The Walking Dead Chief Wants More Spinoff Shows within the Future

Long-term Walking Dead Universe boss Scott Gimple says to anticipate many extra Walking Dead exhibits sooner or later.

Casual followers of The Walking Dead can be forgiven for not noticing the principle collection ended this 12 months. With three new spin-offs coming to AMC subsequent 12 months, in addition to current exhibits like Fear The Walking Dead nonetheless going, there might be nearly as a lot Walking Dead motion to return in 2023. According to AMC chief content material officer Scott Gimple, who’s overseeing the ever-expanding Walking Dead universe, there are already different exhibits being thought-about for the longer term.

The finish of The Walking Dead delivered teases of the upcoming return of Rick Grimes, who, together with Michonne, might be again for his personal restricted collection, in addition to sending Daryl off on his journey to Europe. In addition, fan-favorite anti-hero Negan and Maggie might be heading to New York to keep away from changing into zombie-chow in a rotting Big Apple. However, there are nonetheless loads of different characters left behind, and in keeping with Gimple, they might present tales for extra spin-offs and restricted collection. He informed AMC Blog:

“I’ll say, I’m hoping these are the primary tales and characters we discover, and I actually hope we do extra. I hope we get to try this finally and I actually, actually do wish to get into these different characters and different mythologies and different conditions, so I’m hoping these are the primary. I’ve a variety of desires of doing extra. Right now, we’re concentrating on these, however give us a short time, and I hope that we will bounce into different characters. In some methods, we’re engaged on some, however we’re not urgently engaged on them. We wish to get these exhibits up on their ft after which begin widening out the world once more.”

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Should The Walking Dead’s Finale Have Been a Definitive End?

Usually, the tip of a long-running franchise is an enormous deal, however with The Walking Dead’s last-ever episode pulling in the second-lowest season finale, is it time that the present was put to relaxation? While there was an enormous drop-off in viewership of the collection in its previous few seasons, the present has continued to drag in a few of the highest viewing figures and rankings for any scripted present on AMC and community TV typically.

The rise in streaming has partly been in charge for the reducing variety of individuals keen to permit a collection to run its course earlier than binging a complete present in a single go on AMC+ or different streaming platforms. This has made it fairly tough to gauge efficiently which exhibits are nonetheless fashionable and which aren’t.

AMC has proven its religion in The Walking Dead’s universe, particularly contemplating what number of scripted exhibits have been lately canceled at different networks and on the likes of Netflix. Whether audiences will reply to that by tuning in to their many spin-offs subsequent 12 months is one thing that we are going to know quickly sufficient.