The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live is an American post-apocalyptic horror drama television series created by Scott M. Gimple, Danai Gurira and Andrew Lincoln for AMC. It is set after the conclusion of the original The Walking Dead series, with Lincoln, Gurira and Pollyanna McIntosh reprising their roles. The Ones Who Live is the sixth spin-off and overall seventh television series in The Walking Dead franchise.
The Ones Who Live premiered on February 25, 2024, on AMC and AMC+.
Cast
Main
- Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes: A former sheriff’s deputy from King County, Georgia, and the former leader of the Alexandria Safe-Zone who was presumed to be dead.
- Danai Gurira as Michonne: A katana-wielding warrior, former leader of the Alexandria Safe-Zone and Rick’s wife who left the group to search for him.
- Pollyanna McIntosh as Jadis Stokes / Anne: The warrant officer of the CRM who disappeared along with Rick Grimes on the CRM helicopter. McIntosh also appeared in the spin-off series The Walking Dead: World Beyond’s second season in a main role.
Recurring
- Terry O’Quinn as Beale: The Major General of the Civic Republic Military.
- Lesley-Ann Brandt as Pearl Thorne
- Matthew August Jeffers as Nat
- Andrew Bachelor as Bailey
- Breeda Wool as Aiden
Guest
- Craig Tate as Donald Okafor: The Lieutenant Colonel of the Civic Republic Military.
Production
Development
The series was announced in July 2022 by Scott M. Gimple, Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira at San Diego Comic-Con 2022. Lincoln and Gurira signed on to reprise their respective roles from the television series. The series will consist of six episodes and is intended to be a limited series. The series was titled The Walking Dead: Rick & Michonne by April 2023, then retitled to The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live in July 2023.
Writing
The series was created by Gimple and Gurira, who will also write for the series, with Gimple serving as showrunner. The series was set up by The Walking Dead’s series finale “Rest in Peace”, which featured the return of Rick and Michonne.
Filming
Principal photography began on February 15, 2023, and wrapped on May 29, 2023, under the working title Summit. Pollyanna McIntosh was spotted on set filming in New Jersey in March 2023. Additional filming and ADR would resume during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike due to an agreement between AMC and SAG-AFTRA.
Release date
The series premiered on February 25, 2024, on AMC and AMC+.
Reception
The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 89% of 24 critics gave The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live a positive review. The website’s critics consensus is, “A Walking Dead spinoff that balances past and present without skimping on blockbuster scope, The Ones Who Live is a consistent treat for longtime fans.” Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 59 out of 100 based on 10 critics, indicating “mixed or average reviews”.
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