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Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira Returning To 'The Walking Dead' in Spin-Off Series Rather Than a Movie
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- Published: Friday, 22 July 2022 23:15
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AMC has scrapped the Andrew Lincoln movie promised when he left The Walking Dead, and will now return as Rick Grimes in a spin-off series along with Danai Gurira's Michonne. Lincoln and Gurira made a surprise appearance Friday at the show's Comic-Con panel in San Diego. Gurira posted a selfie with Lincoln on Instagram marking the occasion. Get the details of the show below.
The new series in The Walking Dead franchise will launch in 2023. Gurira and Lincoln were actively involved in the creation of the series, according to the official press release. The spin-off will continue the love story of Rick and Michonne. Michonne left her children behind and set off to find her lost love who she believes is not dead. Scott M. Gimple will serve as the showrunner.
The press release included a tease. "Who they were is dead. The only people who can bring them back are each other."
The Walking Dead is coming to an end with two spin-offs with the original characters. Daryl, Maggie and Negan will go off on their own adventures with their own series. This separate series with Lincoln and Gurira will no doubt eventually tie in with the other spin-off. After all, there will be some kind of reunion between Rick and Michonne and their children, Judith and RJ.
For more about the expanding The Walking Dead universe, see the official announcement below.
AMC's Press Release
SAN DIEGO, CA – July 22, 2022 – AMC Networks today announced that Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira will reunite for a new series in the expanding universe around The Walking Dead. The series will continue the journey and love story of the Rick Grimes and Michonne characters. Lincoln and Gurira, who have been actively involved in conceiving the creative and the continuation of their characters’ story, made the surprise announcement while appearing onstage as part of the final panel for The Walking Dead at Comic-Con International in San Diego. Scott M. Gimple, Chief Content Officer of The Walking Dead Universe, will serve as showrunner on the series, which will begin with six episodes in 2023. Lincoln and Gurira are both executive producers.
“This is a moment fans of The Walking Dead have been waiting for since Rick disappeared in the helicopter early in season nine, and Michonne journeyed away on a quest to find him the following season,” said Dan McDermott, president of entertainment and AMC Studios for AMC Networks. “What a great surprise for the fans at this final Comic-Con for the series that launched this universe and made television history. We couldn’t be more excited for a truly epic series finale later this year and to see Andy and Danai return in a new series they helped create, one of three new series coming in 2023 that continue the stories of so many iconic and fan-favorite TWD characters.”
“Rick and Michonne are two of my favorite people and Danai and Andy are two of my favorite people,” Gimple said. “Working with all of them continues to be a dream come true. The three of us, along with a terrific team of TWD all stars and incredible new voices, are crafting an insane love epic worth the long, long wait.”
“This has been the most extraordinary journey playing Rick Grimes for the best part of a decade. The friendships I’ve made along the way are deep and lasting, so it’s fitting that I finally get to complete the story with Danai and Scott and the rest of the TWD family. I’m so excited to be returning to the screen as Rick, reuniting with Danai as Michonne, and bringing the fans an epic love story to add to the Walking Dead Universe.”
Said Gurira: “Michonne and this TWD family has meant so much to me, and to continue the journey of these beloved characters, alongside Scott and Andy, both creatively and in front of the camera, and bringing The Walking Dead fans something truly special is just glorious. I can’t wait to pick up the katana again.”
This series presents an epic love story of two characters changed by a changed world. Kept apart by distance. By an unstoppable power. By the ghosts of who they were. Rick and Michonne are thrown into another world, built on a war against the dead... And ultimately, a war against the living. Can they find each other and who they were in a place and situation unlike any they've ever known before? Are they enemies? Lovers? Victims? Victors? Without each other, are they even alive -- or will they find that they, too, are the Walking Dead?
Lincoln is repped by CAA, Range Media Partners and Geoffry Oblath at Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein.
Gurira is repped by Suskin/Karshan Management, UTA, Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein, and The Initiative Group.