Rick Grimes WALKING DEAD Movie May Be Coming in the New Year
Mike Sprague
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That planned Rick Grimes The Walking Dead movie with Andrew Lincoln may be coming sooner than we expected. In fact, a director of the series says it will be coming our way – on the big screen – in 2021.
The story goes that recently, the official Twitter account for The Walking Dead asked, “What are you most looking forward to in 2021?” Rosemary Rodriguez, who has helmed several episodes of the series, retweeted the message and responded with: “Finding Rick Grimes on the big screen! #TWDFamily“
Check out her tweet below.
This isn’t any kind of official revelation. But that said, we’ll keep on top of this news as it develops and pass along updates as we hear them. Stay tuned!
That said, Lincoln recently revealed he hopes the film will shoot this spring, saying: “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 renewal, hopefully.”
Five months ago, former The Walking Dead showrunner Scott Gimple says the Rick Grimesmovie will channel James Mangold’s Logan with Hugh Jackman.
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Gimple told Comic-Con: “You didn’t have to watch every X-Men movie to enjoy that. Rick has a history and the history will be present within him and it’ll be a big part of who he is, but it’s likely going to be a very different Rick that we see as well. New audiences will be like, ‘Oh, that’s the guy. I want to discover that past history.’ We who know it so well, it’s like, ‘Oh crap, that’s the thing that’s weighing on him from the past.’ You gotta invite both those people, which we try to do with the shows.”
He adds: “[The movie will] honor people who have invested the time in their lives and the show, but we can’t do that at the expense of inviting everybody. [Avengers: Endgame] was the culmination of years and years, but I’m sure people who just showed up had a good time.“
Robert Kirkman also assured The Walking Dead fans this year the film is still happening. He says: “If anything, the pandemic is going to make a lot of movies better. I think the Rick Grimes movie chief among them, just because we’re getting a lot more time to cook this thing and make sure it’s perfect. I don’t want anyone to think that we’re just kind of waiting around for this pandemic to end.”
Are you up for the Rick Grimes movie?
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