"Walking Dead" fans, if you find that your attention's gone missing, look no further than creator Robert Kirkman himself — he may have just stolen it from you with his new television project for AMC, "Thief of Thieves."
"Thieves," based on the comic book of the same name, is currently in development at AMC, marking the second Kirkman title to aim for the small screen following the comic book scribe's already hugely successful zombie epic. Created by Kirkman and featuring a creative team including Nick Spencer and Shawn Martinbrough, "Thieves" centers on Conrad Paulson, a master thief who steals from other criminals in an effort to right the wrongs of his past — a premise that should fit right at home at AMC, as the network already houses a host of morally ambiguous "heroes" including Don Draper and Walter White of "Mad Men" and "Breaking Bad" fame.
"Because this is a story about characters — the kind of interesting, nuanced and slightly dark characters you see on everybody's favorite AMC shows like 'Mad Men' and 'Breaking Bad' — AMC was really excited about the idea of hurrying up and adapting this into a TV show," Kirkman told MTV News recently of the "Thieves" TV deal's origins. "I have a relationship with them, so they were very aware of the comic from its earliest stages. It seemed like a good fit to them."
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