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Why The Walking Dead Movies Never Happened

Rick Grimes by Andrew Lincoln walking in the woods in season 9 of Walking Dead 9

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At one point in the mid -2010s, “The Walking Dead” was the biggest show on cable television. More than that, the Zombie series, which was based on the title of Robert Kirkman’s image comic strip of the same name, had generated an entire multimedia franchise. AMC struck gold and the network sought to capitalize in a large way around 2018, making the big screen jump on the small screen.

In November 2018, it was confirmed that Andrew Lincoln would be in a “walking dead” movies trilogy Centered on Rick Grimes. These were intended for large budget characteristics that would expand the scope of the franchise in a large way. The content director of “The Walking Dead”, Scott Mr. Gimple, had this to say about the ambitious project at the time of his announcement:

“The story of Rick will continue in films. Right now, we are working on three but there is flexibility in there … In the coming years, we will make specials, new series are a very possibility, high quality digital content, and then content that challenges new situations.”

These films have never arrived. Lincoln left “The Walking Dead” in season 9Establishing the story that the films would have followed. So what happened with the films, exactly? Why did AMC cancel them? The answer is complicated in these independent circumstances that the control of the network has come into play. It is also, in the end, somewhat simple insofar as the nature of the company has changed, which makes the idea impracticable.

Walking Dead movies were victims of bad timing

Rick and Michonne touching the fronts in The Walking Dead: those who live

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The “The Walking Dead” notes culminated with season 7 in 2016. In particular, the films were not even announced before 2018, two seasons later in the show’s race. It was probably the first problem. The biggest problem occurred later, and it is the one that went far beyond individual network problems. It was a generation disaster on the industry scale.

COVVI-19 Pandemic arrived at the beginning of 2020 and closed cinemas around the world. This, above all, was making the future of films as a broader concern when in doubt. He also forced Hollywood to double in streaming, AMC going all in AMC +, the “Walking Dead” franchise becoming a pillar of this particular streaming game. Therefore, the films died quietly because of what was going on in the company at the time.

“It was really a fair question of time, circumstances, the world immediately changing. And in the end, some things have changed remarkably,” said Gimple Screen diatriber in 2024. Serial writer, executive producer and director Greg Nicotero, speaking on the “Speak strange” Podcast, explained how it went behind the scenes. As he explained:

“Several iterations of [movie] The script stolen and it ended up not materializing. The idea of making a Rick Grimes show appeared probably a year and a half ago. I don’t think anyone really thought it was going to happen. And now, as we get closer, we start to realize: “Look, if we are not going to make the films, there may be a show there.” “”

Rick Grimes Walking Dead’s films have become a television program instead

Andrew Lincoln like Rick Grimes looking in distress in the Walking Dead episode what happened and what's going on

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Indeed, as Nicotero suggested, AMC has decided to transform potential films into a television mini-series instead. The series “The Walking Dead” which brought Lincoln when Rick was announced for the first time In San Diego Comic-Con in July 2022. In addition, the show would bring Danai Gurira back as Michonne to help finish the story between these characters. “We owe you the conclusion of this story of Rick and Michonne,” Gurira at the SDCC told.

Lincoln added: “There will be six episodes on AMC + broadcast in 2023. This time next year, there will be much more to talk about it … I personally look forward to recovering my cowboy boots.”

Indeed, “The Walking Dead” finished its 11 season race in 2022 and left several suspended threads. In particular, the Rick and Michonne of all this. This show, which was created in 2024 under the name of “The Walking Dead: those who live”, replied these questions. With six episodes in his name, AMC essentially told the story they were going to place in movies on television. We could consider it as two episodes per film.

That it is better for fans of the franchise is under debate. It is impossible to know what the films would have looked like, but it felt too little, too late, even in 2018. On the other hand, the answer to “those who live” was largely very positive, offering fans a conclusion that they had long wanted to see. So everything worked, but not like at the origin.

You can enter “The Walking Dead: Those who live” on Amazon Blu-Ray or DVD.