AMC Announces THE WALKING DEAD: ORIGINS Four-Part Series to Premiere Before Final Flagship Series Season

AMC has announced that before we get to see the final season of The Walking Dead, the four-part series The Walking Dead: Origins will debut, and will cover the origin stories of four fan-favorite characters. The four episode special "charts the story of the zombie apocalypse from the point of view of a single character and features new interviews and narrations from the actors that portray these iconic characters, interwoven with clips from the most pivotal moments of their journeys so far," according to an official synopsis for the specials spotlighting Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus), Carol Peletier (Melissa McBride), Maggie Rhee (Lauren Cohan), and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan).

The Walking Dead: Origins airs exclusively on AMC+ beginning Thursday, July 15th, with "Daryl's Story." "Maggie's Story" will follow on July 22nd, then "Negan's Story" on July 29th, and "Carol's Story" will conclude the run on August 5th.

Each episode will release alongside an exclusive sneak peek from the 24-episode Season 11 and a special "Best Of" collection featuring fan-favorite episodes for each character. The Walking Dead: Origins is the first reveal from AMC's "11 Weeks of Reveals until Season 11," a countdown that will bring photos, trailers, and other reveals on Thursdays before the final season premiere of The Walking Dead premieres on August 22nd.

I feel like we already know these characters really well, especially Negan after the dive into his past in the tail end of this last season. But although we have been following the other characters for years, I guess we have never really learned much about their lives before the apocalypse. I am looking forward to the final season of The Walking Dead, and this new deep dive sounds like it will be a cool prep before we dig in.

via: CB