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’The Walking Dead’ series to resume filming in Georgia after COVID-19 delays

COWETA COUNTY, Ga. — There’s some good news for people in Georgia’s film industry.

The popular TV show “The Walking Dead” will start filming again in metro Atlanta after COVID-19 delays.

The show is filmed in Senoia, and the local manager said they hope to begin shooting in February.

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Officials said street closures to accommodate the show could run into 2022.

The popular AMC series will be filming season 11.

According to the entertainment news site, six Season 10 bonus episodes are slated to run in early 2021, followed by the first 12 episodes of Season 11 before the close of next year. The final 12 episodes will air in 2022.

An untitled spinoff, focused on Norman Reedus’ character, Daryl Dixon, and Melissa McBride’s Carol Peletier, will premiere the following year, and an episodic anthology “Tales of the Walking Dead” is in development by AMC and the show’s chief content officer, Scott M. Gimple, People reported.

“It’s been ten years ‘gone bye;’ what lies ahead are two more to come and stories and stories to tell beyond that,” Gimple said in a statement. “What’s clear is that this show has been about the living, made by a passionate cast, team of writer/producers, producers, and crew, bringing to life the vision put forth by Robert Kirkman in his brilliant comic — and supported by the best fans in the world. We have a lot of thrilling story left to tell on TWD, and then, this end will be a beginning of more Walking Dead -- brand new stories and characters, familiar faces and places, new voices, and new mythologies. This will be a grand finale that will lead to new premieres. Evolution is upon us. ‘The Walking Dead’ lives.”

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