While new episodes of the final season of The Walking Dead have just been unveiled on Netflix, showrunner Scott Gimple has revealed why the long-awaited upcoming spin-offs of the cult series will be so short.
the universe The Walking Dead isn’t going to stop anytime soon! While the eleventh and final season of the original series ended last November on AMC and SCO, the faithful of the first hour were happy to learn that four spin-offs will soon see the light of day. In addition to the anthology Tales of the Walking Deadwhose broadcast began on January 15, the cult series will return with DeadCity, featuring the journey of the explosive duo Maggie and Negan, as well as that featuring the actors Norman Reedus and Clémence Poésy. And the best for last, the miniseries about Rick and Michonne, billed as “an epic love story between two characters transformed by an equally transformed world“. While viewers are eagerly awaiting the release of each of these spin-off series, some are also wondering why they are so short.
A six-episode format for each of the spin-offs of The Walking Dead
In an interview with the site Collidershowrunner Scott Gimple explained the reason why the spin-offs of The Walking Dead will also be short. “We can be frank about it, it was rather AMC who made the decision. But it’s also very 2023 to tell stories at a different cadence“, he confided at first before adding: “I think that it actually pushed us to tell stories in a very different way, which I think is a very good thing after 12 years. I am a dinosaur therefore rework the universe and the narration of The Walking Dead was really rewarding and interesting. And it gave us different ways to go about it“.
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The Walking Dead : the broadcast date of the spin-offs revealed
Earlier this month, the American channel AMC revealed its plans for the broadcast of the three new spin-offs and the final season of Fear The Walking Dead. If fans will have to say goodbye to the prequel to the parent series in May 2023, they will quickly be able to console themselves with the release of The Walking Dead: Dead City, which should land in June 2023. The spin-off around Negan and Maggie will be followed by that around Daryl Dixon, whose release is scheduled for the end of 2023. Fans will then have to be patient before to discover the six episodes of the series around Rick and Michonne, whose filming began recently in Atlanta. The series should not see the light of day before 2024.
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