The Walking Dead will return to AMC with its seventh season next month, and the AMC president sees a long future beyond season seven for the zombie drama.
Josh Sapan spoke about the future of the series at an event on Wednesday, and he thinks that The Walking Dead “has incredible long life left in it.” In fact, he thinks that The Walking Dead franchise, which includes Fear the Walking Dead, could be seen for many years to come.
Sapan went on to compare The Walking Dead to another popular franchise, Star Trek. That franchise will return with a new series next year.
Sapan said the following, according to The Wrap:
“[‘Star Trek’] came and went three times. We do think that we have a franchise [in ‘The Walking Dead’ and ‘Fear the Walking Dead’] that is one of the rare franchises that you occasionally come across in what we do for a living.”
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2 Comments on "The Walking Dead: AMC Prez Likens Series to Star Trek"
Their may be some similarities between both shows. Star Trek was , no doubt, a stand alone series. Very little competition, yet they maintained quality story’s throughout series. I’m not a fan of FTWD. Really don’t see apeal. You have major characters, their story, and o yeah, the walkers, I’ve got that already. Keep TWD going with good writing. Maintain the cast as best as story allows, and when time comes, several years from now, a quality finish.