Regardless of whether Glenn makes it past Season 6, Kirkman and Collier are both fairly confident that The Walking Dead is a series that could live on for years to come.
This isnt the kind of show where the creative team is going to say, Its important to us that we end it here,' Kirkman said. The story that were trying to tell is so big, and the framework is set in the comics Im producing more than 12 issues a year. All of that stuff is stuff that we would like to someday adapt into the show.
Our longterm goal was to tell this unrealistically massive huge story, so by going season after season after season, we actually are maintaining the integrity of what we originally set out to do, Kirkman added. So I think theres a possibility to go for many, many years.
Collier concurred.
I do think the evolution of this story and how fresh it becomes, and how real it is
and relatable, makes it something that can go for a long while, the AMC president said.