Call of Duty x The Walking Dead Interview: Clayton Neuman & Jon Riva Talk Zombies Crossover
ComingSoon Editor-in-Chief Tyler Treese spoke with AMC Head of Franchise Clayton Neuman and Sledgehammer Games Content Art Director Jon Riva about the new. The duo discussed the collaborative process and working with Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira.
“Call of Duty and The Walking Dead have been bringing Zombies to eager fans for a combined 40 years through comic books, video games and a global phenomenon television franchise. This is the first time that these heavyweights of pop culture have combined forces to create a special The Walking Dead collaboration in Call of Duty.”
How did this deal kind of come together? Had you been looking to collaborate for a while and this was the right opportunity? Or was this a totally new working relationship?
There’s such a strong thematic through line between the two properties, The Walking Dead and Call of Duty, from the gritty realism to the epic scale and the legions of diehard fans. It’s been one of these things that we’ve always wanted to try to find a way to work together. Doing so at this moment in time, when AMC is about to bring back two of these iconic characters from the series for a new epic series … timed with Modern Warfare 3’s release and the zombie mode, it just felt like a sort of kismet timing. We were really excited we were able to put it together.
I think it was just a collab with AMC on bringing what was iconic, but also paying tribute to what’s next. Michonne’s more in line with that sort of thing. Rick’s got that classic look, and then we had the Blackcell opportunity as well. So I think it was just working through the variety of all their great costumes and aesthetics and just making sure that they’re iconic and recognizable right away.
We’re really excited to bring the Walking Dead to that audience. The Walking Dead was the most successful show in the history of cable television. It has successfully transitioned to three very successful spin-off series as well. We do feel like there is some overlap. One of
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