Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira in ‘The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live’.Photo:The Walking Dead/Youtube
The Walking Dead/Youtube
Fans ofThe Walking Deadwere in for a treat on Sunday when AMC dropped a sneak peek trailer for the highly anticipated spinoff featuring the return ofAndrew LincolnandDanai Gurira.
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live —which will premiere Feb. 25, 2024, on both AMC and AMC+ — will follow the epic love story between married pair Rick Grimes (Lincoln) and Michonne (Gurira), who first met onThe Walking Dead.Both exited the series before it wrapped after 11 seasons in November 2022.
“People are going, ‘Where have you gone?' " Lincoln 50, says in the teaser. “Our ambition is to have some answers.”
“It’s a really exciting story to tell,” adds Gurira, 45. “These two people are so powerful and together it’s insane. This is some crazy love.”
The clip reveals the lengths the two characters will go to in their desire to reunite. Rick had been presumed dead when he leftThe Walking Deadin season 9 after blowing up a bridge to prevent an invasion of walkers, but Michonne later learned her spouse had survived and set out to find him in season 10.
Danai Gurira and Andrew Lincoln in ‘The Walking Dead’.Jackson Lee Davis/AMC
Both later appeared in a post-credit scene of sorts in the show’s season finale, setting up the quest that will play out in their limited series spinoff.
In addition to staring in the show, Lincoln and Gurira will also executive produce alongside showrunner Scott M. Gimple, Denise Huth and Brian Bockrath. The spinoff will replace the Rick Grimes movies that werefirst announcedwhen Lincoln leftTWDin 2018.
Fear the Walking Dead, the first installment into the franchise, wrapped its eight-season run on Sunday. Others have includedThe Walking Dead: World Beyond(2020–21),Tales of the Walking Dead(2022) as well asThe Walking Dead: Dead CityandThe Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, which both premiered this year. They follow fan favorite characters Maggie (Lauren Cohan), Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Daryl (Norman Reedus) respectively.
Danai Gurira and Andrew Lincoln at San Diego Comic-Con 2022.Todd Williamson/AMC/Shutterstock
At San Diego Comic-Con 2022, Lincoln and Gurirasurprised the crowdto reveal thatThe Walking Dead: The Ones Who Livewas on the way.
“We … have been cooking something up for you all because we missed you and we owe you the conclusion of this story of Rick and Michonne,” Gurira said at the time.
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“I personally can’t wait to get my cowboy boots back on and get the band back together,” Lincoln added.
source: people.com
