Frank Darabont Lets Go Of The Walking Dead Writers?

Writer, Producer, Director Darabont looking to outsource season 2 scripts?

It appears the writing staff on AMC's The Walking Dead TV series has been let go if Deadline's claims turn out to be true. The often-correct Hollywood rumor website believes Producer/Director Frank Darabont dropped the writers in preparation for the second season with the intent to outsource writing duties to freelancers.

For reference, Darabont wrote and directed the first two episodes of season one, with the remaining four split among Kirkman and the writing staff.

It's not uncommon for shows to make staff cuts between seasons, but it's certainly an oddity that an entire writing team would be dismissed. Does this spell trouble for the record-breaking zombie TV series? That's certainly open to debate when you consider comic book creator, Robert Kirkman, is still on board with the series and there being almost a year gap between the end of this season and the beginning of next. Still, without more information, we're simply making guesses. I wouldn't worry just yet.