There’s about a dozen different zombie projects on the go right now (including, er, “Condition Dead 3D”) – and here’s number 13 : Frank Darabont (“The Mist’) will write and direct a TV series adaptation of the Image Comics graphic novel series “The Walking Dead,” penned by Robert Kirkman.

The project is set among a group of zombie survivors of an apocalypse who are led by a police officer, Rick Grimes, in search of a safe place to live.

Numerous editions of the “Walking Dead” graphic novels have been published since 2003.

Joel Stillerman, AMC’s senior veep of programming, production and original content, tells Variety the project appealed to the cabler because of “the quality of the storytelling” in Kirkman’s work. The series will stay faithful to the tone of the original novels, he said.

“This is not about zombies popping out of closets,” Stillerman said. “This is a story about survival, and the dynamics of what happens when a group is forced to survive under these circumstances. The world (in ‘Walking Dead’) is portrayed in a smart, sophisticated way.”

“Hulk” and “Terminator” producer Gale Anne Hurd will produce.

There is no studio currently attached to the project.