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Here’s What’s Going On With Maggie On “The Walking Dead,” Via a Statement from Producers
Oddly enough, the November 4th episode of “The Walking Dead” wasn’t just the final episode for Andrew Lincoln’s Rick Grimes but also (for now) the final episode for Lauren Cohan‘s Maggie Rhee. While Rick’s departure from the series was heavily promoted, you wouldn’t have known it was also Maggie’s last episode, which showrunner Angela Kang noted shortly after it aired. Granted, we had known going into Season 9 that Cohan was leaving the series to film ABC’s “Whiskey Cavalier,” but Maggie sure wasn’t written out of the show like Rick.
So what’s going on here? Will Cohan ever be coming back to “The Walking Dead”? That seems up in the air, but the show’s producers assure that Maggie’s story isn’t finished.
“Maggie’s last episode this season was 905, but it isn’t the end of Maggie’s story,” Kang and Scott Gimple noted in an official statement this week. “We love Lauren Cohan and hope to have her back on the big program and/or beyond and we have built the story to service that.”
It’s possible that Maggie’s story could continue either in a future season of the series, or possibly in one of the Andrew Lincoln-starring films that are currently in the works.
For now, all we know is that Maggie has left her friends behind, and there was clearly some kind of massive rift between her and Michonne that caused her to leave Hilltop.
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Ralph Ineson and Corey Stoll Join ‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ Spinoff Series Starring Wyatt Russell
The small screen MonsterVerse is expanding with a “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” spinoff series centered on Lee Shaw (Wyatt Russell), and Deadline brings us the latest casting news.
Corey Stoll (Imperfect Women, Billions), Ralph Ineson (The Witch, The Fantastic Four: First Steps), and Nyasha Hatendi (Agatha Christie’s The Seven Dials, Casual) have signed on.
Pilou Asbæk (Salem’s Lot) and Millie Brady (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) also star.
Originally announced back in December, “Obi-Wan Kenobi” showrunner and “Monarch” executive producer Joby Harold will serve as showrunner on the untitled spinoff series.
The series will follow Colonel Lee Shaw, an American operative who in 1984 went on a secret mission behind enemy lines in an attempt to stop the Soviets from unleashing a horrific new Titan big enough to destroy the U.S. and turn the tide of the Cold War.
Wyatt Russell told Collider earlier this year, “you’ve got absolutely no fucking clue what to expect. I think people are going to expect one thing and be like, ‘Holy shit, this is not what I expected.’ It’ll go deeper into Lee’s experience after he came up, and being sort of put on ice, in 1982, and then what happens after that, and why he’s needed and the mission he goes on.”
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