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5 days ago
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- Yahoo
'The Walking Dead' stars Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride name the lost characters they'd love to reunite with
"Can they be dead?" Reedus asked while assembling his "TWD" all-star team at EW's Comic-Con studio. Step aside, Nick Fury: Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride are ready to assemble their own Avengers-style team of expert zombie hunters. The stars of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon stopped by Entertainment Weekly's Comic-Con video studio Saturday to discuss the forthcoming third season of the apocalyptic spinoff series. The duo drew on their considerable experience in the expanded Walking Dead universe when asked by EW Editor-in-Chief Patrick Gomez which characters from the franchise's present and past they would enlist for an ultimate all-star team. "Can they be dead?" Reedus asks, with a wry smile and ideas percolating behind his eyes. "I would have Hershel be the brains behind it, he's way up here, telling us what to do," Reedus offers as his first pick. Scott Wilson played the wise farmer and former veterinarian Hershel Greene from seasons 2-4 of the flagship series, and reprised his role in a season 5 flashback. Hershel was a beacon of reason and clearheaded judgement, tempering some of the more erratic tempers of the group led by Andrew Lincoln's Rick Grimes. The intrepid Rick is Reedus' second pick, and Reedus is tapping perhaps the most beloved TWD character for his third: "I'd bring back Michonne." Danai Gurari joined the core cast of the original series as the silent but deadly Michonne in season 3, and while she and Rick both survived the full odyssey of the series' 11-season run, Hershel sadly didn't make it. For his final pick, Reedus tentatively asks, "Can I say Rooker? Rooker is the wild card. He's the tornado of the group." Veteran character actor Michael Rooker played Merle Dixon, the brother of Reedus' Daryl, across the first three seasons of TWD. A violent and unpredictable bigot, Merle both perpetrates some of the early seasons' biggest betrayals and submits himself to its biggest (ill-fated) redemption arc. Like Hershel, Merle would have to be reanimated (and perhaps dezombified?) to join Reedus and McBride's Walking Dead Avengers. McBride cosigns the idea of enlisting Merle, calling the character "the one who can go in first to clear the path. Like, 'You go first, clear the path, and then come back — and if you don't come back, we don't go."Since the 2010 premiere of The Walking Dead, the survival horror series adapted by Frank Darabont from the comic series by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Tony Moore has spawned six spinoffs, with new episodes now only coming from two: The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon and The Walking Dead: Dead City. Last year, Walking Dead franchise executive producer Scott M. Gimple, who joined Reedus and McBride in EW's Comic-Con studio this year along with Daryl Dixon executive producer David Zabel, told EW it was his "fervent hope" to be able to reunite characters from across the extended franchise. "We don't have the imminent plan right now," he explained, but insisted that a "foundation has been laid and I really would like to, but it depends on so many factors coming together. So I really hope to, and in my mind I'm planning for it, but along the way you can't count on anything." The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon will officially come to an end after its fourth season, leaving Dead City as the last standing spinoff. If Gimple has his eyes on a seventh entry in this twisted saga, perhaps it could finally feature the team-up of fans' the original article on Entertainment Weekly
CNN
19-07-2025
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- CNN
Hollywood Minute: SpongeBob SquarePants' next appearance is in the mail
The USPS to sell SpongeBob stamps, Danai Gurira joins Michael B. Jordan's reimagining of 'The Thomas Crown Affair,' and 'This Is Spinal Tap' rocks on. David Daniel reports.
Geek Tyrant
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
THE WALKING DEAD's Scott Gimple Says Don't Count on THE ONES WHO LIVE Season 2, but That Doesn't Mean It's Over — GeekTyrant
With The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon already on its second season and Dead City set to return in May, fans have been wondering about the future of The Ones Who Live . The limited series brought back Rick and Michonne for a long-awaited reunion, but is there more to their story? So far, AMC hasn't announced a renewal, and based on recent comments from The Walking Dead 's chief content officer Scott Gimple, it sounds like we shouldn't expect one. He said: "I mean, the plan was to keep it limited.' Reinforcing the idea that The Ones Who Live was always meant to be a one-off. But that doesn't necessarily mean we've seen the last of Rick and Michonne. He added: "Not necessarily never to see those characters again, but to keep it limited. But I always say, you never know." The series, starring Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira, follows Rick and Michonne years after they were separated in the main show. Rick, a reluctant prisoner of the Civic Republic Military, is finally reunited with Michonne, and together, they take on the CRM's questionable plans for rebuilding civilization. Gimple, however, isn't shutting the door completely. "There's so many... I've been very careful to not say, 'Oh, that'll never happen,' because it does. "So you know, there are possibilities. And there's possibilities of all sorts of strange iterations of shows with those characters and with other characters. So you know, I think it's entirely possible." Lincoln also previoiusly weighed in on the possibility of reprising the role of Rick again at some point in the future, saying: "This, for me, felt that we could comfortably say that that's done.' He continued: 'That's a reunion; that's the perfect iteration of a story that I thought wasn't gonna happen for a time, and then Danai and Scott both said, 'We need to reunite, we've got to do an epic love story.' "I went, 'That's a great idea – and let's tell the story of the CRM and do what the grown-ups have been doing' and maybe some filling in, because I love all of that.' He went on to say that he's not counting out a possible return: "I'm a bit of a geek for all of the mythology and what's going on, what's been happening. So the short answer is never say never. 'Because if there's a good enough place to put Rick in, that we haven't seen before, there are characters out in the universe that I would love to act with again. But it has to be a really, really, really good story." We'll just have to wait and see how things continue to play out in the franchise. While The Ones Who Live might not get a second season, it sounds like this isn't the last time we'll see Rick and Michonne in action. Source: The Direct
Time of India
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Danai Gurira joins Michael B Jordan in 'The Thomas Crown Affair' remake
Danai Gurira is reuniting with her 'Black Panther' co-star Michael B. Jordan in the remake of the 1999 romantic heist film, 'The Thomas Crown Affair'. Danai Gurira is reuniting with her 'Black Panther' co-star Michael B Jordan in the remake of the 1999 romantic heist film, 'The Thomas Crown Affair'. Jordan is not only starring in the romantic heist thriller but also directing and producing it. Production begins in London on Monday, and the project has just added Academy Award winner Kenneth Branagh and Academy Award nominee Lily Gladstone to its cast. Taylor Russell is also in the cast, according to The Hollywood Reporter. 'The Thomas Crown Affair' is a 1999 romantic heist film directed by John McTiernan and written by Leslie Dixon and Kurt Wimmer. It is a remake of the 1968 film. Starring Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo, and Denis Leary, it follows Thomas Crown, a billionaire who steals a painting from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and is pursued by an insurance investigator, with the two falling in love. Jordan is playing the billionaire with the art-loving sticky fingers, while Russell is the suave private detective. Character details for Gladstone and Branagh are being kept under the umbrella, as per the outlet. Amazon MGM has set a March 5, 2027, theatrical release for the romantic thriller. Drew Pearce wrote the script for Thomas Crown after a previous draft written by Wes Tooke and Justin Britt-Gibson, which was based on the original film. Patrick McCormick and Marc Toberoff of Toberoff Productions will also serve as producers. Alan Trustman is an executive producer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Gurira is best known for playing Wakandan general and master warrior Okoye in Marvel's Black Panther and Avengers movies. The actress will next be seen in Apple TV+'s upcoming film Matchbox.
Mint
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Mint
Danai Gurira joins Michael B Jordan in The Thomas Crown Affair remake
ANI Published 8 Jul 2025, 06:27 PM IST Washington DC [US], July 8 (ANI): Danai Gurira is reuniting with her 'Black Panther' co-star Michael B Jordan in the remake of the 1999 romantic heist film, 'The Thomas Crown Affair'. Jordan is not only starring in the romantic heist thriller but also directing and producing it. Production begins in London on Monday, and the project has just added Academy Award winner Kenneth Branagh and Academy Award nominee Lily Gladstone to its cast. Taylor Russell is also in the cast, according to The Hollywood Reporter. 'The Thomas Crown Affair' is a 1999 romantic heist film directed by John McTiernan and written by Leslie Dixon and Kurt Wimmer. It is a remake of the 1968 film. Starring Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo, and Denis Leary, it follows Thomas Crown, a billionaire who steals a painting from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and is pursued by an insurance investigator, with the two falling in is playing the billionaire with the art-loving sticky fingers, while Russell is the suave private detective. Character details for Gladstone and Branagh are being kept under the umbrella, as per the outlet. Amazon MGM has set a March 5, 2027, theatrical release for the romantic thriller. Drew Pearce wrote the script for Thomas Crown after a previous draft written by Wes Tooke and Justin Britt-Gibson, which was based on the original film. Patrick McCormick and Marc Toberoff of Toberoff Productions will also serve as producers. Alan Trustman is an executive producer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Gurira is best known for playing Wakandan general and master warrior Okoye in Marvel's Black Panther and Avengers movies. The actress will next be seen in Apple TV 's upcoming film Matchbox. (ANI)
