One thing has occurred with the present season of The Walking Dead that could be unprecedented in TV historical past. As a result of risky circumstances ensuing from the coronavirus pandemic, the AMC’s zombie drama’s tenth season could have three season finales. There was the out-of-necessity finale within the spring, “The Tower,” which was purported to be Season 10’s penultimate episode; there was “A Certain Doom,” the meant finale, which aired as a standalone particular on Oct. four because of the pandemic pushing completion of the episode again a number of months; and the final episode of the upcoming Season 10 extension, which will likely be referred to as “This is Negan,” the identical title because the well-known Negan standalone challenge of The Strolling Lifeless comedian.
The extension to the season, which was announced throughout The Strolling Lifeless‘s Comedian-Con@Residence panel in July, will premiere on AMC on Sunday, Feb. 28 and include six extra episodes. The additional episodes will technically be a part of Season 10, however they may functionally be a mini-season that may bridge Season 10 and Season 11, which would be the present’s final season and start airing in late 2021.
AMC has introduced the titles, descriptions, and visitor stars for the brand new episodes, that are being produced beneath COVID-19 security compliance protocols and can subsequently inform extra intimate character-oriented tales that require a smaller forged. Learn on for every thing we all know up to now concerning the Season 10 extension.
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Will probably be made as COVID-safely as potential
In an interview with Deadline, showrunner Angela Kang stated that the manufacturing deliberate its return to work round what a consulting epidemiologist instructed them they wanted to do to ensure the office can be as protected and union-compliant as potential. Which means upgraded HVAC, air scrubbers, “UV gentle issues to zap germs on the levels,” and even a cellular testing lab onsite to get exams rotated as shortly as potential. She stated that The Strolling Lifeless has the good thing about having its personal studio and backlot facility, so the crew has a better degree of management over their setting than many different exhibits are capable of have.
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The protection protocols will have an effect on the storytelling
Kang stated that the six episodes will likely be smaller and extra intimate than regular as a consequence of compromises that needed to be made so as to get again into manufacturing. “The epidemiologist was saying like, yeah, we will get again to work safely, however, we can not have like 300 zombie extras crammed right into a tiny house collectively,” the chief producer instructed Deadline.
That signifies that the episodes will likely be character-focused and have “sort of an introspective exhale kind of a really feel,” in response to star Norman Reedus. Kang added that there will likely be fascinating dynamics between Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Maggie (Lauren Cohan), who has returned after years away and can discover a very totally different and far improved Negan than the one she left way back, when she vowed to get revenge on him for what he did to her husband, Glenn (Steven Yeun). The episodes may also begin to arrange the ultimate season, which will likely be two supersized, 12-episode halves and hopefully be made at full Strolling Lifeless blockbuster capability.
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Extra about Maggie
Maggie (and Cohan) quietly exited similtaneously Andrew Lincoln‘s Rick Grimes in Season 9, however is now returning full time. She reappeared within the nick of time in “A Sure Doom,” saving Father Gabriel (Seth Gilliam) from a sure doom alongside a mysterious martial artist in a metallic masks, who has not spoken or been formally launched. (“He is with me” is all Maggie stated about him.) There is not any comics counterpart for this character, and nobody is giving something away about who he’s.
Kang instructed Deadline that we’ll discover out much more about what’s been happening with Maggie within the time she’s been away. “She has seen some darkish issues on the highway, and clearly, like when she is available in, she’s with this man in like a metallic masks, and who is that this fellow, what adventures have they been on? That is all a part of the story going ahead, and it’ll drive one of many main missions that we’ll begin to see unfold,” Kang stated. “It would lead us to fulfill another fascinating characters that may cross into a number of the different main storylines of our collection going ahead.”
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The Commonwealth
“A Sure Doom” launched another masked figures, too. Eugene (Josh McDermitt) and his touring companions have been shocked in a rail yard by troopers in Stormtrooper-like fits with refined weapons. Their look is equivalent to troopers from a group from the Strolling Lifeless comics referred to as the Commonwealth, a really technologically and culturally superior metropolis in Ohio, although within the present evidently the placement will likely be someplace in West Virginia. The comedian’s ultimate arc offers with the Commonwealth.
“For individuals who do not know the comedian which might be following with the present, I am going to simply say that we’re about to get into much more story with these individuals,” Kang instructed Deadline. “I am going to additionally say, this deep into this new apocalypse, it ought to let you know straight away this is sort of a closely organized group, and the way do you even hold white armor clear? What does that in and of itself like let you know about these individuals?”
New forged members have been introduced
AMC introduced that the brand new Season 10 episodes will function appearances by some notable visitor stars. Robert Patrick, greatest identified for his function because the T-1000 in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, will play a personality named Mays. And as previously reported, Hilarie Burton Morgan, Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s real-life spouse, will visitor star as Lucille, Negan’s ill-fated pre-apocalypse spouse whom his barbed wire-wrapped bat is known as after. Moreover, Cobra Kai‘s Okea Eme-Akwari will co-star as Elijah.
The official description is in
This is AMC’s logline for the return of Season 10:
“Final on The Strolling Lifeless, we witnessed the autumn of Alpha (Samantha Morton) and the tip of the Whisperers Struggle. The Kingdom had fallen, Hilltop was nearly destroyed, and Alexandria deserted to organize for ultimate battle. Our survivors have been trapped and separated from each other. But, when confronted with nearly sure demise, they rallied collectively to battle, killing Beta (Ryan Hurst) and eliminating the specter of the horde.
“In these six new episodes, we discover our survivors attempting to select themselves up by their bootstraps following the destruction the Whisperers left of their wake. The years of battle weigh upon them as previous traumas floor, exposing their extra weak sides. As they query the state of humanity, the state of their collective group, and the states of their minds, will they discover the inside power to persevere with their lives, friendships, and group intact?”
Episode synopses have been launched
From AMC:
EPISODE 1017 – “Residence Candy Residence”
Maggie (Lauren Cohan) has returned with a narrative she shouldn’t be able to share, even when her previous catches as much as her. Negan’s (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) security is at stake once more. Daryl (Norman Reedus) and Maggie battle an unseen and unknown risk.
Director: David Boyd
Writers: Kevin Deiboldt & Corey Reed
EPISODE 1018 – “Discover Me”
An journey for Daryl and Carol (Melissa McBride) turns sideways after they come throughout an previous cabin. It takes Daryl again to the years when he left the group after Rick disappeared as he relives a time that solely the apocalypse may manifest.
Director: David Boyd
Author: Nicole Mirante-Matthews
EPISODE 1019 – “One Extra”
Gabriel (Seth Gilliam) and Aaron (Ross Marquand) seek for meals and provides to carry again to Alexandria. Small tragedies result in greater tragedies as religion is damaged and optimism is fragmented when they’re put to the last word check.
Director: Laura Belsey
Writers: Erik Mountain & Jim Barnes
EPISODE 1020 – “Splinter”
Eugene (Josh McDermitt), Ezekiel (Khary Payton), Yumiko (Eleanor Matsuura), and Princess (Paola Lázaro) are captured and separated. Princess struggles with recollections of her traumatic previous and tries to flee a technique or one other with the assistance of Ezekiel.
Director: Laura Belsey
Writers: Julia Ruchman & Vivian Tse
EPISODE 1021 – “Diverged”
Daryl and Carol come to a fork within the highway and head their separate methods. Every going into their very own sort of survival mode, the simplest of challenges turn out to be a lot more durable. Will their particular person journeys be the tipping level wanted to fix their friendship or is the gap between them everlasting?
Director: David Boyd
Author: Heather Bellson
EPISODE 1022 – “This is Negan”
Carol takes Negan on a journey, hoping to attenuate the rising stress. Negan displays on the occasions that led him up to now and involves a conclusion about his future.
Director: Laura Belsey
Author: David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick
You possibly can watch a clip from a digital desk learn
AMC launched an inside take a look at one of many episodes, “One Extra,” that options Ross Marquand, Seth Gilliam, and Robert Patrick, and is narrated by Josh McDermitt.
The Strolling Lifeless will return Sunday, Feb. 28 at 9/8c on AMC. All episodes from the season will likely be out there for early streaming the Thursday earlier than their linear premiere on AMC+.
Earlier Season 10 episodes can be found to stream on AMC+ or to purchase on Amazon. Earlier seasons can be found to stream on Netflix.