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The walkers are dragging their toes into but one other Strolling Useless spinoff over at AMC. Two famed characters of the OG present have earned their very own sequence with one other alum set as showrunner. Isle of the Useless, which can middle on Lauren Cohan’s Maggie and Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s Negan, marks AMC’s fifth spinoff of Robert Kirkman’s beloved sci-fi horror sequence. (Sure, that’s proper, fifth spinoff.)
The twist? This iteration of the zombie apocalypse will cruise on over to Manhattan, with Negan and Maggie navigating the various bites taken out of the Huge Apple. Eli Jorné, a longtime author for The Strolling Useless, has been tapped as showrunner for the drama due to his total take care of AMC Studios. Isle of the Useless will likely be overseen by The Strolling Useless Universe’s content material chief Scott M. Gimple. Cohan and Morgan may also govt produce.
As famous, The Strolling Useless Universe is clearly no stranger to spinoffs. All these years later, you may name it the strolling useless of tv franchises.
The unique saga, which is predicated on Kirkman’s graphic novels of the identical title, has run for 11 seasons on AMC, initially debuting in 2010. Since its launch, the franchise has spawned anthology sequence Tales of the Strolling Useless, Worry of the Strolling Useless, restricted sequence Strolling Useless: World Past, and is ready to launch an untitled Norman Reedus-Melissa McBride drama from TWD vet Angela Kang. And but, followers are nonetheless hungry for extra, able to sink their enamel into any new installations of the franchise because the flagship sequence wraps its ultimate season.
Followers of the present will keep in mind Maggie’s much-adored entrance in Season 2 when she joined the present as a recurring character. She briefly departed TWD Universe in 2019 to star within the short-lived ABC sequence Whiskey Cavalier, finally returning to the sequence in Season 9. Spinoff talks have been lingering since her exit and reunion with the present. Negan, then again, has been an everyday villain on the present for the reason that Season 5 finale.
Extra particular plot particulars are nonetheless beneath wraps, however get able to feast your eyes on decaying New York surroundings because the present’s premiere date inches nearer. Isle of the Useless will launch in 2023, proper after The Strolling Useless wraps its eleventh and ultimate season on AMC. (Last season? That is The Strolling Useless…as if we actually imagine that.)