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Walking Dead Showrunner Promises Big Role For Michonne In Her Final Season
Michonne’s time on The Walking Dead is numbered, but she won’t be getting sidelined on her way out. Showrunner Angela Kang spoke with Deadline for an interview following the season nine finale and said that she has big plans for Danai Gurira’s character. Gurira was announced as leaving the show in season ten.
Asked about how she plans to weave Michonne into next year with her deminished episode count, Kang said, “Well, we are going to be doing some creative things with the order in which we write and shoot things so that she’s sort of woven in a little bit. With Black Panther, Avengers and plays of her own and everything, I think Danai obviously is having an amazing career moment. She’s like an international treasure. So we’ve kind of known that she would have a reduced role this coming season. We’re excited to tell a nice, meaty story with her for Season 10 regardless, I can tell you. I’m also so thrilled with all the great attention she’s gotten for the work she’s done on the show this year. Danai is not only an amazing athlete and warrior on the show, but she’s such an incredible dramatic actress too in my opinion.”
Kang also confirmed that Michonne “will be a significant part of Season 10.”
The Walking Dead will likely return for its tenth season later this year around the fall.