AMC’s “The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live,” featuring the return of beloved characters Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and Michonne (Danai Gurira) from the original series, has released a new teaser.
The series is the next instalment in the popular “The Walking Dead” franchise and will premiere on AMC and AMC+ on 25 February 2024. Lincoln and Gurira will executive produce alongside showrunners Scott M. Gimple, Denise Huth and Brian Bockrath.
“The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live presents an epic love story of two characters changed by a changed world. Torn apart by distance. By an unstoppable force. By the ghosts of who they were. Rick and Michonne are thrown into another world built on a war against the dead… and ultimately, a war against the living,” the show’s description reads. “Can they find each other and who they were in a place and situation unlike any they’ve ever known? Are they enemies? Lovers? Victims? Victors? Are they even alive without each other – or will they find that they, too, are the Walking Dead?”
Lincoln left The Walking Dead in 2018 after nearly a decade as protagonist and former cop Rick Grimes, who later married tough, katana-wielding Michonne. The filming schedule in Georgia, he said, made it difficult for him to focus on spending time with his family in England.
“I’ve got two young children and I live in a different country and they become less portable as they get older,” Lincoln previously told EW Radio. “It was as simple as that. It was time for me to come home.”
Lincoln’s character disappeared during Season 9 – in which he was presumed dead – while Gurira’s character left during Season 10. Both later made cameos in the 2022 season finale, hinting at their upcoming spin-off. Lincoln addresses his absence from The Walking Dead universe in the new trailer.
“People say, ‘Where did you go?” Lincoln admits. “Our ambition is to have some answers.”
“It’s a really exciting story to tell,” Gurira says. “These two people are so powerful and together, it’s crazy. This is a crazy love.”
