‘The Walking Dead’ is not dead: The new series and spin-offs after the end of ‘TWD’

After over a decade of bloodshed, walkers, alliances and enemies, the hit zombie series ‘The Walking Dead’ has come to an end after 11 seasons. The comic book adaptation ‘The Walking Dead’ by Robert Kirkman has released its final episode, but this does not mean that the universe ‘The Walking Dead’ is completely dead. Not much less.

Although the main series reached its peak with its pilot episode, directed by Frank Darabont in 2010, ‘The Walking Dead’ has managed to survive for more than 10 years on the air in which, in addition, he has seen how his lore expanded with various spin-offs. And others that are to come.

‘Fear The Walking Dead’ (2015-present)

The first of them wasFear The Walking Dead’in 2015, which changed Atlanta for Los Angeles and showed us a family’s path from the early days of the zombie outbreak to the worldwide apocalypse. In its seven seasons they have mixed their destiny with various characters from the original series, such as Morgan Jones (Lennie James) or Negan’s former right-hand man, Dwight (Austin Amelio), building a new community. Season 8 of ‘Fear The Walking Dead’ premieres in Spain on May 15, 2023, on the AMC channel.

‘The Walking Dead: World Beyond’ (2020-2021)

‘The Walking Dead: World Beyond‘ is a bit quicker to digest, ya finished after two seasons (2020-2021). Created by Scott M. Gimple and Matthew Negrete, it takes place in Nebraska 10 years after the apocalypse and follows the first generation of survivors to come of age in this new world, complicated and terrifying. A generation that was born, grew up and developed around zombies, death and blood.

‘Tales of the Walking Dead’ (2022-?)

The last to arrive has been ‘Tales of The Walking Dead’, six independent episodes that focus on a different group of characters (old and new) from ‘The Walking Dead’ universe. Following in the footsteps of the best horror anthology series, this spin-off boasts the franchise’s most impressive cast to date with Olivia Munn, Parker Posey, Terry Crews, Jillian Bell, Poppy Liu and Anthony Edwards. At the moment there is no confirmation for a second season, although its creator Channing Powell admitted that they have more than 25 episodes already planned, including a musical.

‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’ (2023)

Maggie and Negan take Manhattan? The next spin-off of the universe of ‘The Walking Dead’ to be released is ‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’, formerly known as ‘Isle of the Dead’which will star the most unlikely duo formed by Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Maggie (Lauren Cohan) in a six-episode series. Fans of the original series are well aware that Negan and Maggie didn’t get off to a great start (so to speak), as Negan brutally beat Maggie’s husband Glenn Rhee (Steven Yeun) to death with Lucille, the baseball bat surrounded by barbed wire. Despite meeting a “kinder” version of the character as the series progressed, Jeffrey Dean Morgan has hinted that the worst version of Negan will return in ‘Dead City’.

The series already has a release date: it will be June 18, 2023, June 19 in Spain on the AMC+ platform.

‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’ (2023)

This spin-off will have as protagonists Daryl (Norman Reedus) already Carol (Melissa McBride). The series is scheduled to premiere at end of 2023 And it will be set in FranceDuring an October 2022 appearance on The Jimmy Kimmel Show, Reedus joked: “They send me there. I don’t go there of my own free will. We will destroy the Louvre and those things. It’s going to be crazy”.

‘The Walking Dead: Rick and Michonne’ (2023)

Andrew Lincoln originally signed on to star in a trilogy of films for theaters focused on Rick Grimes, his character from ‘The Walking Dead’, but finally his love story with Michonne will be told in a series scheduled for early 2024.