First “The Walking Dead” Season 2 casting & Emmy Consideration: Michael Rooker!

We’ve already showed you zombie shots from AMC’s “The Walking Dead” Season 2 and not 24 hours ago Eric hit you all with a nifty behind the scenes video from the first day of shooting. Now here I come today with the first casting news for the second season of the zombie drama!

According to TV Line actor Pruitt Taylor Vince (right) is the first name to join Andrew Lincoln, Laurie Holden (below) and the rest of the returning cast members in “The Walking Dead” Season 2. He’ll be playing ‘the good-natured and polite Otis, a foreman at Hershel’s Farm.’

In other “Walking Dead” news it seems AMC and company are making a run for Michael Rooker to score the Emmy for Guest Actor in a Drama Series. They’ve gone and put the below posters together to help get some attention out there for Mr. Rooker, who actually did do an awesome job. Then again it’s Michael f*cking Rooker! The man always does a good job!

So how can you help spread the word on Rooker’s Emmy run? Just share the posters below via Facebook, Twitter or however else you get around on these here interwebs. Get the word out there!

“The Walking Dead” Season 2 is currently filming in Georgia with a planned October premiere on AMC.