The Strolling Useless creator Robert Kirkman tried to kill off Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) early within the TV sequence so audiences would “freak out”.

Throughout a panel at San Diego Comedian-Con on Saturday (July 22), the comedian author and present producer recalled how he wished to deviate from the comedian supply materials as a lot as doable throughout the early days of The Strolling Useless sequence.

“With Strolling Useless, I used to be a lot youthful and way more reckless,” Kirkman mentioned (by way of Leisure Weekly). “I used to be an absolute lunatic. I might get within the writers’ room and be like, ‘Kill Rick Grimes at the moment! I don’t care! It’ll be humorous! Individuals will freak out, and it’ll be enjoyable!’

“The writers are like, ‘Robert, you’re loopy. We will’t try this.’ However any time there have been huge modifications in The Strolling Useless, that’s what excited me.”

Within the TV sequence, Rick Grimes left in season 9, the place he was final seen being taken away in a CRM helicopter. A spin-off titled The Strolling Useless: The Ones Who Stay, which debuts in 2024, will see Lincoln reprise the position alongside Danai Gurira as Michonne. Within the comics, nonetheless, Rick was killed off by Kirkman in 2019.

At this 12 months’s Comedian-Con, AMC introduced each The Strolling Useless: Useless Metropolis and the upcoming Daryl Dixon spin-off sequence will return for a second season. The latter additionally obtained a debut trailer, the place Daryl (Norman Reedus) finds himself in France.

Talking in regards to the renewals, AMC’s Dan McDermott mentioned: “This subsequent chapter within the Strolling Useless Universe continues to thrive with a terrific inaugural season for Useless Metropolis and extremely anticipated new journey for fan-favourite character Daryl Dixon coming in September.

“We will’t wait to carry Useless Metropolis followers again to the epicenter of Manhattan for extra zip-lining motion with Maggie and Negan. And, forward of its debut, we’re thrilled to double down on Daryl as we carry the apocalypse to France, reworking Notre Dame, Pont du Gard and different iconic locales into an apocalyptic panorama in contrast to something we’ve seen earlier than.”