'The Walking Dead' star says he hopes we still get some 'TWD' movies
- Insider asked Ross Marquand and Seth Gilliam their thoughts on all of the recent "The Walking Dead" spinoffs.
- Marquand told Insider over Zoom he's surprised AMC didn't ask them to do a spinoff.
The Rick Grimes' "The Walking Dead" movies may no longer be a thing, but at least one cast member is still hoping to see something "TWD"-related on the big screen one day.
When asked their thoughts on all of the recent "TWD" spinoff shows announcements, Ross Marquand, who has played Aaron on the apocalyptic drama since season five, told Insider that he was shocked he and costar Seth Gilliam, who plays Father Gabriel, weren't approached by AMC about continuing their stories.
"I think Seth and I both talked about this. We were just surprised that they didn't ask us if Father Gabriel and Aaron wanted a spinoff," Marquand told Insider over Zoom on Thursday while discussing the show's upcoming final eight episodes. "It just seemed like a logical progression."
"We're peanut butter and jelly. Well, I guess that's more Negan and Aaron, but still. We're peanut butter and jelly," Marquand added, referencing nicknames that Gabe gave to Aaron and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) on season 10.
Gilliam, who was also on the Zoom call, took the spinoff idea one step farther.
"I figure that they're just waiting to announce a movie. You know what I mean?" Gilliam told Insider. "Let everybody else do the spinoffs on TV and we're gonna have a franchise. We're gonna do like six films over the next 20 years."
Was Gilliam joking? Perhaps.
But he sounded pretty serious.
That might be a long shot since the previously planned "TWD" movies were scrapped. In July, at San Diego Comic-Con, Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira surprised fans on stage to announce that the previously hyped Rick Grimes' movie trilogy was becoming a TV series.
"Next year there's going to be six episodes on AMC+, airing in 2023," Lincoln told the SDCC crowd.
Insider is not aware of any other potential film projects that are underway. As of right now, the main focus of "TWD" projects is on the small screen for AMC and its streaming service, AMC+.
Currently, there are six "TWD" spinoffs. Forthcoming ones include an untitled Daryl Dixon spinoff taking place in France, a Maggie and Negan spinoff called "The Walking Dead: Dead City," and the Rick and Michonne spinoff.
"The Walking Dead" returns to AMC on October 2. The next two episodes will stream on AMC+ that day. Our review of the first two final episodes will be out on September 22.