Robert Kirkman essentially confirms Andrew Lincoln's The Walking Dead departure

The Hollywood Reporter

Kirkman said "it's looking that way" when asked by Kevin Smith in an IMDb interview if Season 9 would be Lincoln's last on the AMC series. Kirkman added: "At the end of the day, it's all about Andrew Lincoln. This is a human being. This is someone I have known for almost a decade, somebody that I love. He's been sweating in Georgia, away from his family, for so long."

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