These are the new Walking Dead spin-off shows and what they are about-Rebecca Sayce-Entertainment – Metro

Some fan favourite characters will be getting their own shows (Picture: AMC)

After 11 action-packed series, hit horror show The Walking Dead is coming to an end.

The programme, which follows a group of survivors in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, will air its last-ever episode tonight in the US before coming to Disney Plus in the UK in the early hours of tomorrow morning.

But never fear, there is more undead goodness coming to your screen following the final episode.

We’ve already been treated to anthology series Tales of The Walking Dead as well as The Walking Dead: The World Beyond which take place in the same universe.

Though the Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) film series will no longer be taking place, a number of spin-off shows have been confirmed featuring some fan-favourite characters.

Here’s everything you need to know.

Untitled Rick Grimes and Michonne series

Rick will be returning to our screens as part of a spin-off series with Michonne (Danai Gurira).

The latest trailer for the last installment of the original show has teased viewers with a glimpse of Rick and Michonne reuniting after Michonne left the show in series 10 in search of Rick.

The pair are seen talking to each other, as Rick says: ‘It’s been a while since we had one of these talks.’

Michonne is then shown as she says ‘Come on,’ before turning away from the camera. Whether she’s talking directly to Rick will be revealed next year.

The new series, described as an ‘epic and insane love story’ by Walking Dead producers, will air in 2023.

Untitled Daryl Dixon series

The series was originally meant to follow bot Daryl and Carol (Picture: Jackson Lee Davis / AMC)

Daryl (Norman Reedus) fans will be thrilled to learn the beloved character will be getting his own TV show.

Originally, the upcoming series was set to focus on Daryl and Carol (Melissa McBride).

However, in April AMC confirmed to Insider that McBride would no longer be taking part in the upcoming spin-off, which will be set and filmed in Europe.

‘Melissa McBride has given life to one of the most interesting, real, human, and popular characters in The Walking Dead Universe,’ the statement began.

‘Unfortunately, she is no longer able to participate in the previously announced spin-off focused on the Daryl Dixon and Carol Peletier characters, which will be set and filmed in Europe this summer and premiere next year.

‘Relocating to Europe became logistically untenable for Melissa at this time. We know fans will be disappointed by this news, but The Walking Dead Universe continues to grow and expand in interesting ways and we very much hope to see Carol again in the near future.’

The Walking Dead showrunner Angela Kang is set to oversee the series, which does not yet have a release date.

The Walking Dead: Dead City

The unlikely pair are receiving their own spin-off (Picture: Eli Ade / AMC)

Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Maggie (Lauren Cohan) will also be getting the spin-off treatment.

The six-episode series, originally called Isle of the Dead, will see the pair travel to ‘a post-apocalyptic Manhattan long ago cut off from the mainland,’ according to AMC.

It is an unlikely pairing for the series, with Negan famously killing Maggie’s husband, Glenn (Steven Yeun) in a brutal fashion in The Walking Dead.

The show is being filmed in both New Jersey and New York with The Walking Dead writer and executive producer Eli Journé at the helm.

While an exact release date has not yet been confirmed, the show is penned for release in April 2023.

In a statement, AMC president of entertainment Dan McDermott confirmed more about the show.

‘It’s going to take place on the island of Manhattan, which was left to the walkers 12 years ago when they overran Manhattan,’ he said.

‘The government decided to blow all the bridges and tunnels and just leave the island to the walkers.

‘And it’s now 12 years later, there’s a million-walker herd that’s sort of dominating the streets of Manhattan… Maggie and Negan have to journey onto the island, where there’s a small civilian [faction] that lives in Manhattan … above the 10th floor of all the buildings, and they zipline back and forth above the streets.’

Fear The Walking Dead

The show is already a hit with fans – and more is coming (Picture: Richard Foreman / AMC)

Fear The Walking Dead is already a hit among fans of the franchise.

Launching in 2015, it has already been renewed for an eighth series.

The show follows a new set of survivors in California, though we have welcomed some familiar faces including Morgan (Lennie James), Dwight (Austin Amelio), and Sherry (Christine Evangelista)

Most recently, the series saw Kim Dickens return as Madison Clark after she was seemingly killed off seasons ago.

The final episode of The Walking Dead comes to Disney Plus in the UK on Monday, November 21.

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