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‘Isle Of The Dead’ Spinoff Series Wraps Pilot Episode

by Thomas Tuna
written by Thomas Tuna

The zombies have officially swarmed into Manhattan.

Isle of the Dead–the Big Apple-based spinoff of The Walking Dead–this week wrapped production on its pilot episode, according to a report on comicbook.com.

The six-episode first season–starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan as rivals Negan and Maggie–is set in a ruined, crumbling New York City “10 years-plus into the apocalypse,” according to executive producer Scott M. Gimple.

“It is chaotic,” Gimple added. “It has its own cultures–its own warring factions. It’s a madhouse and Maggie and Negan enter it and get swept up in it.”

Cohan said she can’t wait for fans to see the show. “I’d love to give you all kinds of spoilers, but we can’t be doing that,” she said. “But stuff has obviously happened for Maggie and Negan, for these two people in conflict. Suffice to say, it’s thrilling.”

The show–led  by showrunner Eli Jorne–is set to premiere on AMC and AMC+ sometime next year. Loren Yaconelli directed the pilot episode from a script by Jorne.

Keep reading Horror News Network for the next update on Isle of the Dead on AMC.

 

Thomas A. Tuna is a comic book veteran who began his writing career back in the ’70s with Charlton Comics, contributing to such horror titles as Ghost Manor, Haunted, The Many Ghosts of Dr. Graves and Ghostly Haunts. Most recently, he has served as a writer and editor (with more than a smattering of horror yarns) for such comic book websites as Hyper Epics and Red Moon Features. Some of his favorite horror flicks include Jaws, Salem’s Lot, Dracula (with Frank Langella) and Blade. His favorite horror comic books? Tomb of Dracula (by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan) and Swamp Thing (by Len Wein and Berni Wrightson).

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