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    Hollywood is facing serious franchise fatigue. How 'The Walking Dead' bucked the trend

    LOS ANGELES — Love means never having to say you're sorry — even if you're a katana-wielding survivor of the zombie apocalypse desperately searching for your kidnapped husband. That sentiment is the beating heart of "The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live," the latest entry in AMC's "The Walking Dead" franchise. Although there is plenty of the gnarly gore that was a trademark of the original ...
    by Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times Mar 15, 2024 5 minutes
    Danai Gurira, left, and Andrew Lincoln in "The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live."

    LOS ANGELES — Love means never having to say you're sorry — even if you're a katana-wielding survivor of the zombie apocalypse desperately searching for your kidnapped husband.

    That sentiment is the beating heart of "The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live," the latest entry in AMC's "The Walking Dead" franchise. Although there is plenty of the gnarly gore that was a trademark of the original series, which premiered in 2010, the new spinoff's main focus is the more intimate romance between Sheriff Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and the fierce warrior Michonne (Danai Gurira).

    The return of "Richonne" is the event that "The Walking Dead" faithful have been craving since Lincoln left the series in 2018, followed by Gurira in 2020. While "The Walking Dead" remained a solid performer for the, the absence of the two beloved characters was among the factors that caused a chunk of the audience that had made "The Walking Dead" a pop-culture phenomenon to drift away in its later seasons.

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