Netflix confirms The Walking Dead’s streaming future with large $500 million deal
Netflix have confirmed that they will be the new home of The Walking Dead, at least until 2032.
The streaming service has signed a new global deal with the long-running zombie franchise, which means the original series and all six of its spin-offs will be available on Netflix in territories including the United Kingdom and the United States.
In total, the Walking Dead universe spans a staggering 371 episodes.
According to the Radio Times, Netflix and AMC Global Media, which originally aired the show, have agreed a contract worth around $500 million (£390m) that will run until 2032.
In a statement, Lori Conkling, vice president of licensing at Netflix, said: “Audiences have discovered and loved The Walking Dead on Netflix for nearly 15 years and the show continues to attract new fans.”
Conkling continued: “We’re excited to partner with AMC Global Media to continue to expand that access to more audiences around the world and bring the entirety of The Walking Dead Universe to Netflix.”
New episodes of the franchise continue to arrive. Last month, Norman Reedus finally bid farewell to his beloved Walking Dead character Daryl Dixon after 16 years.
He reprised the character for spin-off show, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, which wrapped production on its fourth and final season earlier this month.
Scheduled to premiere this fall, the eight-episode final season will bring Dixon’s journey to a close after he found himself washed ashore in a post-apocalyptic France.
In an Instagram post, Reedus reflected on his time working on the popular franchise.
Alongside a carousel of pictures from set, the actor wrote: “Finally going through these photos to check off from the last episode now that I’m back from Mongolia it was really hard to kill any of them.
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“I didn’t post any of those here, but I can’t wait for people to see this show. The crew [is the] best I’ve ever worked with, the feeling of accomplishment when it was over was just amazing,” he added.
“Such hard work and so much heart put into this I think you’re gonna feel it. It was a special season. I can’t wait for you to see it. It hits just way different this time.”
Daryl Dixon is the sixth Walking Dead spin-off. During the original series’ run, AMC launched Fear the Walking Dead, which aired from 2015 to 2023. It was followed by the two-season limited series The Walking Dead: World Beyond, which ran from 2020 to 2021. In 2022, AMC released the single-season anthology series Tales of the Walking Dead, which featured standalone stories about new and existing characters.
Then, in 2023, came both Daryl Dixon and The Walking Dead: Dead City. The franchise expanded again in 2024 with the miniseries The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live.
