Scott M. Gimple also reveals that the Commonwealth will not be part of the three-ring CRM.
Not many dramas without the wordsLaw & Orderin the title make it to season 10.
But thats whatThe Walking Deaddid in 2019.
Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride on ‘The Walking Dead’.Jace Downs/AMC
And according to the man leading the franchise, theres plenty more where that came from.
Just for that kind of focus, you know?
I mean, its an impossible job, but its a great job.
Andrew Lincoln on ‘The Walking Dead’.Jackson Lee Davis/AMC
I loved it for the five years I did it.
The jokes on me this is a pretty busy job too.
Were doing all those things at once.
How does it work with you and current showrunner Angela Kang now?
Im on that as well quite a bit.
And Angelas obviously got it.
Shes terrific at this.
I take a stab at plus things where I can and just help things out moving forward.
There isnt a timetable.
People are digging the show, and theres a lot more story to tell.
Ive said it, Angelas said it too, that last issue of the comic reads like a pilot.
Theres a ton more story to tell.
As long as the audience wants it, we would love to tell it.
So far, were very much on the same page.
Ive always had a few different aspects in mind that serve a greater theme.
Itll be the same whenever, if ever, the show ends.
Maybe we simply dont have to deal with it because the show goes on and on and on.
You mentioned ending Ricks story.
How nervous or worried were you that the show wouldnt be accepted without him?
For this, I just felt I was more worried about the way that Rick was leaving.
As long as we kept telling Ricks story, were doing right by the audience.
It could be in any medium.
Maybe notanymedium, but it could be in the movies and hopefully people would be happy with that.
I know that I was still interested in watching it.
Angela has done such a marvelous job in executing it.
Other people were trying to get me to concentrate on the scary part, but we were doing it.
There were so many factors that were like, Oh well.
Andy had to do what he had to do, and we had to make it work.
Im really happy with the way that we did that.
It allows us to tell an entirely differentWalking Deadstory with the star ofThe Walking Dead.
Movies would take so long between them…
It just offers this brand new thing on this show that had been there for nine years.
I think a lot of it was very fortuitous the way it happened as far as timing goes.
Who are these people?I think youre exactly right.
As long as we could generate those feelings, I felt we were going in the right direction.
Episodes 905 to 906 I think really generated that feeling.
But then you were saying earlier that the three-ring helicopter group was not taking over every show.
What can you say about that?The Commonwealth is its own thing.
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