‘The Walking Dead’ Movie Starring Andrew Lincoln Now 6-Episode TV Series Also Starring Danai Gurira
thewrap.comAMC’s previously announced “Walking Dead” movie centered on Rick Grimes has been turned into a 6-episode streaming series for AMC+ that will also star Danai Gurira.Lincoln and Gurira joined Chief Content Officer of “The Walking Dead” universe Scott Gimple for a surprise announcement during the “Walking Dead” Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con.
During the panel, Lincoln expressed his excitement to return and “get his boots back on.” “Michonne and this TWD 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,” Gurira said in a statement. “I can’t wait to pick up the katana again.” According to AMC, Lincoln and Gurira have been “actively involved in conceiving the creative and the continuation of their characters’ story” for the series.
Per the series synopsis, the spinoff “presents 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.
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