Followingthe series finale ofFear the Walking Dead, AMC gave a new preview of the franchise’s forthcoming spinoff seriesThe Walking Dead: The Ones Who Livewhich highlights the star-crossed relationship at its heart.Andrew LincolnandDanai Guriratease a season full of peril and epic love as Rick and Michonne try to close the distance between each other and ultimately determine who they are and what they need to be in the post-apocalypse. With the teaser came the announcement that the pair will return to the world of the undead on February 25.
“People are going ‘Where have you gone?'” Lincoln says to open the video as clips show Rick and Michonne getting by on their lonesome. Ever since the seriessaid goodbye to the former sheriff’s deputy in Season 9and later saw himbriefly return in the series finaleonly to get whisked away again, fans havewondered about that exact question.The Ones Who Livewill attempt to provide answers and more as Rick faces down both the undead and the living alone. Through flashes of the show’s new characters and action shots, Gurira says that it’s when their characters are together that they become the most dangerous. Their relationship will be explored and defined throughout the show, but it will always boil down to a “crazy love” between them.
While the general premise and core themes ofThe Ones Who Liveare apparent, there’s still plenty of mystery as to what will happenin the horror spinoff series. We do know that Gurira will help chart the course for Rick and Michonne this time around as she’swriting for the series and is credited as a co-creator, working alongside executive producer and showrunnerScott M. Gimple. Joining Gurira and Lincoln is another familiar face inPollyanna McIntoshwho returns as Jadis alongsideTerry O’Quinn,Matt Jeffries, andLesley-Ann Brandt.
So far, continuingThe Walking Deaduniverse after the parent series ended has been a successful venture for AMC. Both the Maggie (Lauren Cohan) and Negan-led (Jeffrey Dean Morgan)The Walking Dead: Dead CityandNorman Reedus’s solo outing - minusthe late appearance from Carol (Melissa McBride)-The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixonboth earned renewals for subsequent seasonsandstrong reviews and viewership.The Ones Who Liveis a particularly important series to nail, considering it returns to the character that started it all and arguably the apocalypse’s most capable survivor. At the very least, viewers will only have to wait until early next year to see if the star-crossed lovers are done justice in their standalone adventure.
The Walking Dead: Those Who Livearrives on AMC and AMC+ on February 25. Readour official guide herefor everything you need to know as the date closes on the highly-anticipated series. Check out the teaser below, and streamThe Walking Dead: Dead Cityon AMC+ in the U.S.
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live presents an epic love story of two characters changed by a changed world. Kept apart by distance. By an unstoppable power. By the ghosts of who they were. Rick and Michonne are thrown into another world, built on a war against the dead… And ultimately, a war against the living. Can they find each other and who they were in a place and situation unlike any they’ve ever known before? Are they enemies? Lovers? Victims? Victors? Without each other, are they even alive – or will they find that they, too, are the Walking Dead?
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