Jeffrey Dean Morgan disappointed with how ‘The Walking Dead’ spin-offs were revealed
nme.comThe Walking Dead spin-off Dead City was revealed.The actor, who plays Negan in the AMC series, is set to reprise his role in the spin-off alongside Lauren Cohan’s Maggie.
The show was announced in March 2022, originally titled Isle Of The Dead, before the main show’s final set of episodes in October this year.The early announcement met some confusion as it revealed Negan and Maggie would both survive beyond the main show.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Morgan shared the same sentiment and said he wanted to keep it a secret.“That’s not the way we should have gone about it,” Morgan said. “But this is how it was chosen to play out.
And who knows? Maybe we couldn’t have kept the secret. But it seems to me we could have given it a shot. I would’ve tried to go about it in a different way, but look, that’s above my pay grade.”The actor, however, teased The Walking Dead’s final set of episodes will feature plenty of surprises. “There are still some tricks up our sleeves,” Morgan added. “As an audience, don’t think that you know how this is going to be, because I guarantee you don’t.”The Walking Dead: Dead City will see Negan and Maggie venture to zombie-ridden Manhattan, which has been cut off from the rest of the world.
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