The long-discussed spinoff movies from AMC's The Walking Dead featuring Rick Grimes are still on the table, but no one seems to know when they'll happen, including series make-up artist, co-executive producer and director Greg Nicotero.

"I wish I knew," Nicotero told Comicbook.com, "And I wish I could say [when it's happening]. I've read a variety of drafts of the scripts over the last few months. They're really making sure that they get it right."

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The film project was first announced by The Walking Dead showrunner Scott Gimple nearly three years ago and was even teased at 2019's Comic-Con International: San Diego. Originally conceived as a standalone movie to air on AMC, the project has reportedly evolved into a potential trilogy of theatrical films.

"I don't know," Nicotero continued, "Because I'm always in my head going, 'Okay, so The Walking Dead is wrapping up, but now they're talking about all these spin-offs and all these movies and all this and all that.' Everyone's like, 'When does it feel like you're going to be done?'"

The Walking Dead on AMC will come to an end following its upcoming 11th season. Andrew Lincoln's character has not appeared on the series since Season 9, when the gravely injured Rick Grimes was seen being taken away aboard a helicopter bearing the markings of the Civic Republic Military. The CRM are the central protagonists in the spinoff series The Walking Dead: World Beyond.

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Nicotero, in fact, directed the Season 9 episode "What Comes After" featuring Rick's departure. "I would always say The Walking Dead makes hour-long movies every week," Nicotero said. "I don't want to get comfortable and say, 'Oh yeah, you make a movie, you got more money [in the budget].' Because they're going to expect more because they have more money. But the amount of time that it takes to do -- it's interesting."

"I've been on a lot of movies, and the pace is certainly different in terms of television, because of the fact that on television now we have 10 days to do an episode, or nine days to do an episode. Because of COVID, we only shoot 10-hour days. With a movie, you get to go home. So you don't get fatigued as much, because you know that you have 24 episodes."

Filming has yet to begin on the unnamed Rick Grimes spinoff. Season 11 of The Walking Dead premieres Aug. 22 on AMC. However, AMC+ subscribers can catch the premiere several days early.

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Source: Comicbook.com