway in both directions at East Main Street.

"It's a big inconvenience. I live right off of 20 so for me to go to McDonough where I work, I have to go all the way around through Clayton, which is extra gas," driver Demond Williams told Channel 2 Action News' Carol Sbarge.

Larson told the AJC that DOT issued a press release saying the highway would be closed for road work because it wanted to limit the amount of people showing up to watch the filming of TV show.

"The Walking Dead" stars Andrew Lincoln, Jon Bernthal, and Sarah Wayne Callies. From the show's website: "Waking up in an empty hospital after weeks in a coma, County Sheriff Rick Grimes (Lincoln) finds himself utterly alone. The world as he knows it is gone, ravaged by a zombie epidemic. 'The Walking Dead' tells the story of the weeks and months that follow after the apocalypse."

This is just one of the major productions filming in the Atlanta area.

[Darth Biscuit]

Nice! Can't wait.

[Doyle]

I wonder what it cost to get a major hwy shut down for a week?

[Darth Biscuit]

Probably not as much as you would think if you're bringing hundreds of jobs into an area.

[cookinwithgas]

yay! Looking forward to seeing what they've cooked up this year.

[Crixtala]

i bet demond williams would be upset if he couldn't tell everyone he knows that The Walking Dead was filmed right where he lives

but keep bitching demond, keep bitching

[Zombie Horde]

We are ready for our close up, Mr. DeMille.

We really like that show.

[Kitten Diver]

Never seen this show and dont know why they would pick Atl

[4Corners]

Highly, highly under rated show. Prob my fave show out right now. Can't wait!

I hope Morgan comes back this season.

[Darth Biscuit]

Yeah, I don't think AMC had a clue the kind of response it would receive.

[Toolbox]

5 more months to go!

[Kettle]

looks like a bridge opening

[jasonluckydog]

They want you to believe its a TV show