These agreements are said to be specific to these three series, rather than a blanket agreement between the company and the guild. AMC Networks, which produces the series through AMC Studios, confirmed the similarities with Deadline, but declined to comment further.
AMC Networks is what is known as an authorized company with respect to the AMPTP, but is not among the studios involved in the negotiations.
The three-series agreement unveiled on Thursday is the most significant television project to have such an agreement since the actors walked out. Other series on the interim agreement list include Apple TV+'s religious series The Chosen, Tehran, which was signed for its international character, and Hal and Harper, an indie series from Cha Cha Real Smooth filmmaker and actor Cooper Raiff starring Lili Reinhart and Mark Ruffalo in the lead roles.
Deadline understands that Interview with the Vampire will film its second season in Prague, while The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon will film its second season in Europe. The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, which sees Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira reprise their roles as Rick and Michonne, still has work to do in post-production, including ADR.
Kristin Dolan, CEO of AMC Networks, said earlier this month that the writers' and actors' strikes would not threaten the company's program offerings 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 series that will allow us to continue serving our viewers across all of our platforms for the remainder of this year and well into 2024,” she said during the second quarter earnings call. Company.
The first season of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon begins on Sunday, September 10. Norman Reedus stars after his character is washed up in France and struggles to figure out how he got there and why. The series follows his journey through a broken but resilient France in the hopes of finding a way back home. During his journey, the connections he gains along the way complicate his ultimate plan.
In addition to Reedus, Clémence Poésy, Adam Nagaitis, Anne Charrier, Eriq Ebouaney, Laika Blanc Francard, Romain Levi and Louis Puech Scigliuzzi also star in the series. The series is produced by Scott M. Gimple, showrunner David Zabel, Reedus, Greg Nicotero, Angela Kang, Brian Bockrath and Daniel Percival.
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon is the fifth spin-off in the TWD universe and consists of six episodes.
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live closes the storylines for the characters Rick Grimes and Michonne. The series presents an epic love story of two characters changed by a changed world. Held apart by distance, an unstoppable force and the ghosts of who they were. Rick and Michonne are thrown into another world, built on a war against the dead... and ultimately a war against the living. Can they find each other and who they were in a place and situation they've never known before? Are they enemies? Loved ones? Victims? Are they still alive without each other - or will they discover that they too are the Walking Dead?
The spin-off premieres in 2024.
Gimple, Chief Content Officer of The Walking Dead Universe, serves as showrunner and executive producer alongside Lincoln, Gurira, Denise Huth and Bockrath.
Meanwhile, Interview with the Vampire started production on its second season in July.
Rolin Jones' gothic horror series has been filmed mostly in Prague since April. The British star Assad Zaman, Jacob Anderson and Delainey Hayles, the Australian Sam Reid and Americans like Eric Bogosian.
The series is based on Anne Rice's 1976 novel, which was made into a 1994 film by Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. The series follows the vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac (Anderson) as he recounts his life with his creator Lestat de Lioncourt and teenage vampire Claudia to veteran journalist Daniel Molloy, accompanied by the ancient vampire Armand.
The series was renewed before its premiere in October last year. Gran Via Productions, Dwight Street Book Club and AMC Studios are the producers.
