Pilot Ordered for Walking Dead Spin-Off

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I think that it would be kind of cool to do this as sets of miniseries....like have 6 or so episodes during the Walking Dead's off season focusing on a different set of survivors from different parts of the globe each time

In his reddit ama Kirkman said the biggest thing he didn't like about the show was that in the end of season 1 the cdc guy said that it was happening in other countries, so I don't know if that'll happen. It is a cool idea though.

Bring it on!

To be fair, it would be silly to have an apocalypse only going on in one country, especially as other countries would have come to sort it out by now if they were ok.

I think that the reason why Kirkman said that would be because he has never once hinted or talked about what is going on outside of the U.S. in the comic

If they wanted to follow other people besides Rick in the Walking Dead, why don't they just..... follow other people besides Rick in the Walking Dead. This is not a spin off. This is the same series.

Looking forward to it. Walking Dead is a great show. Hopefully this spin-off is more manly though.

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@edblank: i agree

because Rick is the main character of both the comic and the television show...they want to show what's going on in other areas of the country not just Georgia

will this one actually have interesting characters and a story line that i'll care about or

I wonder what will set this apart from the original series . but other parts of the world? That idea does sound interesting.

Understood. Just like they have followed other people besides Rick for a little while, they could just simply follow still other people for even longer periods of time. Have Rick find a ham radio and talk to people in other places, then show what said people are up to. Nah mean?

That sounds good in theory and work in the comic book much better than it would on television. With a show you have to worry about actors and their pay. And AMC has already has issues with the budget of the show in previous seasons. So keeping the current cast while adding an entire new cast all within the same show simply isn't realistic from a monetary standpoint. By having a spinoff show they are doubling or at least increasing greatly their budget and adding the ad revenue that the new show will generate.

Awesome!

but why divide the screen time at all...the thing about Walking Dead is character development so having it your way would be cutting the already existing characters screen time in half...I don't see why anyone would want that

Getting a bit bored with the main series. I was a huge fan. I disagreed strongly with George A. Romero's comment that it was “a soap opera with a zombie occasionally” ; but now on reflection he is right. Looking at the apocalypse from different cultural angles would be interesting, similar to the original World War Z book. But to be honest I think the genre is declining. I just don't want WD to be the Twighlight of zombies i.e. the final nail in the coffin. Typical modern ways...take a great idea and flog it to death...then sell it to another channel so they can flog the carcass a bit more. By the end everyone is so bored of it that the potentially 'classic' nature of it dies.

They need to find a way to open the WD world up so that there can attempt to be a little relation. I believe they should be going down the route of having found a cure and trying to save what is left of the world ; this is almost unique in the whole zombie genre. Dragging a show on for a few years chasing cliffhangers gets a bit tiring...then obvious...and finally insulting.

I don't really want a spin off

Can't be any worse than the main show.

If it's just as boring and meandering as the main show usually is, I'd rather not see it.

If it's not about Clementine than I don't care.

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Would stab my eye to get a season of this about The Governor.

I predict once this comes out, the original show is going to really drop in quality. Just because one thing works, it doesn't mean you need to make more. That formula has never worked.

I think they should wait til WD is over, wait a year or two then do this.

The iron's hot now, not a year or two after TWD is over because viewers lost interest.

@bloggerboy: Just saying sometimes these things can backfire, like others said in here. You bring two shows of the same series, one's going to get sidelined besides while WD is a great show, the whole "Zombie thing" has worn off a bit...honestly, I think once Flash starts, Arrow will take a bit of a hit because let's face it, Flash hasn't been on TV since the 90's as far as him being the main star, Arrow however between Smallville and Arrow it's like we've seen him already for like nearly 10 years now.

Just saying, it's good to share success when something is hot but you also don't want to be too greedy. All I'm saying.

Fair points. Might well happen.

@bloggerboy: Thanks, I can understand your points as well. Guess we'll see! I'm excited for it though, I love the current show cause of the characters.