It was announced by AMC that they are releasing a new Walking Dead spinoff show in 2022 called “Tales of The Walking Dead”. It is about any character from The Walking Dead universe, dead or alive, for a one off episode. The character highlighted in the show could also be a character that we have never seen before in the show. It is also not just limited to characters from the main show. We could also see characters from Fear the Walking Dead or World Beyond. The first season of this show is only six episodes long. This is why I only picked six characters I wanted to see in the new spinoff show. As time progresses, I will write more articles about more characters that I want to see, maybe even characters that are from the other two shows, since all the characters I am writing about is all from the main show.
Glenn Rhee
Everyone’s favorite pizza delivery boy and the most badass death in the comic book… One of my favorite characters in The Walking Dead universe. This one might be the most tricky that I have listed because AMC and Steven Yeun do not have a great relationship at this time. This could be fixed since they still use Glenn’s name in the show a lot and do not forget about him. I want to see him before the apocalypse and how he met Shane/the best of the group. It could end off with him seeing Rick inside of the tank and him telling him “dumbass”.
Abraham Ford
Abraham might be the easiest character to get for this show because of Michael Cudlitz being a director on the main show for a few seasons. He always is coming back to direct a few episodes here or there. He was also in a flashback episode in season 8 and many people thought he was going to be the Fear character that was from the original show, but it turned out to be Morgan. Abraham is one of the most popular characters and this could definitely work. AMC could either go the route of what Abraham did before Eugene seeing him almost killing himself or Abraham, Eugene, and Rosita’s trip to DC until they ultimately met up with Glenn and Tara.
Shane Walsh
Shane was the best early character and it is not even close. Shane returned in season 9 in Rick’s last episode so you know Jon Bernthal is down to comeback for a Walking Dead episode. We can see how Shane protected Lori and Carl before Rick showed up in season 1 episode 3. We can see the reunion of Lori on the show too but obviously have to recast a new Carl Grimes. We can also see the shift of Lori and Shane being friends to being romantically involved. This is on the top of my list of a character I want to see. This definitely could work and might be the first episode on “Tales of The Walking Dead”.
Morgan Jones
Morgan is as original as you can get. Except for Rick, he’s been around since the beginning. He has been on the main show and Fear The Walking Dead. I want to see what happened when Rick and Morgan separated after Rick gave him the guns in episode 1. Rick said that he would try to call him on the radio everyday at dawn but Rick got busy, so he didn’t do it as often as he should. Morgan returned in season 3 and went off the deep end and told Rick everything that happened to him. He couldn’t shoot his “walker wife” and as a result, Duane died. We can finally get closure on if Duane is really dead because a lot of people do not believe he is since we did not see the death on screen… It gets hairy, since Duane is a lot older and a lot of people (including me) do not like a recast of a character. However, if they have to do it to make this episode work, I am all for it. I want to see what Morgan and Duane was up to during season 1-3.
Negan Smith
Everyone’s favorite antagonist that turned into one of the top protagonist characters that we have on The Walking Dead today. We are first introduced to him in season 6/7 when he killed Glenn and Abraham and he lifted off ever since. He is one of the most popular characters they have and the key to The Walking Dead’s survival. Everyone wanted a Negan backstory episode, which we got in season 10, but I want to see more. We saw in “Here’s Negan” who Lucille was, how he got the bat, and how he met Laura. I want to see what happens after that because it just ended with Negan killing the character in a bar with “Lucille” and it fading to black. I want to see how Negan started up the Saviors. I know Laura was in the Saviors so I want to see how he convinced her to go along with him. You can also bring in characters like Simon and Dwight to see the rise of the Saviors and how long they were around for before Rick and company got to meet them. You can also even throw in Morales, since he returned by being a Savior in season 8, after disappearing after season 1.
King Ezekiel
This might be a lot because this is why Shiva was killed in the first place, but I think the budget will allow for a CGI tiger one last time. We all know that Ezekiel was a zoo keeper before the apocalypse and how he got Shiva in the first place. I want to see how this relationship happened. Shiva was an important character in season 7. If AMC does not want to go down this road, we can also see how Ezekiel made the Kingdom and brought it up to where it is today. I want to see how he shifted his name from Ezekiel to King Ezekiel. If they want to do this, they can bring in fan favorite, Jerry, with how they met and what happened going forward.