‘Walking Dead’ Profit Litigation Has Surprising New Chapter
BY ERIQ GARDNER | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Business A new lawsuit is filed as AMC aims to move the fight into a secretive proceeding over whether Robert Kirkman and others get boosted profits thanks to the Frank Darabont settlement. Four months after AMC came to a $200 million settlement with Frank Darabont over profit claims for Walking Dead, the dispute has taken a surprising new turn with a new lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court. AMC apparently demands arbitration with Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman and other executive producers of the hit zombie show. After many years in open court, the Kirkman gang…