Deadline:

While the much hyped tonight’s episode of The Walking Dead would be the last fans see of the actor on AMC’s zombie apocalypse series, Lincoln and his seemingly fatally impaled Rick Grimes character have a future with the franchise. A series of AMC Studios original films, starring Lincoln and written by Chief Content Officer Scott M. Gimple, are planned to continue the story of Rick Grimes, with the first expected to begin production as early as 2019.

Considering the word the other month about The Walking Dead becoming an evergreen franchise, this is actually a really logical, smart move from AMC.

…wonder if they’d put these in theaters or just air on the network?