Muva nje kwaziwa ukuthi isiteshi se-AMC sinqume ukuvala uchungechunge lwakhe "ophilayo ohamba" ngo-2022, kodwa i-franchise ngokwayo izoqhubeka nokukhula ngenkuthalo. UNorman Rudus uzohlala emunye wabalingisi bale saga, ngoba iqhawe lakhe uDaryl Dickson uzothola i-spin-off yakhe ndawonye ne-carol pelette eyenziwe nguMelissa McBride. Kepha kulokhu, ukusebenzisana okwengeziwe kokukhuphuka nge-AMC ngeke kukhawulelwe. Ngokusho kohlelo lomnqamulajuqu, umlingisi waphetha inkontileka nesiteshi egameni lenkampani enkulu yekhanda lekhanda lekhanda.
U-Rudus, ngaphambi kwalokhu, owaziwa ngochungechunge lwe-TV "Olusuka eBunoka", wenza i-juxol dixon ngonyaka ka-2010, lapho isiqephu sesithathu sesikhathi sokuqala sokufika sabafileyo sakhishwa ku-Ether. Ukukhumbula indlela eyenziwe kanye ne-AMC, kusho uRidus:
Kimi, udumo oluhle kakhulu ukuba yingxenye "yokuhamba efile". Lo mbukiso washintsha impilo yami nomsebenzi wami. Noma ngubani obandakanyeka kulo msebenzi usuphenduke iminyaka eyishumi kulo mndeni. Ngibonga uthando nokusekelwa i-AMC enakho. Ngiyazi ukuthi sisakwazi ukutshela izindaba eziningi ezizojabulisa izilaleli. Ubuhlobo be-Daryl ne-carol bekulokhu kubiza kakhulu kimi (ngiyaxolisa, Rick). Ngiyathanda ukuthi laba balingisi bahlangana kanjani nomunye emazingeni ahlukene kakhulu. Angikwazi ukulinda ukubona ukuthi ikusasa labo lizohlala kanjani.
Uchungechunge lokugcina lwesizini yeshumi yokuqala "Ukuhamba Dead" kuzokhishwa ngo-Okthoba 4, ngemuva kwalokho kuzosuswa iziqephu ezengeziwe eziyisithupha zokunye - i-Premiere yazo ihlelelwe ekuqaleni kuka-2021. Ukukhiqizwa kwesizini eseleshumi nanye kuzoqala cishe ngasikhathi sinye.