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    Jeffrey Dean Morgan: There's 'Huge Pivot' When 'The Walking Dead' Was Announced to End

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    The Negan depicter, just like everyone else, is caught off guard as the zombie television series was announced to conclude with the upcoming eleventh season.

    Apr 4, 2021

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    Jeffrey Dean Morgan is still struggling with the abrupt end of TV hit “The Walking Dead”, insisting it came as a complete surprise.

    The actor, who plays Negan on the long-running zombie drama, admits his castmates and show bosses were all stunned when it was announced the series was coming to an end last year (20).

    “The news… was a complete surprise, not only to me and the rest of the actors, but to everybody involved in the show from production,” he tells Collider. “(Chief content officer) Scott Gimple and (showrunner) Angela Kang had no idea either.”

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    “It came from nowhere and there was such a huge pivot. I think they had Season 11 all mapped out, where they were going to go, and suddenly it became, ‘We also have to close the story…’ And then they threw in the six tacked-on episodes to Season 10, and instead of doing 16, we’re going to do 24 more. There was a lot of stuff to wrap our heads around.”

    Morgan insists it doesn’t feel like the end yet, but he and his castmates know it’s coming, “We have another year here to shoot, and we’re shooting straight through. It’s brutal. But I know it’s there. It’s in the back of all of our heads that it’s there.”

    “The Walking Dead” will conclude after airing the eleventh season. The production, which was halted in 2020 due to pandemic, has resumed earlier this year.

    The show spawned a TV spinoff “Fear the Walking Dead” which is entering seventh season.

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      'The Walking Dead': Jeffrey Dean Morgan's Wife Hilarie Burton Cast as His Onscreen Wife

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      In Robert Kirkman’s ‘The Walking Dead’ comics, Morgan’s character Negan was married to a woman named Lucille, whom he was cheating on, before she died from a cancer prior to the zombie apocalypse.

      Nov 4, 2020
      AceShowbiz – An upcoming bonus episode of “The Walking Dead” season 10 will be a family affair for star Jeffrey Dean Morgan. In one of the bonus episodes of the season, the Negan depicter will be joined by his real-life wife Hilarie Burton, according to Entertainment Weekly.
      It has been reported that Burton will appear as a guest star, playing Negan’s late wife Lucille. Burton herself confirmed the news in a tweet on Tuesday, November 3. “Been pretty hard to keep this a secret. But I love working with @JDMorgan. I love watching him become #Negan and take on that swagger,” Burton wrote on the blue bird app. “And I love the @TheWalkingDead family. They’ve been a part of our family for ages and I’m so grateful for their kindness. Xoxo #hereslucille.”

      Hilarie Burton confirmed her appearance as Lucille on ‘The Walking Dead’.
      Burton is known for her role on “One Tree Hill”. Her credits also include “The Secret Life of Bees”, “Surprised by Love”, “Extant” and “Grey’s Anatomy”.

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      In Robert Kirkman’s “The Walking Dead” comics, Negan was married to Lucille prior to the zombie apocalypse. He was cheating on her with his wife knowing about the affair. However, Lucille’s cancer diagnosis changed Negan as he called his affair off because he wanted to spend as much time with his wife as possible.
      Lucille eventually died and the end of the world came almost simultaneously. As the zombie virus started spreading, Lucille reanimated as one of the walkers in her hospital bed. He then named his famous weapon, the barbed wire covered baseball bat, after his late wife to pay tribute to her.
      Morgan and Burton have been together for over 10 years after she was introduced to Morgan at an Irish pub in Los Angeles by her former co-star Danneel Ackles and her husband, actor Jensen Ackles. The pair eventually tied the knot last October.
      Recalling the night when she first met the actor, Burton previously shared, “When he came along, he was so sure of himself.” The “Friday Night In with the Morgans” co-host added, “I was not a girl anyone pursued. I’ve always been alpha. And Jeffrey was like, ‘You’re going to be my girlfriend.’ It was so nice to be pursued. He’s a cute dude! And I liked that he knew exactly who he was. His confidence was intoxicating.”

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      'Walking Dead' Recruits Military Infectious Diseases Specialist to Ensure COVID-19-Safe Filming

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      Executive producer Angela Kang explains the safety measures set in place before the cast and crew resume filming, while star Norman Reedus jokes about missing ‘all that Walker breath’ in his face.
      Oct 14, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Producers of “The Walking Dead” have recruited a former military infectious diseases specialist to make sure cast and crew are safe on set.
      Production is about to resume following the COVID-19 shutdown, and executive producer Angela Kang has advised no one is taking any chances behind or in front of the cameras.
      “It was a months long process before going into season 11… to get everything all up and running and safe,” she explains. “All the unions that represent the actors, directors, and the crew came together and were consulting with expert epidemiologists about what’s the safest way to do this.”
      “When everybody comes back to set to film it’s gonna be a completely different situation. Everyone will have masks and face shields, they’ve done the trailers differently, there’s sanitation stations everywhere. There’s UV lights and air scrubbers on the stages.”

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      “There’s a former military infectious diseases specialist, who is our safety supervisor. It’s an abundance of caution in every way. We’ve had to think a lot about how do we tell the story so that they’re satisfying and give adventure, but be really creative about how many people we can have in a scene (sic). How can you show things while keeping people a little bit distant when we can.”
      “It’s forced us to think outside of the box, because we’ve had a box around us in terms of how to do it safely, but I think we are taking it so seriously.”
      The star of the TV drama, Norman Reedus, is welcoming the changes, adding sarcastically, “I’m gonna miss all that Walker breath in my face!” – referring to the zombies he fights on the show.

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      'The Walking Dead' Season 10 Finale: Maggie Returns as Final Battle With the Whisperers Takes Place

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      In related news, Lauren Cohan, who plays Maggie on the hit zombie drama, reveals in a new interview how she hopes the AMC series would conclude in upcoming season 11.
      Oct 5, 2020
      AceShowbiz – “The Walking Dead” aired its season 10 finale on Sunday night, October 4. Titled “A Certain Doom,” the episode was supposed to debut on April 12 before the production was forced to close down due to the coronavirus pandemic in March. The finale featured the final battle between our good guys and Beta’s (Ryan Hurst) horde.
      It could be seen that Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Daryl (Norman Reedus) joined forces to kill the Whisperers’ No. 2. Meanwhile, Carole (Melissa McBride) and Lydia (Cassady McClincy) tried to lead the Whisperers over the cliff.
      The episode also featured a return of one of fan-favorite characters. Maggie (Lauren Cohan) made an appearance in a perfect timing to save Gabriel (Seth Gilliam) before reuniting with Judith (Cailey Fleming) and Gracie (Anabelle Holloway).
      Fans rejoiced over Maggie’s return as one of them tweeted, “#TWD #TWDUniverse MAGGIE! MAGGIE! SHE COME THRU CLUTCH! SHE COME THRU CLUTCH! I MISSED HER!” Another excited fan added, “I’m so glad she’s back! #TheWalkingDead.”

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      Some others were praising Hurst’s acting in the finale. “Ryan Hurst’s performance is unbelievable,” one gushing comment read. Another fan wrote, “That was an excellent death for Beta #twd beta remembers alpha in his death.”
      In related news, Cohan revealed in a new interview how she hoped “The Walking Dead” would conclude. “It would be really, really fun if we got to do a 40-year time jump,” she told NME. “You sort of peel back and start on a close-up of some very elderly hands and it takes a minute to figure out whose they are.”
      She went on to say, “Once you realize whose [hands] they are, where they are and where the world is now and what that means and who’s with her… maybe it’s her final days. Maybe she doesn’t die by a zombie? That’s an idea.”
      Based on Robert Kirkman’s comic books of the same name, “The Walking Dead” is set to end in 2022 with a bumper 11th season. However, won’t be off-air completely as AMC have already given a series order to a new spin-off, starring Reedus and Melissa, for an as-yet-untitled show. The spin-off is scheduled to premiere in 2023.

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      'The Walking Dead' to End With Season 11, Spin-Offs in the Works

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      The final season of the hit zombie drama series will be made up of 24 episodes instead of the usual 16, whereas one of its spin-offs will be built around Daryl Dixon and Carol Peletier.
      Sep 10, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Hit zombie drama “The Walking Dead” is set to be killed off in 2022 with a bumper 11th season.
      The series, based on Robert Kirkman’s comic books of the same name, won’t be off-air completely – U.S. network officials at AMC have already given a series order to a new spin-off, starring Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride, who will be reprising their respective roles as Daryl Dixon and Carol Peletier for an as-yet-untitled show, scheduled to premiere in 2023.
      The project will reunite the pair with co-creators Angela Kang and Scott M. Gimple, who have both served as showrunners on “The Walking Dead”.
      The news is sure to be welcomed by fans, who have had to wait to find out the conclusion of the current season 10 of “The Walking Dead” due to production delays as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. What had originally been planned as the finale is now set to air as a special episode on 4 October, with 10 bonus instalments lined up to air next year (21).
      The 11th and final season, made up of 24 episodes – instead of the usual 16, will then follow, split over two years.

      Meanwhile, Gimple, “The Walking Dead”‘s chief content officer, is also developing a related anthology series titled, “Tales of the Walking Dead”, focusing on individual characters’ story arcs from the expanded franchise, which already includes the spin-offs “Fear the Walking Dead”, and “The Walking Dead: World Beyond”.
      And fans will also have the return of Rick Grimes, played by Andrew Lincoln, to look forward to – he will be starring in a trilogy of feature-length projects written by Gimple.

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      'Walking Dead' to Air New Episode and Debut Spin-Off 'World Beyond' in October

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      The zombie apocalypse series is gearing up for the return to television in October for the highly-anticipated season 10 finale and ‘World Beyond’ premiere.
      Jul 26, 2020
      AceShowbiz – The creators of cult zombie drama “The Walking Dead” have chopped up their schedule and announced new air dates after overhauling show plans amid the coronavirus pandemic.
      The season 10 finale of the zombie apocalypse series, starring Norman Reedus, was originally due to air in April, but producers postponed the show as Hollywood shut down in response to COVID-19 crisis, and now showrunner Angela Kang has confirmed the episode will broadcast on 4 October (20).
      “Obviously, COVID has kind of disrupted a lot of things for every workplace, including ours,” Angela said on Friday (24Jul20) in a pre-recorded video for the [email protected] event.
      The producer also announced that season 11 will also be delayed for a year, with broadcast dates pushed back from this fall to 2021.
      However, Angela revealed producers are adding more episodes to the show to make up for the delays, with writers already beginning to make progress on the next season while working remotely.
      “We’ll have more to share soon,” the showrunner teased.
      Meanwhile, “The Walking Dead” spin-off, “World Beyond”, now has a premiere date – it will debut after “The Walking Dead” season 10 finale on 4 October.

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      Margot Bingham to Get Some Camera Time on Season 11 of 'The Walking Dead'

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      After voicing the character Stephanie for two episodes of the hit zombie drama, the ‘New Amsterdam’ star is confirmed to be part of the long-running series when production restarts.
      Jul 21, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Margot Bingham has landed some camera time on the new season of “The Walking Dead” after voicing the character Stephanie for two episodes of the hit zombie drama.
      The “She’s Gotta Have It” and “New Amsterdam” star will be part of the long-running series when production restarts following the coronavirus shutdown.
      Her role has not been confirmed, but fans are hoping she’ll be playing the unseen Stephanie.
      Production on the finale of the 10th season of “The Walking Dead” was disrupted when the COVID crisis closed down Hollywood and all filming in America back in March, and the episode never aired.
      Cast and crew hope to pick up where they left off when filming returns.

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      Jeffrey Dean Morgan Teases Possibility of Mini-Movie for 'The Walking Dead'

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      Production on season 10 of the hit series has been axed because of the coronavirus crisis, but the actor playing Negan could not help but be excited for the upcoming special episode.
      May 4, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Jeffrey Dean Morgan hinted “The Walking Dead”‘s upcoming “special” episode could be more like a mini-movie, after production on season 10 of the show was axed due to the coronavirus crisis.
      Nothing has been filmed for the new series as yet, and now there’s a “special” episode planned for later in the year – which Jeffrey told Entertainment Weekly could be more like a one-off feature.
      “It will be cool having a one off, almost a Walking Dead movie in the middle of the season, I guess,” he mused. “So we’re excited about that aspect of it.”
      He added that the season finale has to have “some sort of a resolution… whether that carries over to next season, I’ll leave that open, because who knows?.”
      “But we know (Jeffrey’s character Negan is) coming to wipe everybody out with his zombie horde so hopefully we’ll see that come to a head at some point,” he continued. “There has to be some sort of battle. Greg Nicotero directed it, so it’s going to be a big massive episode for sure.”
      Jeffrey and wife Hilarie Burton are working on their own talk show while in lockdown together. The weekly half-hour Friday Night In with the Morgans airs Fridays at 10 pm in the U.S.

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      Danai Gurira 'Blown Away' by Love She Received on Her Last Day on 'The Walking Dead' Set

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      The actress, who played Michonne for eight seasons on the show, filmed her final episode in July 2019, and recalled the difficult time after her remaining scenes aired on March 22.
      Mar 24, 2020
      AceShowbiz – “The Walking Dead” star Danai Gurira was dreading her last ever day on the set of the series but was thrilled with the send off her co-stars planned.
      The actress, who played Michonne for eight seasons on the show, filmed her final episode in July (2019) and recalled the difficult time after her remaining scenes aired on Sunday, March 22.
      “It was very, very, very emotional,” she told Entertainment Weekly. “It was a lot of love. I received so much love, I was really blown back by how much love I received from everybody.”
      And while the shoot proved challenging to face, the 42-year-old notes the big show of support really helped her get through it.
      “You’re dreading that last day, that last minute, that last frame, you’re dreading it,” Gurira added. “That’s it. And at the same time, there’s so much beauty and love around it that you’re able to just be in the moment with it. So it was great. It was beautiful. It was like leaving home. There’s nothing quite like it.”
      Danai previously revealed she was given her own special wrap party on the difficult day.
      “They did a lot of really cool things for me, which I didn’t expect,” she revealed to EW in February. “Norman (Reedus) organised this big fireworks display, which was really beautiful, and there was this really cool cake that was basically Michonne’s sword….”.

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