RICK GRIMES Movie Scrapped; Will Be Replaced By Limited Series Starring Andrew Lincoln & Danai Gurira

RICK GRIMES Movie Scrapped; Will Be Replaced By Limited Series Starring Andrew Lincoln & Danai Gurira

AMC's plans to release a Rick Grimes movie have been scrapped, but the good news is that we're getting a six-part TV series starring Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira. Find more details after the jump...

By JoshWilding - Jul 23, 2022 12:07 PM EST
Filed Under: The Walking Dead
Source: FearHQ.com

Andrew Lincoln's decision to leave The Walking Dead came as a real blow to fans of the AMC series, though they were relieved to hear that his story would continue in a movie. Universal Pictures was set to release that (and Craig Zobel was in talks to direct), but it appears COVID has changed things as FearHQ.com reveals that it's now going to be a limited series.

Lincoln and Danai Gurira surprised fans with an appearance in Hall H on Friday, announcing that The Walking Dead Universe's Chief Content Officer Scott M. Gimple will serve as showrunner for the series, with Lincoln and Gurira serving as executive producers. 

The limited series will be released next year and run for a total of six episodes. 

It's said that this latest spinoff will present 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?

"Rick and Michonne are two of my favorite people and Danai and Andy are two of my favorite people," Gimple said in a statement. "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."

Lincoln adds, "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 Walking Dead] 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."

Gurira, meanwhile, said; "Michonne and this [The Walking Dead] 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."

We're definitely pleased each character's story will receive a proper ending, and expect this to serve as an epilogue of sorts to The Walking Dead after it wraps up with its final episodes.

Check out a teaser poster for the series below:
 

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THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 7/23/2022, 12:02 PM
That's much better. A movie would have been dumb.

WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 7/23/2022, 12:05 PM
That’s no surprise there. Has he been in anything since he left The Walking Dead?
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 7/23/2022, 1:00 PM
@WruceBayne Not that I know of. Wasn't one his big reasons for leaving the show was to spend time with his family though? I feel like I remember that. It would explain why he hasn't been in anything.
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 7/23/2022, 1:09 PM
@CorndogBurglar - I haven’t heard that but that’s definitely a legitimate reason why we haven’t seen him.
vegetaray
vegetaray - 7/23/2022, 12:08 PM
Yeah, no I’m good…
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 7/23/2022, 12:11 PM
The show that won't die....




Ironic 🙃
ATrueHero1987
ATrueHero1987 - 7/23/2022, 12:14 PM
When Andrew Lincoln left the show, I immediately stopped watching it. Since him and Michonne are coming back for just a limited series....I will check this out.
ProfessorWhy
ProfessorWhy - 7/23/2022, 12:15 PM
At least this twenty year zombie trend proves CBMs aren't going anywhere.
UnderBelly
UnderBelly - 7/23/2022, 12:24 PM
This is the first good news about the shows since we heard it was ending.

TWD today is a shadow of it former self.. should have ended maybe In s7/8.

I'll watch this and the other one till the end just to see how it goes out, but forget about those other series.

I dipped in and out of FearTWD, which I think got better after they shook it up in season 4 but the universe has gotten stale.
Chuck420Taylor
Chuck420Taylor - 7/23/2022, 12:25 PM
Somehow the show and comic self imploded. However the way the comic ended does make me appreciate finite storytelling.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 7/23/2022, 1:03 PM
@Chuck420Taylor - Ugh. The ending of the comic was weird and so abrupt. It's like Kirkman just got tired one day and said "fuggit!".
Chuck420Taylor
Chuck420Taylor - 7/24/2022, 7:07 PM
@CorndogBurglar - that was how I mainly felt. Bit I'm rly glad he didn't force it to 300 just because that was the original goal. The last couple of arcs felt the same anyway.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 7/23/2022, 12:28 PM
After how boring things got after Rick left I'm down for this.
Inktown03
Inktown03 - 7/23/2022, 12:40 PM
I knew when they first announced the movie that there wouldn’t be a movie
grif
grif - 7/23/2022, 12:52 PM
limited? lol. lets call it season one
Kyos
Kyos - 7/23/2022, 1:00 PM
For quite a while TWD and GoT were the biggest shows among my extended circle of friends. Some of us would gather every 3-4 episodes, eat something, watch the episodes, and talk about them.

The last 2-3 seasons of GoT everyone watched on their own, and we barely discussed them anymore. I haven't heard anyone talk about anything TWD in years.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 7/23/2022, 1:02 PM
I really don't know how anyone can have any interest in the show anymore.
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 7/23/2022, 1:02 PM
STUFF AND THANGS: The Rick Grimes Story
ATrueHero1987
ATrueHero1987 - 7/23/2022, 1:05 PM
@Reeds2Much - 🤣😂
cocaegelo
cocaegelo - 7/23/2022, 1:06 PM
I'll watch this and "Tales Of The Walking Dead"- I'm really hyped for the Anthology, it is a format that allow writers to do A LOT of great things in that world and not being attached to anything.
Blergh
Blergh - 7/23/2022, 1:07 PM
They didn’t just announce one movie but an entire trilogy back then to soften the blow of Lincoln’s departure.
Can’t overstate how much no one believed these would really happen.

Guess everyone was right lol
GreedoSarducci
GreedoSarducci - 7/23/2022, 1:13 PM
@Blergh - lol yeah, there was supposed to be a Grimes trilogy. Real shock it isn't happening, huh?
marvel72
marvel72 - 7/23/2022, 1:07 PM
EnergyVamp
EnergyVamp - 7/23/2022, 1:08 PM
A love story??? Did these two get together in the show before he quit?
GreedoSarducci
GreedoSarducci - 7/23/2022, 1:14 PM
@BoosterBronze - you must've dropped out way back. They had a baby together.
EnergyVamp
EnergyVamp - 7/23/2022, 2:42 PM
@GreedoSarducci - gtfoh wow
Blergh
Blergh - 7/23/2022, 1:11 PM
Just to keep track:

- The Walking Dead
- The Walking Dead: Webisodes
- Fear the Walking Dead
- Fear the Walking Dead: Webisodes
- Isle of the Dead (Negan/Maggie)
- Tales of the Walking Dead
- Darryl solo show without Carol
- Rick & Michonne Show


Slight overkill(s the walking Dead)
UnderBelly
UnderBelly - 7/23/2022, 4:32 PM
@Blergh - you left out the trashes one of all. Worldy Beyond.
Chuck420Taylor
Chuck420Taylor - 7/24/2022, 7:09 PM
@Blergh - do they still do the talking dead?
Blergh
Blergh - 7/25/2022, 6:13 AM
@Chuck420Taylor - I think that’s still going but didn’t count it for being a reality talk format.
I did however legit forget A World Beyond
OmegaBlack13
OmegaBlack13 - 7/23/2022, 1:20 PM
Am I misremembering or did they announce a series of movies? Them tempering their ambitions on that is hilarious.
GreedoSarducci
GreedoSarducci - 7/23/2022, 3:25 PM
@OmegaBlack13 - there was supposed to be a Grimes movie trilogy. They've completely walked that back.
mdwilliamson24
mdwilliamson24 - 7/23/2022, 4:45 PM
@OmegaBlack13 - Well if you think about it in this sense- 3 standard movies would be 6 hours in length. A 6 part series will more than likely be 6 hours as well.
I wouldn't know if the overall budget would change from one format to the other.

Though with the inclusion of Michonne, I'm sure the story has to be re written a bit.
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