‘TWD’ chief explains why Carol and Daryl are getting their own spinoff and teases even more ‘Walking Dead’ shows are in the works

• “TWD” fan favorites Carol and Daryl are getting their own spinoff show in 2023.
• Chief operating officer of “TWD” universe Scott Gimple told Insider he and current “Walking Dead” showrunner Angela Kang have been working on it for awhile.
• He said they had ideas for “TWD” to continue after its 11th season. Some of those ideas may lend themselves to the yet-untitled Carol/Dayl show, which sounds like a “TWD” sequel.
• Gimple also teased that they are considering even more “TWD” shows.
• “There’s ideas that we are working on right now,” Gimple said.
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“The Walking Dead” fan favorites Carol and Daryl are going to get their own spinoff after the main show ends in 2022.

Apparently, it’s something “TWD” showrunner Angela Kang has been mulling over for some time. 

“Angela and I have been working on a story for awhile and there’s just a very super interesting story there,” chief content officer of “TWD” universe Scott Gimple told Insider when asked why the two were singled out to get their own “TWD” spinoff.

In early September, AMC announced “The Walking Dead” will come to an end after an extended 11th season.

The remaining 30 episodes — spread across bonus season 10 episodes and season 11 — will essentially give fans almost two final seasons of content instead of one. (A typical season of “TWD” is 16 episodes.).

Gimple said they had ideas of where the story could have continued to go if AMC didn't announce its conclusion. Daryl and Carol's adventure may continue to play with some of those concepts. Kang will move from running the flagship series to serving as showrunner of the yet-untitled 2023 Carol/Daryl spinoff.

"There are ways the story, of course, was going to continue to keep going," Gimple said of the main "Walking Dead" show. "But it is going to continue to keep going with Daryl and Carol. It's going to be a different show with a different tone, but the story of that corner of 'The Walking Dead,' in some ways, it continues to go through them."

In addition to a Carol and Daryl spinoff, AMC also announced an anthology series, "Tales of the Walking Dead." The planned fourth "TWD" spinoff will feature "individual episodes or arcs of episodes focused on new and existing characters, backstories, or other stand-alone experiences." 

The hope is for the show to feature previous characters along with current cast members. Gimple hinted that series may also continue some stories from the main "TWD" series as a sequel of sorts. 

"For 'Tales of the Walking Dead,' we very much might continue on with characters from the show, the mothership show, intermittently," Gimple said of the fourth spinoff. "We're going to fulfill that big board of stories that we want to tackle. In some ways, it'll be a little differently than perhaps initially planned, but potentially much richer."

Gimple hinted they're working on ideas for even more "Walking Dead" shows down the line in addition to "Tales" and the Carol/Daryl series. 

"I think there'll be others. I hope there'll be others," Gimple said of potential shows after "TWD" ends in 2022. "There's ideas that we are working on right now. So, [Carol/Daryl], that's the first one we're doing, but we have a really cool idea around it that very much relates to this story that we're going to be telling over the next 30 episodes."

There may have already been some hints about what the spinoff might entail. You may want to pay specific attention during the upcoming "TWD" finale on October 4.

"There's some seeds being planted, I would say," Gimple teased.

"The Walking Dead" season 10 finale airs on AMC on Sunday, October 4 at 9 p.m. It will be followed by the premiere of the franchise's third spinoff, "TWD: World Beyond." You can follow along with our "Walking Dead" coverage here.