In response to Deadline, Lesley-Ann Brandt has been tapped for a key recurring position of Pearl Thorne in AMC’s upcoming The Strolling Useless spin-off centered round Rick Grimes and Michonne. In addition to main stars Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira, Brandt serves as the primary confirmed new solid member for the six-episode horror drama, which is at the moment filming in New Jersey.
Brandt is greatest recognized for her position as Mazikeen in Netflix’s fashionable supernatural fantasy sequence Lucifer, which lasted for six seasons from 2016-2021. The Strolling Useless spin-off marks her first main challenge because the Tom Ellis-led sequence had ended its run.
Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira are set to reprise their fan-favorite roles within the upcoming Rick and Michonne spin-off. It will likely be written and produced by Scott Gimple, who may even function the showrunner. Gurira may even be credited as a co-creator and co-writer for the six-episode drama.
“This sequence presents an epic love story of two characters modified by a modified world,” reads the synopsis. “Stored aside by distance. By an unstoppable energy. By the ghosts of who they have been. Rick and Michonne are thrown into one other world, constructed on a struggle towards the lifeless … And in the end, a struggle towards the dwelling. Can they discover one another and who they have been in a spot and state of affairs not like any they’ve ever recognized earlier than?”
Based mostly on Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard’s comedian sequence of the identical title, The Strolling Useless is government produced by Kirkman, Scott M. Gimple, Greg Nicotero, David Alpert, Joseph Incaprera, Gale Anne Hurd, Denise Huth, and Angela Kang.
At present scheduled for a 2024 debut, the Rick and Michonne drama was initially set to premiere this 12 months together with two different spin-offs, The Strolling Useless: Useless Metropolis and The Strolling Useless: Daryl Dixon, that are each centered across the authentic sequence’ main survivors. Each spin-offs are additionally at the moment in manufacturing, with the Jeffrey Dean Morgan-led sequence set to premiere this June, adopted by the Norman Reedus-led present’s premiere later this 12 months.