Jeffrey Dean Morgan Regrets That Walking Dead Spin-Offs Were Announced Before Series Ended

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There's thing worse than seeing a amusement spoiler.

So understandably, The Walking Dead's Jeffrey Dean Morgan and director Greg Nicotero feel bad the franchise inadvertently confirmed that cardinal characters would past the last play erstwhile announcing respective spin-off series.

For months now, fans person known that Morgan's character, Negan, volition prima successful the new series Dead City, antecedently titled Isle of the Dead, alongside Lauren Cohan's Maggie. Additionally, Daryl (Norman Reedus) is getting his ain amusement acceptable successful France, and Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and Michonne's (Danai Gurira) love communicative volition continue successful yet different series.

This announcement whitethorn person made the upcoming bid finale overmuch little breathtaking for immoderate fans, and it's a information that's not mislaid connected Morgan, who told Entertainment Weekly Sept. 9, "That's not the mode we should person gone astir it."

"But this is however it was chosen to play out," helium continued. "And who knows? Maybe we couldn't person kept the secret. But it seems to maine we could person fixed it a shot. I would've tried to spell astir it successful a antithetic way, but look, that's supra my wage grade."

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Nicotero, an enforcement shaper and manager for the finale, admitted that helium had nary relation successful the announcement, saying, "We were a small surprised."

But The Walking Dead showrunner Angela Kang defended the announcement and gave recognition to the squad for crafting an breathtaking finale, hinting that the characters volition beryllium enactment done the wringer successful the last episodes. "Even if you [know] this person's going to survive, bash you cognize precisely what prime they're going to make?" she explained to the outlet. "What psychic scars that's going to leave? Are they going to beryllium horribly injured? Are radical they attraction astir going to look an atrocious fate?"

And while Morgan said helium was upset that they spoiled Negan and Maggie's fate, he's optimistic that fans volition inactive beryllium amazed by how The Walking Dead ends. "There are inactive immoderate tricks up our sleeves," helium said. "As an audience, don't deliberation that you cognize however this is going to be, due to the fact that I warrant you don't." 

The last play of The Walking Dead continues Oct. 2 connected AMC.

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