AMC’s Latest Spinoff Breaks Franchise Budget Barriers
Summary
– “The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live” boasts the highest budget in the franchise, totaling $82 million.
– The per-episode cost of approximately $13.7 million surpasses the original series’ budget.
– The high budget reflects rising TV production costs and the significant salaries of stars Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira.
“The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live,” the highly anticipated spinoff from AMC’s popular zombie franchise, has reportedly set a new record for the highest budget in the series. With a total budget of $82 million, the spinoff’s per-episode cost is estimated at around $13.7 million. This figure is more than quadruple the cost of the original series, which started with a budget of about $3 million per episode.
The substantial budget increase for “The Ones Who Live” is attributed to several factors, including the rising costs of TV show production and the significant salaries of its stars, Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira. Lincoln, who plays Rick Grimes, and Gurira, portraying Michonne, are among the most prominent names to emerge from the franchise, and fans have eagerly awaited their return in the spinoff.
The budget for “The Ones Who Live” not only exceeds that of the recent spinoff “The Walking Dead: Dead City” but also dwarfs the budget of the original series. The original “The Walking Dead” series had its budget reduced to about $2.75 million per episode in later seasons, which seems modest compared to the latest spinoff. The investment in “The Ones Who Live” suggests a significant expansion in scope and visual effects, aiming to compete with other high-budget TV series in today’s market.
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