With just one month to go until the highly anticipated premiere ofThe Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, AMC and AMC+ decided to release a new trailer for the limited series that follows Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and Michonne (Danai Gurira). The series will cover the couple’s desperate quest to find each otherin a zombie-infested world. The problem is, as humanity and general common sense decay in the face of the apocalypse, the pair starts to question their own sanity and whether they even are the same people who started this journey.
Like the previous footage, the new trailer forThe Walking Dead: The Ones Who Liveimpresses with the scale of the spin-off series — which perfectly illustrates the desperation of the two lead characters in not even knowing how to begin looking for each other.Hordes of zombies, death, and destruction are all around, and while Michonne finds and deals with a new group of survivors, Rick discovers a military organization whose intentions still seem blurry.
The new trailer also offers a longer look atnew franchise cast memberTerry O’Quinn(Lost). It’s safe to say that his character Major General Beale has a lot riding on the operation he’s running, and he promises to Rick that “everything will change.” If that is good or bad news, it remains to be seen. ButknowingThe Walking Deaduniverse… chances are Rick may end up needing to be rescued by Michonne, or at least fighting his way out of a desperate situationlike he’s done a dozen times.
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Liveis already the third spin-off that has emerged since the flagship series ended in 2022. Fans of the zombie series have already been treated toThe Walking Dead: Dead Cityfollowing Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Maggie (Lauren Cohan) andThe Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, which follows the fan-favorite archerplayed byNorman Reedus. Both spin-offs have already been renewed for Season 2.
Greenlightingthe slate of spin-offs was a masterworkby AMC, who never underestimated the popularity ofThe Walking Dead— the main series was a constant record-breaker for the network. Separating the fan-favorite characters and giving them their own series was a way to keep fans connected to the franchise while also putting all of them in fresh scenarios, andaudiences have responded pretty wellto all titles so far.
AMC and AMC+ premiereThe Walking Dead: The Ones Who Liveon February 25. You can watch the new trailer below:
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
The love story between Rick and Michonne. Changed by a world that is constantly changing, will they find themselves in a war against the living or will they discover that they too are The Walking Dead?
