The universe of The Walking Dead is getting bigger.
Lauren Cohan, who plays Maggie, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who plays Negan, will star in a spin-off series set in New York that will air on AMC next year.
The six-part “Isle of the Dead” will be hosted by Eli Giorne, who was a writer and co-executive producer of The Walking Dead for several seasons and has a general agreement with AMC.
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It comes as The Walking Dead is wrapping up its 11th and final season and is the latest spin-off series for the zombie franchise.
The move marks a turning point for Cohen, who first appeared on The Walking Dead as a recurring character in Season 2. Tense contract negotiations at the end of Season 8 resulted in her only appearing in a few episodes of Season 9 and leaving the series. in 2018. She returned for the Season 10 finale and the subsequent final season.
Negan Morgana joined The Walking Dead in season 6 and killed Maggie’s husband Glenn. Regardless, the two characters are currently teaming up in season 11, heading to Meridian.
Cohen and Morgan previously starred together in Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, where they played Batman’s parents.
In Isle of the Dead, Maggie and Negan travel through a post-apocalyptic Manhattan that has long been cut off from the mainland. The crumbling city is filled with the dead and residents who have turned New York into their own world full of anarchy, danger, beauty and horror.
The series, which will air on AMC and AMC+ in 2023, will be produced by Jornet; Scott M. Gimple, director of content for The Walking Dead Universe; and Cohen and Morgan.
Back in 2019, there was talk of a Kohan spin-off.
Isle of the Dead – the latest spin-off in the universe; Fear the Walking Dead was recently renewed for an eighth season, The Walking Dead: Beyond ran for two seasons, the anthology series Tales of the Walking Dead is due out this year, and a series starring Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride is also in development. running next year.
“This is a very important day for the expanding universe we’re building around The Walking Dead,” said Dan McDermott, President of AMC Entertainment and Studios for AMC Networks. “This not only adds another exciting series to this collection, but also expands our narrative around two unforgettable characters that fans have loved, hated or hated and then loved in Maggie and Negan, brilliantly populated by Lauren and Jeffrey. It also allows us to explore a Manhattan island corner of this universe with an iconic skyline that takes on a whole new meaning when viewed through the lens of a zombie apocalypse.”
Gimple added, “Eli has created a chaotic, beautiful, dark insane asylum of the dead for Negan, Maggie, and fans of the series who are eager to discover the unseen and crazy world of the TWD universe. Lauren and Jeffrey have always been fantastic collaborators, and now we’re taking that collaboration to the next level with a series that will push these characters to their limits in the world – and with each other. We are all very excited to welcome you to a brand new, completely different TWD epic for the ages.”
Kohan is represented by CAA, John Carrabino Management and Hansen Jacobson Teller. Morgan is represented by UTA and attorney Stuart Rosenthal of Goodman Genow Schenkman.