"It was a way of leaving without leaving": Lennie James talks about Morgan's crossover into 'Fear the Walking Dead'
The ninth season of AMC's post-apocalyptic horror television series, 'The Walking Dead,' will premiere on October 7 this coming month, though the event is likely to be a bittersweet one for most fans. Andrew Lincoln, who has led the flagship show for its first eight seasons as the ever-reliable Rick Grimes, has announced he will be departing after this season's conclusion, leaving many pondering who will replace him as the moral compass, as well as the series' general direction.
Lincoln's exit is just one of many changes, however, with 'The Walking Dead' also getting a new showrunner in Angela Kang after former head honcho Scott Gimple took on the role of Chief Content Officer to oversee the entire Walking Dead TV Universe.
That universe also happens to be home to 'Fear the Walking Dead.' Once very much the side act, the spinoff has come to its own in its fourth season, with critic Charlie Mason writing that "it's gone from being an adequate stopgap between seasons of 'The Walking Dead' to a show that's as good or arguably even better than the one from which it was spun off."