Danai Gurira could have left The Walking Dead, however her time within the universe isn’t over. On Talking Dead after her final episode of the mothership present as Michonne, Strolling Lifeless Universe chief artistic officer Scott Gimple stopped in need of asserting that Gurira will likely be becoming a member of Andrew Lincoln within the upcoming Walking Dead movie(s), however he hinted that this was not the final we’ll see of the sword-swinging survivor Michonne. “Her story is not completed,” he stated.
In Gurira’s ultimate episode, “What We Turn into,” Michonne found proof that Rick Grimes (Lincoln) had been onboard a ship that had since been deserted and washed ashore on Bloodsworth Island, the place Michonne had been looking for weapons at a naval base. Regardless that Rick was presumed useless after blowing up a bridge a number of years earlier, a part of Michonne had at all times believed that her accomplice was nonetheless alive, and on the ship, she discovered proof, within the type of pair of his boots and an etching of herself and Judith somebody had completed on the glass of an outdated iPhone and captioned “imagine somewhat bit longer” in Japanese. So, with their daughter Judith’s (Cailey Fleming) blessing, Michonne headed north searching for Rick, presumably towards New Jersey, the place documentation on the ship indicated it had come from. Alongside the way in which, she met two vacationers — performed by Mr. Mercedes‘ Breeda Wool and social media star Andrew “King Bach” Bachelor — who have been attempting to catch as much as an unlimited caravan of individuals on horseback, and he or she determined to assist them.
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On a coronavirus-necessitated webcam version of Speaking Lifeless, Gimple, joined by Gurira, host Chris Hardwick and actress and frequent visitor Yvette Nicole Brown, stated that the presence of the boots and the etching are hints of a giant story. “Rick Grimes and Andy Lincoln wouldn’t hand over these boots simply,” he stated. “There is a story there, and Michonne could be transferring towards it.” He additionally stated that the drawing of Judith that depicted her because the ten-year-old she is now was not essentially completed by somebody who had seen her.
“Her story is not completed,” Gimple stated later within the episode. “And the factor that we have been so comfortable to search out was, thematically, we have been capable of type of conclude the character.”
He went on to say that, though Michonne is not totally clear in regards to the folks she’s encountered, her pure instincts moved her to be of help to them. “She is the one who would assist these folks. She has no concept who they’re, and so they have bizarre style sense, and he or she nonetheless helps them,” Gimple stated. “Regardless that she has this lead on Rick, after which we see this group that is organized, nomadic. It is a neat, strong-looking group. She’s going in direction of them on behalf of those different folks. One thing’s occurring right here.”
Gimple stated it was thrilling to see her character have the ability to fulfill her arc within the story, whereas opening up an entire different story whereas on the street to a narrative that we need to discover out extra about: Rick’s. “So yeah, there’s extra to do with Michonne.”
The Strolling Lifeless airs Sundays at 9/8c on AMC.
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