Danai Gurira will be departing "The Walking Dead" on Season 10

Fans of AMC's The Walking Dead best be prepared to say goodbye to another mainstay series regular, as The Hollywood Reporter has reported that Danai Gurira - who has played the badass sword wielding survivor Michonne - will be exiting the series come Season 10 of the critically acclaimed zombie drama series.

After debuting in Season 3 of the show and eventually becoming the love interest of Rick Grimes, Gurira has signed on to appear on a limited capacity in the show similar to her fellow co-star and Rick actor Andrew Lincoln - who recently left the series as a regular and will star in a trilogy of "Rick Grimes" movies for AMC. Vastly different from its comic book counterpart, The Walking Dead is now a show following the main thrust of the storyline of a group of survivors struggling to rebuild in a world dominated by the undead - yet now without Rick, Carl, and soon Michonne as well. Original character Daryl Dixon - played by Norman Reedus - serves as the new face of the ongoing series.

The Walking Dead resumes its ninth season this February 10th on AMC.

The Walking Dead: Opening minutes of Post-Rick Grimes episode "Who Are You Now?" released

A new era begins in this coming new episode of AMC's "The Walking Dead", as the remaining members of Rick Grimes' group - his closest confidents and allies - try to move on and get on with their lives. As it is, the show has progressed to a "Time Skip" that takes place six years following Rick's "death", and the first few minutes of the new episode "Who Are You Now?" have come online - showing Daryl, Michonne, and Carol living on.


TWD 9x06 Opening First Minutes "Who Are You Now?"
The Walking Dead airs every Sunday on AMC.

The Walking Dead: "What Comes After" is Rick's final episode in the series, AMC announces trilogy of films to continue his story

It's the end of an era for fans of "The Walking Dead", as Andrew Lincoln ended his tenure in the series as series' lead character Rick Grimes with this past Sunday's episode "What Comes After" - which also marked the last episode of Lauren Cohan/ Maggie Greene and Pollyanna McIntosh/ Anne for this season. It was both bittersweet and sad to see "Officer Friendly" exit the series - but Lincoln himself announced that he was going to focus more on family life and decided to depart the series that helped make him a household name on a high note.

However if you watched the episode, you'd realize that wouldn't be the true last appearance of Lincoln as Grimes. Perhaps in a move that will be easier than handling a TV Series schedule, a trilogy of "Rick Grimes" films have been announced by AMC according to a report by Deadline, signifying "The End of the Beginning" according to Lincoln himself in the "Talking Dead" episode after his final TV Series appearance. What happens next is anyone's guess... But it's clear now we haven't seen the last of Rick.

The Walking Dead currently airs its ninth season on AMC.

SDCC '19: The Walking Dead Season 9 Trailer released; Andrew Lincoln confirms it's his las season as Rick Grimes

Nothing lasts forever indeed, and during the San Diego Comic-Con panel for AMC's "The Walking Dead", series main cast member and Rick Grimes actor Andrew Lincoln confirmed that the upcoming ninth season would be his last playing the former Sheriff's Deputy turned zombie apocalypse survivor and leader to a new generation of humanity rebuilding from the ashes. In the TV Series, Grimes is fulfilling the wishes of his late son Carl, who was killed off last season due to the departure of actor Chandler Riggs from the show.

Now time-skipping to a point after the events of "All-Out War" - the communities of Alexandria, The Sanctuary, The Kingdom, and The Hilltop struggle to co-exist and survive under the leadership of Rick and his allies - but it's easier said than done as the SDCC' 18 trailer shows that there are inner conflicts and demons that still need to be confronted by the survivors, as well as a new threat besides the living dead.

The Walking Dead Season 9 Trailer (Comic-Con 2018)
The Walking Dead Season 9 begins this October 7 on AMC.

The Walking Dead: Season 9 and Fear The Walking Dead S4 Key Art Posters released

Ahead of its much anticipated San Diego Comic Con panel discussion and the first bits of information for the upcoming new season, AMC has released the first key art promotional poster for "The Walking Dead" - which returns for its 9th Season on October. The beginning of "A New World" following the events of "All Out War", Rick Grimes, his allies, and the unified communities are rebuilding in the wake of their victory against Negan and The Saviours. However, there is new challenges to face as well as unpredictable scenarios to encounter as the survivors continue to live out their lives in a world filled with the living dead.

Also, AMC has released the poster promoting the second half of "Fear The Walking Dead" - which has Morgan Jones along with the cast of the spin-off series all decked out for their return this August. For more details, visit the official Walking Dead Facebook page.

The Walking Dead returns to AMC this October.

The Walking Dead: Jon Bernthal to return as Shane Walsh in Season 9

Looks like The Walking Dead fans have something big to look forward to if a report from a Entertainment Weekly is to be believed, as series veteran and the long deceased Shane Walsh actor Jon Bernthal is set to reprise his iconic role sometime in Season 9 - reuniting with his best friend Rick Grimes (played by Andrew Lincoln) and the other remaining survivors who knew him that are still around in the show.

While Shane died in Season 2, that didn’t stop Bernthal from reprising the role as a hallucination that Rick sees (and shoots) during Season 3. With Andrew Lincoln looking to exit the show after Season 9, this will be the perfect reunion and swan song between the two pals who started as the first characters to be seen together when the hit AMC zombie show started back in 2010. For more information, read the source post at Superherohype.

The Walking Dead returns to AMC with Season 9 this October.

The Walking Dead's Andrew Lincoln/ Rick Grimes leaving after Season 9

It looks like The Walking Dead will bid farewell to its main honcho and lead character in some way or form soon, as The Hollywood Reporter reports that Andrew Lincoln - who plays former Sheriff's Deputy and zombie apocalypse survivor Rick Grimes in the series, is exiting the popular AMC series come the end of the show's ninth season. According to the report, Lincoln is going to be phased out and will be ending his run in the show similar to co-star Lauren Cohan, who plays Maggie Greene and will only be appearing in six episodes of the next season. As a trade off, the network is looking to put the focus on Daryl Dixon, played by co-star Norman Reedus who is negotiating a higher deal that will see bigger pay and the focus of the show on the crossbow wielding redneck tracker who is Rick's best friend and right hand man.

The Walking Dead Season 9 is set to premiere sometime on October this year.