As The Walking Dead universe expands, its flagship series has aged unevenly. The current story left us hanging, waiting for the final episode of season ten back in March. And now AMC has announced the end of the series, although it will take a while.
“The Walking Dead” will end after the upcoming Season 11 on AMC, with the network also ordering a spinoff series built around the characters Daryl Dixon and Carol Peletier, Variety has learned.
Season 11 of AMC’s flagship show, which was originally meant to air this year but was delayed due to the pandemic, will air over two years and consist of 24 episodes in total beginning in late 2021. It was previously announced six additional episodes that will be considered part of Season 10 will be shot and aired in early 2021, meaning 30 additional episodes of “The Walking Dead” remain to be filmed and aired through late 2022. The episode originally intended to be the Season 10 finale is set to air on Oct. 4 after being delayed in April, also due to the pandemic.
Okay, so The Walking Dead has two more years, but then will continue under a different name with the two most popular characters. So is it really ending? Meanwhile, there's Fear the Walking Dead, which changed into a whole different show last year, and the two-season limited series The Walking Dead: The World Beyond, and the planned trio of movies featuring the former main character Rick Grimes. There are also discussions of an anthology series for the future. And then there's The Talking Dead, of course. It appears that in a world where the dead rule, nothing really dies. -via Uproxx