The Walking Dead Movie To Start Filming In 2021, Andrew Lincoln Says

The Walking Dead fans, listen up. Andrew Lincoln has now confirmed that a movie version of the zombie apocalypse series will start filming in Spring of next year.

Yep, it's coming!

The movie is going to be one of three films which centres around the AMC TV show, and it is reportedly set to be released in cinemas, rather than just on TV as originally planned.

It was already meant to have started filming, but, like many films this year, was delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

However, now Lincoln - who played Rick Grimes on the show - has revealed that it could get underway in early 2021 if all goes to plan.

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Speaking to Associated Press, he said: "It does feel like there is a certain sense of positivity and the cavalry's coming with the vaccines.

"And there's a real sort of sense of a renewal, hopefully."

Speaking about the film, the show's boss Scott Gimple also teased that it was in the works back in October.

"We're following the same general plan but movies take a little longer and we're playing with it in all sorts of directions," he said.

"And then, the pandemic happened, which gave us the opportunity or the necessity to do that.

"We're still doing that. Andy is super involved. [The show's creator Robert Kirkman] is super involved. It really is proceeding. It's just that current circumstances have given us a little extra time that we seem to need anyways. We really want to do it right.

"We've been working on the script and playing around with different aspects of it, but it's still fairly early in there."

The movies evolved from a conversation between Scott and Andrew during series four of The Walking Dead.

Andrew said that the original plan was for Rick Grimes to be killed off in season eight. However, they decided to continue Rick's story so that it made better logistical sense for the actor.

It also allowed AMC to expand the overall franchise.

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Scott added: "Rick Grimes is an amazing character and Andy has done an amazing performance.

"There were story ideas brewing that, as the years went on, seemed very compatible with continuing to tell the Rick story in another format that would allow him time with his family."

We'll update you as soon as we know more about this movie. It sounds epic!

Topics: TV News, TV & Film, TV Entertainment, The Walking Dead

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