Rick Grimes will live to slay another day.
Andrew Lincoln may have departedThe Walking Deadon Sunday night, but his character lived — and will live on in a series ofThe Walking DeadUniverse movies on AMC.
“It’s not the beginning of the end, it’s the end of the beginning,” Lincoln, 45, explained during an interview onTalking Deadon Sunday night. “And I like the idea that we get to tell a bigger story, maybe with a sort of wider vista. I’ve always been interested in what’s going on out there, whether or not there is contact with the wider world. I want to know the meta of it all. And I suppose to be able to kind of touch upon that in a contained story for me is a very exciting proposition. … It’s the start of a bigger story.”
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AMC and Gimple are also developing additionalWalking Deadprojects, including more movies, specials, series and digital content. Some may even bring back more familiar faces from the show’s history.
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News of Lincoln’s departure from the show he launched in 2010 first broke in May. The actorconfirmed the newsat San Diego Comic-Con in July, explaining that his choice to step away from the show was all about his family.
“I have two young children, and I live in a different country, and they become less portable as they get older. It was that simple,” hesaid on EW Radio(SiriusXM, channel 105). “It was time for me to come home.”
Lincoln’s home base with his wife, Gael Anderson, and two kids, son Arthur and daughter Matilda, is in England, whileThe Walking Deadfilms in Georgia for more than half the year.
The Walking Deadairs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on AMC.
source: people.com
