Lauren Cohan Will Be Back For Season 9 Of The Walking Dead

Entertainment Weekly reports that during CinemaCon in Los Angeles, Lauren Cohan revealed that she will return to play Maggie in season nine of AMC’s The Walking Dead. The season begins filming next week. Cohan had reportedly been holding out on signing a contract to get a better deal, and she joined the ABC pilot Whiskey Cavalier. This led some to believe that Maggie’s days on the show were numbered.

She said: “I’m going back. There’s a lot more Maggie story to tell. You know we’re not allowed to tell you anything, but it’s good.”

It’s unknown how her ABC show will affect The Walking Dead. She will have at least two months to film the AMC series before Whiskey would begin filming, more if it is a midseason pickup. However, that is assuming that ABC decides to order it to series at all. If they don’t move forward, then she would have her schedule cleared up to be Maggie full-time again.