Lennie James Leaves "The Walking Dead" to Crossover on "Fear"

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"The Walking Dead's" Lennie James is Leaving to Crossover on "Fear the Walking Dead"
by Ryan Schwartz
November 26, 2017


"The Walking Dead‘s" loss is "Fear the Walking Dead‘s" gain. Lennie James is leaving the parent series behind after his Season 8 run to join the prequel series for Season 4.

James’ transition to "Fear" was announced during Sunday night’s edition of "Talking Dead". He starts filming Fear this Monday in Austin, Texas — just one week after wrapping TWD in Atlanta.




“Yeah, it’s me,” a self-described “surprised” James said to Chris Hardwick when he was revealed via satellite. “I’m joining the cast of Fear the Walking Dead.”

“The hardest part of it… has been leaving The Walking Dead — leaving that cast, leaving that crew,” James added. “But on Fear, I’m really looking forward to exploring Morgan in a whole different world, with different characters, in a different place.”




In a statement, TWD EP Scott Gimple said, “Even though Morgan is going to be featured on Fear, he has a lot of story left on The Walking Dead. Morgan’s arc in Season 8 positioned him for the story on Fear. It was also important to see Fear‘s world and characters through new yet familiar eyes.”

http://tvline.com/2017/11/26/walking...-twd-season-4/

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First Look at Morgan on "Fear the Walking Dead"
by Dalton Ross
Jan. 10, 2017


Lennie James’ long, winding "Walking Dead" journey has reached a new destination as his character of Morgan will be leaving the original show at the end of season 8 and then moving over to companion series "Fear the Walking Dead".

And we’ve got the exclusive first photos of the big crossover right here.





Of particular note is that Morgan can be seen carrying his trusty fighting stick in both images, assuring fans that it remains his weapon of choice for taking on foes dead and undead.

And what does Morgan’s introduction to "Fear" mean for both the character and the show, which is now filming season 4? Andrew Chambliss, who, along with Ian Goldberg, has taken over showrunning duties from Dave Erickson (with TWD showrunner Scott M. Gimple overseeing) told EW about the process of crossing over the character.

“As Morgan Jones steps into the world of FTWD, he’ll be continuing the journey he began on The Walking Dead way back in the pilot,” says Chambliss. “Ian and I were huge fans of the character when Lennie James first brought him to life back then, again when he returned in season 3, and finally when he became a series regular in season 6.”





Chambliss also spoke about how their initial meetings with James helped guide the path for the character as he jumps from one show to the other.

“When we first met Lennie, he impressed upon us how much he cared about the character and how important it was to him for us to take Morgan to places we hadn’t seen before. It’s been a great challenge to set for ourselves, and it’s what we hope to do with the character — to push Morgan to places he could only get by coming into contact with the characters on Fear. They’ll change him. And, at the same time, he’ll change them.”

http://ew.com/tv/2018/01/10/fear-the...-james-photos/