Judge Rules ‘Walking Dead’ Producers Were Not Cheated Out of Show’s Profits
variety.comGene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA judge on Wednesday ruled that several producers of “The Walking Dead” were not cheated out of profits by AMC Networks, bringing the long-running litigation over the hit show closer to a finale.Judge Daniel J.
Buckley rejected the producers’ claim that AMC Networks had reverse-engineered the definition of “profits” in their contracts in order to keep the vast majority of the show’s profits for itself.The producers — Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, David Alpert, Charles Eglee and Glen Mazzara — first filed suit in 2017, four years after the show’s creator Frank Darabont — who was fired after the first season — filed a similar claim against AMC.Darabont and CAA, his agency, won a $200 million settlement in their case last July.
But AMC has continued to fight Kirkman — the comic creator behind “The Walking Dead” series — and the other producers in court in Los Angeles.
In July 2020, Buckley ruled in favor of AMC after a “mini-trial” focusing on the appropriate definition of “modified adjusted gross receipts,” or MAGR.
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