Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman already knows how his popular TV series will end, but he's not about to give any hints. He is, however, more than happy to talk about the show's impending highly anticipated spin-off.
While it's unknown when or how The Walking Dead will end, Kirkman did confirm an ending has been written, though it might be a while before fans watch it on the TV screen.
"It's a long arc. I don't want anyone to ever get the impression that it's like, 'Oh, this is popular so I have to keep this going for years and years'," said Kirkman. "I definitely know the story that we are telling and I know how the story that we are telling ends."
Meanwhile, the world that the series takes place in is set to expand with a spin off series that will start as a prequel, and then catch up to the founding show. Not only that, but Kirkman's company, Skybound Entertainment, is set to have its first film out soon, called Air, which was produced by Kirkman and David Alpert, executive producer of The Walking Dead.
Kirkman also gave his insight on the DC movie universe, suggesting the DC movie series is behind Marvel in terms of quality and wow factor.
"I'm going to get in trouble here... Anyone would be foolish to think that Marvel hasn't done something extremely special. I think of Iron Man ending with a surprise cameo from Samuel L Jackson [mentioning] The Avengers - you were like, 'What?! How did that happen?!' continued Kirkman.
"People forget that was a surprise. Everything that came out of that was very organic and very exciting. I think [DC] announcing you're going to do a Justice League movie after a Superman movie, that was neat and had some awesome things in it, but it wasn't like amazing or groundbreaking - I shouldn't have said that. It was an awesome movie, I like it."
Kirkman said the DC movie universe doesn't yet feel as organic and interesting as Marvel's cinematic offerings, noting DC movies don't use the element of surprise as much as Marvel's do.
Kirkman isn't the only one to point out Marvel's leadership in creating a film universe, and DC's co-called copying of that universe. Marvel largely paved the way for building a cinematic universe comprised of a number of different movies and movie series.
Despite this, DC's upcoming moves are highly anticipated and will make millions of dollars in revenue. Not only that, but the DC movie universe is rather young, so DC has a lot of room to improve and start surprising moviegoers.
