AMC has unveiled the premiere date for the highly-anticipated The Walking Dead spinoff series, “The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live".
It is one of several new spin-offs series in The Walking Dead universe announced back in July at San Diego Comic-Con.
The Walking Dead Universe includes "Fear The Walking Dead", which premiered in 2015, and the upcoming spin-offs that feature fan-favorite characters from the original series including "The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon" and "The Walking Dead: Dead City" which will follow Maggie (Lauren Cohan) and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan).
"The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live" was based on a comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman.
It consists of six episodes and tells the epic love story of Rick and Michonne Grimes, two of the original series' most beloved characters.
The spinoff directly continues where the main series left off with Michonne setting off in search of Rick.
The official synopsis reads: "Kept apart by distance. By an unstoppable power. By the ghosts of who they were. Rick and Michonne are thrown into another world, built on a war against the dead … And ultimately, a war against the living. Can they find each other and who they were in a place and situation unlike any they’ve ever known before? Are they enemies? Lovers? Victims? Victors? Without each other, are they even alive — or will they find that they, too, are the Walking Dead?".
Scott M. Gimple, Chief Content Officer of The Walking Dead Universe, serves as showrunner and executive producer alongside Lincoln and Gurira.
Denise Huth and Brian Bockrath also eexecutive producethe series.
"The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live" will premiere February 25, 2024 n AMC and AMC+.