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Guess What? Even More “The Walking Dead” Spinoffs Coming Soon
The ratings may be down, but “The Walking Dead” is still one of the biggest and most popular shows on television. AMC is currently finishing up the main show’s eighth season, while spinoff “Fear the Walking Dead” is gearing up for its fourth. And let’s not forget digital series’ like “Red Machete,” which delve even further into the world.
So what’s next? Are more spinoffs on the way? According to Scott Gimple, who becomes chief content officer of the brand beginning with Season 9, the answer is YES.
“We’re going to be doing traditional stuff, non-traditional stuff, stuff people don’t expect,” Gimple just told THR. “But yes, definitely scripted. The odds of unscripted are very remote. But I’m not going to say no. We’re going to have cool new Walking Dead stuff.”
He continued, “We have a bunch of different things in mind. Some things that are really complimentary to the stuff we’re doing now and some stuff that’s far afield and very different. I’m hoping to do a variety of different projects that are probably more in line with what we see on TV but maybe in different rhythms and formats and things like that. I’m talking about different ways to tell stories, possibly with characters we know and possibly with characters we don’t [know].”
Needless to say, “The Walking Dead” isn’t going anywhere any time soon.
The official teaser trailer for “Crystal Lake” was just released this afternoon (watch it below), with Peacock bringing the Friday the 13th prequel series to life on October 15.
But will the series from A24 be a weekly release, you might be wondering?
Bloody Disgusting has learned tonight that ALL EIGHT EPISODES of “Crystal Lake” will release at the same time on October 15. Each episode has a runtime of 60 minutes.
The series follows single mother Pam Voorhees who has been unable to shake her grief after her young, sickly son Jason tragically drowned in the town lake almost a year before. When two strangers arrive at Pam’s door digging into her past, a disturbing chain of events is set into motion, leaving the townspeople of Crystal Lake wondering: just who is Pam Voorhees?
Linda Cardellini stars as Pamela Voorhees, a mother who gave up a singing career to raise her special needs child, only to take a dark turn when she loses her son — Jason.
Callum Vinson (“Chucky”) is playing young Jason in “Crystal Lake,” which will tell the origin story of the masked slasher who has stalked the grounds of Crystal Lake for decades.
Brad Caleb Kane (“IT: Welcome to Derry”) is the showrunner for the series.
The eight-episode series “Crystal Lake” is directed by Michael Lennox (“Derry Girls”), Celine Held & Logan George (Caddo Lake), and Quyen Tran (“The Pitt”).
CRYSTAL LAKE — Pictured: Linda Cardellini as Pamela Voorhees — (Photo by: Peacock)
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