The Walking Dead (season 11) – Wikipedia

Season of television series

Season of television series

The eleventh and final season of The Walking Dead, an American post-apocalyptic horror television series on AMC, premiered on August 22, 2021, and will consist of 24 episodes. Developed for television by Frank Darabont, the series is based on the eponymous series of comic books by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard. The executive producers are Kirkman, David Alpert, Scott M. Gimple, Angela Kang, Greg Nicotero, Joseph Incaprera, Denise Huth, and Gale Anne Hurd, with Kang as showrunner for her third and final season.

This season adapts material from issues #175193 of the comic book series and focuses on the group's encounter with the Commonwealth, a large network of communities that has advanced equipment and almost fifty thousand survivors living in their different settlements.

The eleventh season was announced on September 9, 2020, as the final season with Angela Kang serving as showrunner.[14] In July 2020, AMC announced that season 11 would not premiere in October 2020 as originally planned due to production delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[15]

In 2014, executive producer David Alpert said that the comics have given them enough ideas for Rick Grimes and company over the next seven years. "I happen to love working from source material, specifically because we have a pretty good idea of what season 10 is gonna be," Alpert said. He continued by saying: "We know where seasons 11 and 12 [will be]... we have benchmarks and milestones for those seasons if we're lucky enough to get there."[16] In September 2018, AMC CEO Josh Sapan further clarified Alpert's statement, saying the network plan on continuing The Walking Dead as a franchise for another 10 years, including new films and television series based on the original comic book series.[17]

AMC confirmed in September 2020 that the show would conclude with the eleventh season, covering 24 episodes over a two-year broadcast period, at the same time as announcing a spinoff series involving the characters of Daryl and Carol to start airing in 2023.[18]

In March 2020, it was reported that pre-production had been halted and that filming would be delayed three to four weeks also due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[19] Filming for the final season began in February 2021.[20] The series moved from shooting on 16 mm film to digital beginning with the six bonus episodes from season 10. This changed was prompted due to the COVID-19 pandemic and safety precautions with there being less "touch points" with digital than film. Showrunner Angela Kang stated they would use post-production techniques to maintain the look of the series.[21]

In October 2019, Lauren Cohan was confirmed to be returning to the series as Maggie, after being absent since early in the ninth season.[2] Cohan officially returned to the series near the end of the tenth season.[22] In July 2020, Margot Bingham was confirmed to reprise her role as Stephanie for this season; she previously appeared in season 10 in a voice-only role.[5] In March 2021, it was announced that Michael James Shaw had been cast in the series regular role of Mercer.[4] In addition, Jeffrey Dean Morgan's 11-year old son, Gus Morgan, will appear in the fifth episode as a featured walker.[23] In April 2021, Jacob Young was cast as Deaver in an undisclosed capacity.[24]

The season premiered on August 22, 2021 on AMC, and is set to contain 24 episodes that will be split into three eight-episode airing blocks, with the series concluding in 2022.[25] The season premiered a week early on AMC+ on August 15,[26] and each episode of the season will be made available a week before its broadcast date.[27] In the UK, the season debuted on August 23, 2021, on Disney+ via its Star hub.[28]

The eleventh season, based on the first two episodes, has received generally positive reviews. Paul Dailly of TV Fanatic gave it 4.5/5 stars and called the first two episodes "dark, filled with stakes and nail-biting moments".[29] Erik Kain of Forbes gave the two-part premiere a positive review and considered them "a pretty damn impressive introduction to Season 11" and that they have them "excited for what's to come."[30] Kirsten Acuna of Insider wrote a slightly less positive review, stating that the episodes are "decent" and "satisfying, but it doesn't feel like a big-budget premiere" that they were hoping for.[31]

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