The song and dance spectacular could make its way to screen in season 2.
But the faces are not the only things that are new.
Want some comedy?Taleshas it!
Olivia Munn and Terry Crews on ‘Tales of the Walking Dead’.Curtis Bonds Baker/AMC
Curious to see other supernatural elements at play?
Hold on, did she just saymusical episode?
Because I think she did.
Jillian Bell and Parker Posey on ‘Tales of the Walking Dead’.Curtis Bonds Baker/AMC
We want to surprise people every week with what they will be getting."
“It’s written!”
“We have a whole script for it.”
Samantha Morton as Dee in ‘Tales of the Walking Dead’.Curtis Bonds Baker/AMC
So why didn’t the show set down some cameras and film this genre-bending masterpiece?
“It lives in my heart and in my mind.”
And now it lives in ours as well.
CHANNING POWELL: It’s definitely its own challenge.
I really loved it.
I was entrenched on it for a very long time.
So being able to push the boundaries outside of it felt exciting and new to me.
And also, I knew that there were going to be other spinoffs going into this one.
But if they’re craving something new and something different, this was really the opportunity to pursue it.
So we tried as much as we could to push the boundaries of this world.
And some of them are going to be not what the audience is expectingof The Walking Dead.
So there’s a little bit for everybody.
We’re talking 10 days."
Yes, I think so.
We had high goals going in.
I didn’t actually think that we would get some of these people.
And I think that was much more appealing to them.
He could fit it in between everything else.
And we’re so grateful for it.
We didn’t want to cast just to cast.
We wanted to cast the best people.
Why weren’t there more episodes looking at folks we had already met?
We are hoping to get more seasons, so we are hoping to explore other characters within the franchise.
What do you mean when you say, a “tie-in”?
It’s very subtle.
It’s a visual clue that connects to another episode.
But you don’t have to have seenThe Walking Deadepisode to watch thisTales of the Walking Deadepisode.
I love the opening title sequence.
I love that opening sequence as well.
My mandate was to do something a little bit more colorful and vibrant.
And we looked at a couple companies.
So I just visually gravitated toward it.
