Maggie and Negan are getting a 'Walking Dead' spinoff called 'Isle of the Dead'
- Maggie and Negan are getting a "Walking Dead" spinoff.
- "Isle of the Dead" is set to premiere in 2023.
"The Walking Dead" may be ending this fall, but Maggie and Negan will continue their adventures in a spinoff series starting next year.
Announced Monday, "Isle of the Dead" will follow Lauren Cohan and Jeffrey Dean Morgan reprising their roles as they travel to New York City.
"'Isle of the Dead' envisions the popular Maggie and Negan characters traveling into a post-apocalyptic Manhattan long ago cut off from the mainland," reads a synopsis from AMC. "The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made New York City their own world full of anarchy, danger, beauty, and terror."
Set to premiere on AMC and AMC+ in 2023, the show's first season will consist of six episodes. "TWD" writer and co-executive producer Eli Jorné will serve as showrunner and executive producer. Cohan and Morgan will serve as executive producers.
"Maggie is very close to my heart and I'm excited to continue her journey against the iconic backdrop of New York City, alongside my friend and collaborator, Jeffrey Dean Morgan," Cohan said in a press release. "Eli Jorné has created something incredibly special and I cannot wait for the fans to see what we have in store for Maggie and Negan."
In a statement, Morgan also said he was "delighted" for Negan and Maggie's journey to continue.
"It's been such a ride walking in Negan's shoes, I'm beyond excited to continue his journey in New York City with Lauren," Morgan said. "Walkers in an urban setting has always been such a cool image, but 5th Avenue, Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty? The greatest city in the world? The backdrop is amazing, but it's the story that Eli Jorné cooked up that is even better. Buckle up folks, 'Isle of the Dead' is going to reinvent the TWD Universe."
Maggie and Negan getting a spinoff may surprise some fans
While the two have begrudgingly worked together on the show's 11th season, the pair have recently gone their separate ways in the zombie apocalypse with Morgan recently telling Insider that Negan "leaving is sort of the only way that anyone's gonna find peace."
It appears that peace will be short-lived.
"Isle of the Dead" is one of a number of "TWD" spinoffs. An untitled Carol and Daryl series was previously announced for 2023, set to be run by "TWD" showrunner Angela Kang. This summer, AMC will premiere "Tales of the Walking Dead" with Terry Crews and Olivia Munn starring.
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