When comparing this timeline to the Walking Dead’s timeline, the new series starts when Rick is still in a coma. “And it may go for 50 seasons”, he said jokingly, while continuing on to reaffirm that “there is definitely an end point at some point”.
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Maron asked Kirkman whether he would think about offering a solution to the zombie problem altogether, and Kirkman said, “Maybe”.
“The goal… I hope “The Walking Dead” goes on long enough that at the end, everyone is like, “Good thing we took care of those zombies!'”People talk about how ‘The Walking Dead” is bleak, and if you take a certain cross-section of the story, then yeah”. Disgusting. People have their loved ones eaten and they have a disgusting time. “The idea is that this story that’s longer than it has any business being, but it’s that length and watching those characters evolve over that time that’s gonna make it be this piece, that when it’s all done, you’ll look back on it and be like ‘what the hell, I thought they were just killing zombies”.
“I can’t tell you how much fun”.
In relation to the TV series, executive producer Dave Alpert announced that the 2014 Produced By conference that its writers have created plotlines that can expand to season 12, if AMC prefers to offer a long-term opportunity for the hit show. But really, we just want to know: Will we get to see how Daryl earned that jacket?
In other words: Wherever “The Walking Dead” takes us over the next few years, and however many of our beloved characters get turned into walker chow along the way, the show’s final scene probably won’t be of the last living human on earth getting nibbled to death by a horde of zombies.
How many seasons are you willing to invest in “The Walking Dead?” New episodes begin airing at 9 p.m. Sunday, October 11, on AMC.
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With both a new season of “The Walking Dead” and the kick off of “Fear The Walking Dead” happening this year, more people than ever think they’re ready in the event that a zombie apocalypse should occur.
