We just might see Michael Cudlitz back as Abraham Ford one last time inThe Walking Deadmovies. Between seasons 4 and 7 of the long-running zombie drama, Cudlitz brought the fan favorite character to life, serving as one of the show’s most popular personalities during his run. His character came to his bloody end when Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s Negan beat him to death with a barbwire-covered bat alongside fellow fan favorite Glenn Rhee (Steven Yeun).
Michael Cudlitzhas since moved on to star in the new CBS seriesClarice, but there’s a good chance we’ll see more ofAbraham Fordin the future. It has been speculated that Ford might show up in the anthology spinoff seriesTales of the Walking Dead, which focuses on a different story in each episode. Speaking withComicBook.comthis week, Cudlitz clarified that there have indeed been talks about Abraham’s return, but it’s more likely to happen in the planned movie series.
“We have absolutely talked about that. I think Scott Gimple actually leaked something about that. And it’s not the [same as] theNeganthing, those are character-centric episodes. And what they’re talking about doing, from my understanding, what they’re talking about doing with Abraham is, he would be part of one of the films, to the movies, the little bit of a longer format. Again, who knows. Nothing is 100%. But it absolutely has been discussed. And not just as a wishlist from my side. It’s been discussed by the people that actually make it happen.”
Because nothing is yet set in stone, it’s not clear if Abraham would take center stage as a main character in aWalking Deadmovie, or if he’d play a supporting role in the way he had on the original TV series. What we do know is that at least oneWalking Deadmovie is in the works with Andrew Lincoln set to reprise the role ofRick Grimesto give the character’s story proper closure after he departed the TV show in season 9.
It had previously been reported that Scott Gimple and theWalking Deadteam were planning a trilogy of movies based on the franchise. Because of the pandemic of 2020, those plans have stalled, but even with the gears turning rather slowly, there are still plans to get the movie series off the ground.
“We’re following the same general plan but movies take a little longer and we’re playing with it in all sorts of directions,” Gimple toldColliderin October. “And then, the pandemic happened, which gave us the opportunity or the necessity to do that We’re still doing that. Andrew [Lincoln] is super involved. [Robert Kirkman] is super involved. It really is proceeding. It’s just that current circumstances have given us a little extra time that we seem to need anyways. We really want to do it right.”
In the meantime, season 10 ofThe Walking Deadreturns to AMC this weekend with the eleventh and final season premiering later this year.Fear the Walking Deadalso returns in April for season 6. This news comes to us fromComicBook.com.
