While the Rick Grimes-centric Walking Dead movie doesn’t have an official release date, director Rosemary Rodriguez thinks fans will see it sooner rather than later. 

The director restated her opinion on when her big project is going to hit theaters while quote tweeting the official Twitter account of The Walking Dead. The account asked its followers what they were most looking forward to in 2021. Rodriguez’s answer was "Finding Rick Grimes on the big screen!"

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If Andrew Lincoln does return to The Walking Dead Universe in 2021, it will end a three-year hiatus for Rick. He was last seen in Season 9, when he lost his group, fell off his horse and impaled himself on a bar. He was then rescued by Anne, who flagged down a mysterious helicopter that took him to a mysterious location. Most of his old group thought he died, though there have been allusions to the people who "rescued" him in both The Walking Dead and its first spinoff series, Fear the Walking Dead.

It’s not entirely known what the plot of the first of three expected Rick spinoff movies will be. However, it will presumably examine where Lincoln’s character was taken and what his life has been like since he disappeared from the main series. 

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These movies are also part of a bigger strategy that aims to expand the story in several different directions. In addition to Fear the Walking Dead, AMC launched a two-season spinoff in The Walking Dead: World Beyond. The network is also planning an anthology series where at least one of Rick's greatest foes will have his backstory further examined.

There is some talk that the movies starring Lincoln are just the beginning of what The Walking Dead creators have planned for the big screen. If the Rick Grimes trilogy does well, they could examine other characters more in-depth in future films.

The untitled The Walking Dead film does not currently have a release date.

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