Did someone say space zombies? The Walking Dead Universe has been on a world tour in recent years, visiting everywhere from Greenland to France, and soon England and Spain. Where’s the next stop? Well, if long-time director Michael Satrazemis had his way, the franchise would enter orbit.
The Walking Dead may have reached its conclusion in 2022, but the franchise continues to grow and develop through a number of exciting spinoff projects. For instance, there’s Daryl Dixon, which follows the titular character (played by Norman Reedus) on his adventures in France. The series will return for its third season later this year, taking both Daryl and Carol (Melissa McBride) to uncharted territory, such as England and Spain.
And then, of course, there’s Dead City, which follows Maggie (Lauran Cohan) and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) as they find themselves entangled in the politics and threats that within New York City.
When it comes to Walking Dead spinoffs, nothing is off the table. Franchise overseer Scott Gimple has previously hinted at all sorts of ideas, from a series set in Asia, to a Walking Dead comedy. While those ones feel entirely plausible, during our recent interview with long-time Walking Dead director Michael Satrazemis, he pondered a very left-field idea.
“We haven’t gone to space yet. I’d really love to give that a try,” he teased. “As for cast, I think we’ll have to see who can handle the G-force centrifuge training.”
With Earth dying, humanity would look to the stars. There’s a cool spinoff there somewhere. However, the current crafts orbiting our planet would be no hope. It’s unlikely that the International Space Station would still be orbiting the Earth in the current timeline of the series. Without reboots, the station would likely de-orbit and burn up within a couple of years. Plus, how would the zombies even get up there?
Or perhaps, more realistically, the proposed spinoff could chronicle the origins of the zombie virus. Creator Robert Kirkman has previously hinted on social media that the virus originated through “space spore.”
The logistics of such a series are for the writers to consider. We’ll have fun visualising how much fun zero-gravity zombies would be. You can read our full interview with Michael Satrazemis here.
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