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What actor portrays Ron Anderson in The Walking Dead?

Ron Anderson is a character introduced on The Walking Dead in season 5. He and his family, father Pete (Corey Brill), mother Jessie (Alexandria Breckenridge), and brother Sam (Major Dodson) were members of Alexandria. Who portrayed Ron in the series? Actor Austin Abrams, known for his roles in Euphoria, Dash & Lily, and Wolfs, portrayed Ron in seasons 5 and 6. He began as a polite young man who befriended newcomer Carl Grimes (Chandler Riggs). After his father was killed by Rick Grimes (Andrew L...
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Original Walking Dead showrunner comes out of retirement to direct final season of Stranger Things

Fans of the Netflix original sci-fi drama Stranger Things are facing the bittersweet truth that the series will conclude in 2025. The eight-part fifth season will close out the story created by the Duffer Brothers for the streamer in 2016. This season Frank Darabont, the original showrunner of The Walking Dead, comes out of retirement to direct two episodes of the exciting conclusion of the series. Stranger Things is the perfect mix of sci-fi, horror, coming-of-age, and nostalgia to draw in a wi...
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Who did Vincent Martella portray in The Walking Dead and what is the actor up to now?

Walking Dead fans remember Vincent Martella in the role of Patrick in season 4 of The Walking Dead. He was a former member of Woodbury, who, after the fall of that community, joined Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and his group at the prison. Martella is best known for voicing Phineas Flynn in the wildly popular animated series Phineas and Ferb. The series, created by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, first aired on the Disney Channel and Disney XD in 2007. Phineas and Ferb, which aired for f...
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Classic scenes from The Walking Dead featuring Daryl Dixon at death's door

There are many fan-favorite characters from AMC's The Walking Dead. Daryl Dixon, portrayed by Norman Reedus, is among these favorites. Throughout the main series, Daryl came close to death numerous times, but luckily, he survived to be featured in his own spinoff, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon. Let's take a peek at some of the classic Walking Dead scenes featuring Daryl in life-or-death situations. (video below) First up is ep. 205, "Chupacabra." In this episode, Daryl embarks on a solo mission...
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2 Walking Dead cast members cast in Hulu's Murdaugh Murders series

Hulu is developing a new series that focuses on the Murdaugh family from the Lowcountry region of South Carolina, who made headlines for abusing their legal and political influence. Two Walking Dead alums have been announced for the upcoming series. Based on journalist Mandy Matney's Murdaugh Murders Podcast, the series will utilize Matney's years of reporting on the Maggie and Alex Murdaugh family's stranger-than-fiction stories. Showrunner, Michael D. Fuller, co-created and executive produces...
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Walking Dead actor joins cast of three series in 2025, including season 3 of Tulsa King

Paramount+ is gearing up for a third season of the Sylvester Stallone-led Tulsa King. Stallone portrays mafia member Dwight "The General" Manfredi, who, after serving a prison sentence, is sent to Tulsa by his boss. Recently, Walking Dead actor Jayson Warner Smith, who portrayed Gavin, announced his inclusion in the upcoming season of Tulsa King, as well as Hulu's Murdaugh Murders, and Peacock's The Good Daughter. Tulsa King is a series created for Paramount+ by Taylor Sheridan, of Yellowstone...
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Fear the Walking Dead actor appears in final episodes of The Pitt, season 1

Fear the Walking Dead is AMC's first spinoff of the wildly popular post-apocalptic series The Walking Dead. The cast for Fear TWD comprises many notable actors, including Colman Domingo, Kim Dickens, Lennie James, and more. In season 1, Shawn Hatosy portrayed a military officer named Andrew Adams; most recently, the actor appeared on Max's medical drama The Pitt. Created by R. Scott Gemmill, The Pitt reunites Gemmill with John Wells and Noah Wyle, who previously worked on ER together. Wells serv...
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Zahn McClarnon praises Fear the Walking Dead's Jenna Elfman's performance in Dark Winds

Fear the Walking Dead and Dharma & Greg actress Jenna Elfman appears in a recurring role in the most recent season of AMC's critically acclaimed series Dark Winds. Elfman portrays FBI Special Agent Sylvia Washington, who is tasked with investigating a murder on the reservation. The series was created by Graham Roland, who is well-known for his work on several notable titles, including Prison Break, Lost, and Fringe. Dark Winds is based on the novel series by Tony Hillerman, which chronicles the...
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Fear the Walking Dead's Colman Domingo graces the cover of Vogue's May 2025 issue

Fans of award-winning actor Colman Domingo are fully aware that he is a fashion icon who isn't afraid to experiment with his clothing choices. He once wore a hot pink, crystal-encrusted Atelier Versace suit to the Oscars! Domingo, who was named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in 2024, recently shared the fantastic news that he graces the cover of Vogue magazine's May 2025 issue. Check out the cover image below and Domingo's caption, which highlights his journey. Domingo, along...
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What Walking Dead comic couple's stories never appeared in the series?

The Walking Dead began airing on AMC in 2010 and is based on Robert Kirkman's comics. The series' creators often took liberties, featuring new stories and introducing new characters, diverting from the source material. One result from these creative changes included the creation of new relationships, meaning many comic couples were never seen on screen. The series creators oftentimes did a fantastic job pairing up people in romantic relationships, but comic fans were sad to miss out on the on-sc...
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Watch Walking Dead's Lew Temple in new true crime movie Ed Kemper, now on VOD

Recently, Undead Walking featured an article about the actors who portrayed the prisoners featured in season 3 of The Walking Dead. (Read it here) While researching said article, we discovered that Lew Temple, who played Axel, has a new movie that was recently released. Temple, who is well known for numerous roles in horror films, including The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006), Rob Zombie's Halloween (2007), and The Devil's Rejects (2005), now appears in a true crime movie, Ed Kempe...
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Fear the Walking Dead's Alycia Debnam-Carey cast in Legendary’s new Monsterverse movie

Actress Alycia Debnam-Carey is well known for her role as Alisha Clark in AMC's Walking Dead spinoff, Fear the Walking Dead. She said goodbye to the character in 2023 during the eighth and final season of the series. Debnam-Carey has also appeared in a long list of other great projects and was recently announced for the upcoming movie in Legendary's Monsterverse franchise. The untitled film is the sixth in the series and will be directed by Grant Sputore (I Am Mother) from a script penned by Dav...
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Is there a Negan spinoff of The Walking Dead?

The Walking Dead series featured many big bads throughout its eleven-season run, but none were ever as popular as Jeffrey Dean Morgan's Negan Smith. Introduced in the season 6 finale, Negan was the brutal leader of a group known as the Saviors. Is there a spinoff that continues Negan's story? The Walking Dead: Dead City is the fourth spinoff of the main series, which serves as a continuation of Negan and Maggie's (Lauren Cohan) stories. The series was created by TWD Chief Content Officer Scott M...
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The Walking Dead: Dead City season 2 episode titles and release dates

AMC's The Walking Dead: Dead City will premiere its second season on AMC and AMC+ beginning May 4. The new season has upped the episode count by 2, for a total of 8 in season 2. Lauren Cohan and Jeffrey Dean Morgan return this season, starring and executive producing, while Cohan will also direct two episodes. Viewers eagerly await the upcoming season of Dead City, which begins six months after the events of the previous season. Cohan and Morgan will be joined by others returning this season, in...
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If AMC revives this Walking Dead spinoff, these are the characters who need to be featured

The Walking Dead TV universe consists of the main series, six spinoffs, and several webisodes, mini-stories set in the same world. One of the spinoffs is featured in an anthology format, which allows many liberties to be taken regarding what stories can be told. Tales of the Walking Dead is a six-part series that tells a new story in each episode. Recently, TWD Chief Content Officer, Scott M. Gimple, stated, in an interview with The Direct, "I'm desperate to do more of those" episodes. This coul...
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Walking Dead's Cassady McClincy attends Handmaid's Tale premiere

Walking Dead's Cassady McClincy attended The Handmaid's Tale premiere on April 2 TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. She looked gorgeous as she walked the red carpet in a short pastel yellow dress featuring puffed sleeves with understated, yet elegant accessories including black high heeled sandals. The award-winning series, The Handmaid's Tale premiered its sixth and final season on Hulu on April 8. The series has received high praise and is an adaptation of the novel by Margaret Atwood. McClincy...
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Walking Dead's Greg Nicotero speaks at John Carpenter's Walk of Fame Ceremony

On April 3, 2025, genre-defining director, screenwriter, and composer John Carpenter was honored with the 2806th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Joining him on the red carpet were Kurt Russell, Keith David, and Walking Dead director and SFX guru Greg Nicotero. Carpenter began his long-running career with the low-budget horror film Halloween in 1978. The film surpassed all expectations and spawned a franchise that still continues today. Carpenter's s...
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AMC announces Shudder's unscripted horror-based competition Guts & Glory with The Walking Dead's Greg Nicotero

AMC's home of horror, Shudder, celebrates 10 years in April 2025. The streamer announced a new horror project in the works, Guts & Glory, a horror-based competition that originates from Award-winning special effects artist, director, and executive producer Greg Nicotero. The six-part series has been greenlit by Shudder with a debut set before the end of the year. Guts & Glory will be unlike any competition show before it, immersing players into a horror experience full of unexpected challenges....
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Lauren Cohan steps behind the camera as director in season 2 of The Walking Dead: Dead City

AMC will release the highly anticipated second season of The Walking Dead: Dead City on May 4. Fans are gearing up for an action-packed season that will see Maggie and Negan return to opposing sides in the battle for Manhattan. This season, Cohan, who has portrayed Maggie since season 2 of the flagship series, will step behind the camera to direct two episodes. Cohan will join an impressive list of TWDU cast members who previously directed episodes of the main series and its spinoffs. Michael Cu...
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Walking Dead's Josh McDermitt compares Eugene's look to his new role in Suits LA

Walking Dead fans' favorite scientist, Eugene Porter, sported a unique apocalyptic look during his run on the show. Actor Josh McDermitt portrayed Eugene and now stars in Suits LA., with a completely different appearance. The actor recently spoke with toofab about the change and other tidbits about his role. In early 2024, McDermitt was announced for the pilot episode of Suit L.A., a series that extends the Suits universe. He portrays Stuart Lane, who, 15 years prior, partnered with his old budd...
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Tim Allen's Shifting Gears renewed for season 2. Will Fear the Walking Dead actors return in the new season?

Deadline reports that ABC has renewed Tim Allen and Kat Dennings' latest sitcom, Shifting Gears, for a second season. The series pilot was the network's biggest new series launch in over six years. This is great news for fans of the show, which concluded its first season on a significant cliffhanger. Shifting Gears was created by Mike Scully and Julie Thacker Scully, known for their work on The Simpsons, who departed the project after the pilot. John Pasquin directed seven of the ten episodes, a...
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What character did Jon Bernthal portray in seasons 1 and 2 of The Walking Dead?

Actor Jon Bernthal is currently making headlines with the reprisal of his role as Frank Castle/The Punisher in the Disney+ series, Daredevil: Born Again. The actor will reprise another role in the upcoming movie, The Accountant 2, a sequel to the original film featuring Ben Affleck. Bernthal joined AMC's The Walking Dead in what would become his breakout role. He portrayed Shane Walsh, co-worker and best friend of Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln). The men worked as Sheriff Deputies for King County,...
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What happened in The Walking Dead: Dead City season 1 finale? What you need to know for season 2.

AMC will premiere season 2 of The Walking Dead: Dead City on May 4. The promotional videos for this season reveal lots of action and confrontations. Maggie and Negan return, this time on opposite sides, as many groups battle for control of Manhattan. The first season of Dead City opened TWDU to new areas of the United States. Set in post-apocalyptic Manhattan was quite a departure from the heavily wooded and rural setting of the main series. It was exciting to see NYC like never before. Many eve...
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Behind the scenes video looks at season 2 of The Walking Dead: Dead City

Fans of Maggie and Negan are counting down to the return of their spinoff, The Walking Dead: Dead City season 2, which will be released on AMC and AMC+ beginning May 4. The upcoming season's trailer shows lots of action, the return of many first-season characters, and some new faces. The new season of Dead City will see Maggie (Lauren Cohan) and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) on opposite sides in the fight for control of Manhattan. The Dama (Lisa Emery) was revealed to be the ring leader in charge...
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