As the writers and actors continue to strike, AMC Networks just scored a major win, with a new deal with SAG-AFTRA allowing two The Walking Dead and Interview With the Vampire spin-offs to resume production.
AMC Networks has reached interim deals for The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live and Interview With the Vampire, allowing all three shows to be picked up again, via deadline.
The agreements are said to be specific to just those three shows, not a “general agreement” that covers every show on AMC Networks.
AMC Networks did confirm the agreements to Deadline, but did not disclose further details.
Although numerous interim agreements have been signed since the SAG-AFTRA strike on July 14, these agreements are the largest to date.
Summary: As the writers and actors continue to go on strike, AMC Networks just scored a major win, with a new deal with SAG-AFTRA allowing two The Walking Dead and Interview With the Vampire spin-offs to resume production
Interim: AMC Networks has reached interim deals for The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live and Interview With the Vampire, allowing all three shows to be picked up again, via Deadline
Specific: The agreements would be specific to just those three shows, not every show on AMC Networks.
Other shows that have signed agreements include the faith-based indie series The Chosen, Apple TV Plus’ Tehran, and the indie series Hal & Harper starring Mark Ruffalo and Lili Reinhart.
Tehran is believed to have signed an agreement due to the international nature of the production, which may have been a factor in The Walking Dead and Interview With the Vampire deals.
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon will film its second season in Europe, while The Ones Who Live, which features Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira reprising their roles as Rick and Michonne, will complete post-production work, including Extra Dialogue Recording (ADR).
As for the rest of the shows under the AMC Networks umbrella, CEO Kristin Dolan hinted that their production pipeline wouldn’t be affected by the strike until “well into 2024.”
“We greatly appreciate the work of our creative partners and hope that these disputes can be resolved as quickly and fairly as possible,” Dolan said.
“In the short term, the reality for AMC Networks is that we have a pipeline of completed shows that will allow us to continue serving our viewers across all of our platforms through the remainder of this year and well into 2024,” she said. the company’s second quarter earnings.
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon launches its first season on September 10, starring Norman Reedus as the title character.
Season Two: The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon will film its second season in Europe, while The Ones Who Live, with Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira reprising their roles as Rick and Michonne, will complete post-production work, including additional dialogue recording (ADR)
International: Tehran is believed to have signed an agreement due to the international nature of the production, which may have been a factor in The Walking Dead and Interview With the Vampire deals
First: The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon launches its first season on September 10, starring Norman Reedus as the title character
The story follows the crossbow-wielding survivor as he washes up in France and struggles to figure out how and why he got there.
The series follows his journey through a broken but resilient France as he hopes to find a way back home. As he makes the journey, the connections he forms along the way complicate his ultimate plan,” the show’s description reads.
The six-episode series also stars Clémence Poésy, Adam Nagaitis, Anne Charrier, Eriq Ebouaney, Laika Blanc Francard, Romain Levi and Louis Puech Scigliuzzi, with Scott M. Gimple, showrunner David Zabel, Reedus, Greg Nicotero, Angela Kang, Brian Bockrath and Daniel Percival as executive producers.
Interview with the Vampire halted production on Season 2 in July, having begun starring in April in Prague Assad Zaman, Jacob Anderson and Delainey Hayles, Sam Reid and Eric Bogosian, with AMC already renewing it for Season 2.