GOODBYE, MICHONNE: DANAI GURIRA IS LEAVING THE WALKING DEAD ON AMC AFTER SEASON 10
Mere months after Andrew Lincoln
parted ways with AMC's
The Walking Dead, Danai Gurira has announced that she plans to do the same,
writes The Hollywood Reporter.
Per the shocking development,
Gurira will return as the katana-wielding Michonne for Season 10 in just a few episodes that will be dispersed throughout the season. After that, her character will leave the post-apocalyptic series forever. Still, there's now a decent chance of her showing up in a
TWD movie trilogy with Lincoln.
"She has been very vocal about saying that she loves the show. We love Danai; we love that character. Right now, she's got a lot of opportunities and she needs to weigh what she feels is best for her. But we certainly would want her on the show as long as she wants to be on it," AMC Programming President David Madden told
THR back in November. "We really want her to stay. She is an incredibly valuable character, and I'm really hoping she stays. Obviously, the lesson of Andy is that the show can survive anybody's departure if need be, but that's not our goal. The goal is to have Danai continue on whatever basis she can make work, given the other things that she has going on in her life."