The Walking Dead is getting another new spinoff for AMC Plus
Lauren Cohen will play the lead role alongside Jeffrey Dean Morgan in “Walking Dead: A New Spinoff” Isle of the DeadAMC confirmed Monday that the show would air. The show, expected out in 2023, will center on Cohen and Morgan’s respective characters, Maggie and Negan, as they travel to Manhattan, which has since been “cut off from the mainland.”
“The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made New York City their own world full of anarchy, danger, beauty, and terror,” AMC said in the news release. It’ll premiere on both AMC and AMC Plus, with six episodes making up the first season.
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The Walking Dead writer and co-executive producer Eli Jorné will work as showrunner and executive producer. The Walking DeadScott M. Gimple is the chief content officer, while Morgan and Cohan will serve as executive producers. Preview image of the show. Isle of the DeadIt seems to be calling back to The Walking Dead’s first episode, which bears the same name as the writing on the door: “Don’t open, dead inside.” (Or is it “Don’t dead open inside?” Your guess is as good as mine.)
“I’m delighted that Negan and Maggie’s journey continues. It’s been such a ride walking in Negan’s shoes, I’m beyond excited to continue his journey in New York City with Lauren,” Morgan said in a statement. “Walkers in an urban setting has always been such a cool image, but 5th Avenue, Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty? Is this the greatest city on earth??”
If you’ve lost count of just how many The Walking Dead spinoffs there are, you aren’t alone. Fear the Walking DeadIt is currently in its seventh and final season. A limited series, called The World Beyond Walking DeadThis is over. Tales of the Walking DeadAn anthology series called ‘The Countdown to Christmas’ is in development, as well as a Carol and Daryl spinoff featuring Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride. Andrew Lincoln will star as Rick Grimes in three films.
Season 4 of The Walking Dead — its 11th season — runs through late March.
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