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At one point in the mid-2010s, "The Walking Dead" was the biggest show on cable television. More than that, the Zombie series, which was based on the title of Robert Kirkman comics of comics of the same name, generated a whole multimedia franchise. AMC hit Gold, and the network demanded that it profit in a big way around 2018, jumping from the big screen on the small screen.

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In November 2018, it was confirmed that Andrew Lincoln would head the trilogy of "Walking Dead" Center of Rick Grims. These were intended as large budgetary features that would expand the franchise volume in a big, bad way. CEO of Content "The Walking Dead", Scott M. Gymple, said this about the ambitious project at the time of the announcement:

"The story of Rick will continue in the films. Now, we work on three, but there is flexibility in it ... Over the next few years, we will make special, new series are quite possible, high quality digital content and then some content that defies the description at the moment. We will dig in the past.

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Those films have never happened. Lincoln left "The Walking Dead" in Season 9Setting the story that the films would follow. So what happened to the movies, exactly? Why did AMC cancel them? The answer is complicated in those circumstances outside the network control. Also, in the end is something simple in that the nature of business has changed, making the idea of ​​unbearable.

The "The Walking Dead" grades reached Season 7 in 2016. Instead, the films were not even released until 2018, two seasons later in the show's exhibition. This was probably the first number. The bigger question came later, and that was the one that was far above the problems of each individual network. It was a disaster throughout the industry, once-in-generation.

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Kovid-19 The pandemic arrived in early 2020 and closed cinema all over the world. That, first and foremost, put the future of films as greater concern in doubt. He also forced Hollywood to double streaming, with AMC going to AMC+, with the "walking dead" franchise a pillar of that streaming game. Hence, the films died quietly as a result of what was happening in business at the time.

"It was really a matter of just time, circumstance, the world was immediately changing. And in the end, some things changed in a great way," Gymple explained to Rant on the screen In 2024. Series writer, executive producer and director Greg Nicotero, speaking to "Talking Strange" Podcast, explained how he went down the scenes. As he explained:

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"Several Iterations of the (Movie) Script Flew Around and It Just Ended Up Not Coming to Fruition. Gonna happen.

Indeed, as Nicotero suggested, AMC decided to turn Biti films into TV miniser instead. The Walking Dead series that Lincoln returned as Rick was first released At Comic-to-San Diego in July 2022. Moreover, the show will return Danai as Mihon to help end the story between these characters. "We owe you a conclusion to this story about Rick and Mihon," he said in the SDC.

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Lincoln added: "It has six episodes of AMC+ Airing in 2023. This time next year, there will be much more to talk ... I personally can't wait to get my cowboy boots back."

Indeed, "The Walking Dead" completed its 11th season in 2022 and left a few strands that hang. Most important, Rick and Mihon from it all. This show, which premiered in 2024 under the name "The Walking Dead: Those who live," answered these questions. With six episodes on his name, AMC essentially told the story that they had to tell instead in TV films. You can look like two episodes per movie.

Whether this was better or not for franchise fans is at a debate. It is impossible to know what movies would look like, but it felt too little, too late, even in 2018. On the other hand, the response to "those who live" was very positive, offering the fans a conclusion they wanted to see for a long time. So, it's all worked out, not just as it was originally planned.

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You can grab "The Walking Dead: those living" on Blu-ray or DVD from Amazon.