The Walking Dead Anthology Show Is Coming in 2022

As the very lengthy remaining season of The Walking Dead hits its first intermission, its newest spinoff has formally been delivered to life. AMC simply greenlit the beforehand introduced Tales From the Walking Dead anthology collection and set it for debut in 2022. The firm additionally set Channing Powell, a author and producer who has labored on each The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead, because the present runner. He’ll work alongside Scott M. Gimple, who oversees all issues Walking Dead.

“I started as a fan of The Walking Dead and have ended up as a showrunner of what will hopefully be one of its most unique spin-offs,” Powell said in a statement. “That’s nuts and I’m so grateful to AMC and Scott for supporting me and my writers while we pushed, pulled, and poked at the boundaries of this universe to bring you something new and unexpected, while hopefully still tending to what core audiences loved so much about the flagship show.”

The first season will likely be six episodes that “focus on both new and established characters set in the world of the original series.” That’s a barely extra streamlined description than the one launched final yr which described Tales as “an episodic anthology with individual episodes or arcs of episodes focused on new or existing characters, backstories, or other stand-alone experiences.”

“This series, more than any other in the Walking Dead universe, runs on new voices, perspectives, and ideas—bringing to life stories unlike any we’ve told before,” Gimple stated. “I’m thrilled to be Channing’s consigliere, helping in every way I can to make those new visions real for the best fans in TV.” For followers, all of that is very thrilling. The Walking Dead is a large universe and now characters we hated to see go too quickly might come again, plot holes and questions we had could possibly be answered, actually something is feasible.

“We see so much potential for a wide range of rich and compelling storytelling in this world, and the episodic anthology format of Tales of the Walking Dead will give us the flexibility to entertain existing fans and also offer an entry point for new viewers, especially on streaming platforms,” Dan McDermott, the president of unique programming for AMC Networks and AMC Studios, stated. “We have seen the appeal of this format in television classics like The Twilight Zone and, more recently, Black Mirror, and are excited to engage fans in this new way, against the backdrop of this very unique and engrossing world.”

Now, the comparability there between The Walking Dead and Twilight Zone or Black Mirror is extra in regards to the episodic codecs, not the nature of the exhibits. But, the anthology nature of Tales does hypothetically open that risk up. It’s a tantalizing thought and we’ll see the way it performs out in 2022. Here’s a take a look at the artwork.

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