As The Walking Dead celebrates its 15th anniversary, AMC has high hopes for the franchise’s future. The Walking Dead‘s iconic pilot episode, “Days Gone Bye,” premiered on AMC on October 31, 2010, unknowingly kickstarting what would become one of the most sprawling and successful TV franchises ever created.
Based on Robert Kirkman‘s graphic novel of the same name,The Walking Dead universe now comprises seven individual shows, ranging from prequels to sequels to anthology series. As reported by Variety, during a retrospective panel at Mipcom to celebrate the franchise’s major milestone, The Walking Dead‘s chief mastermind, Scott Gimple, compared the zombie franchise’s story structure to those championed by superhero adaptations,…