Robert Kirkman Has a Plan for The Walking Dead’s Demise
While “The Walking Dead” has been enjoyed by millions of viewers and readers around the world, we all know that all good things MUST come to an end. Creator Robert Kirkman knows this all too well and has a gameplan in place, which he spoke about on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast.
“It’s a very popular show, and [the executives at AMC] seem to want it to go for 50 seasons. And it may go for 50 seasons, but there is definitely an end point at some point. 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. There’s totally an arc here and a thing going on, and I didn’t think the story was about this!'”
Questioned as to whether or not the show’s writers would ever consider completely solving the show’s “zombie problem,” Kirkman replied:
“Maybe. You never know. I do hope that The Walking Dead goes on long enough that when it ends, it’s like, ‘Good thing we took care of those zombies.’”
Finally…
“People talk about how The Walking Dead’s very bleak, and if you take a certain cross-section of the story, yeah, it’s horrible. People [are] getting their loved ones eaten and they’re having a horrible time. But I see the story from beginning to end, over many, many years, so I think it’s a very hopeful story about humanity overcoming this insurmountable, apocalyptic situation… it’s just gonna take them a long time to do it.”
“The Walking Dead” stars Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Danai Gurira, Melissa McBride, Chandler Riggs, Sonequa Martin-Green, Michael Cudlitz, and Lennie James. Season 6 hits AMC on Sunday, October 11, 2015.
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From the looks of things, Season 6 will largely center on the continued turmoil between Rick Grimes’ crew and the Alexandria gang, and the four-minute trailer below also indicates that Rick and Morgan will be engaging in a battle of their own. Of course, there’s also a whole lot of gnarly zombies as well as plenty of gore.
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