Kutshanje yaziwa ukuba itshaneli ye-AMC igqibe ekubeni ivale uthotho lwaKhe "Abafileyo" ngo-2022, kodwa i-franchise ngokwayo iya kuqhubeka nokuphuhlisa. I-Norman Rids iya kuhlala ingomnye wabadlali bale saga, kuba iqhawe lakhe Daryl Dickson liya kufumana eyakhe i-spin-off kunye ne-carol pelette eyenziwa nguMelissa McBide. Kodwa kule, intsebenziswano engaphezulu ye-rocus ene-AMC ayizukulinganiselwa. Ngokutsho komhla wokugqibela, i-ACTOR iqukumbele isivumelwano nejelo egameni lenkampani enkulu yentloko.
Rhoqo, ngaphambi koko, eyaziwa kakhulu uthotho lweTV "kwiingcwele ezivela kwi-BUTDKA", yenza ukuba i-Debut Daryl Dixon ngo-2010, xa isiqendu sesithathu sexesha lokuqala elifileyo likhululwe kwi-ether. Ukukhumbula indlela eya kwenziwa kunye ne-AMC, uChiss uthe:
Kum, imbeko enkulu njengenxalenye yalo "yokuhamba efileyo". Lo mboniso utshintshe ubomi bam kunye nomsebenzi wam. Nabani na obandakanyekileyo kule projekthi uye waba yishumi leminyaka le ntsapho. Ndinombulelo ngothando nenkxaso enayo. Ndiyazi ukuba sisakwazi ukuxelela amabali amaninzi aya kubakholisa abaphulaphuli. Ulwalamano lukaDaryl kunye ne-carol luhlala lubiza kakhulu kum (uxolo, rick). Ndiyayithanda indlela abalinganiswa banxibelelana ngayo kunye namanqanaba ahlukeneyo kakhulu. Andinakulinda ukubona ukuba kuya kuhlala njani ikamva labo.
Ungcelele lweshumi "leshumi elifileyo uya kukhutshelwa ngo-Oktobha 4, emva kokuba kupheliswe ezinye iziqendu ezithandathu - i-Premiere yabo icwangciselwe ekuqaleni kuka-2021. Ukuveliswa kwexesha leshumi elinanye kuya kuqalisa malunga nexesha elinye.