Andrew Lincoln to officially leave ‘The Walking Dead’ in Season 9

“The Walking Dead” fans are shocked to find that there their worst nightmare is about to come true. After season 9 of “The Walking Dead,” there will be no more Rick Grimes. Andrew Lincoln has officially left the AMC series.

According to E! the fate of Rick Grimes will be decided just a few episodes into the upcoming Season 9 of “The Walking Dead.” What next? Things have gone downhill a bit since the Season 7 series premiere where “Walking Dead” fans were forced to watch in horror the brutal deaths of Abe Ford and fan favorite character Glenn Rhea.

In Season 8 viewers were also shocked to lose Carl Grimes. Now the news of a Season 9 major character leaving fans fear the worse. We can’t officially call Andrew Lincoln’s character Rick Grimes an official death yet, we don’t know he is going to die, but most likely Rick Grimes will go out in a blaze of glory.

Now we are down to three original cast members left to take on the zombie world. Daryl, Carol and Maggie and even Maggie’s destiny is hanging in the balance. It has also been reported that Lauren Cohan is only scheduled to star in the first six episodes of Season 9 also..

When we left off in “The Walking Dead Season” 8 finale Maggie, Daryl and Jesus were not pleased with how Rick handled Negan and vowed to make it right. Could Maggie and Rick die after turning on each other? It is a possible..

Also, according to teh reports Norma Reedus jhas agreed to take over as the series new leading man. Now after two prior seasons of very little to say we may finally get to hear Daryl speak out. According to Inquisitr,  AMC has negotiated a $20 million payday for the Reedus to remain stay on the show, which has lost nearly all of its fan-favorite character over the course of the past two seasons.

What happens to the ‘Lil Asskicker’ baby Judith with everyone in her family now said to be leaving, or the ones who have  already left her? Will Daryl and Carol become the new Rick and Michonne, and finally get together?

Sadly, after this “Walking Dead” news announcement began making the rounds some fans are not feeling that confident that the series will last past Season 9 B. Could it just be that the world will end for all of the surviving communities?

AMC is not  talking just yet, but we can depend on the trusty “Walking Dead” spies to keep us filled in on what is to come.Stay tuned for upcoming “Walking Dead” spoilers for Season 9 as they develop.

First the news that “Roseanne”  has been cancelled  and now this ” Walking Dead” news… bad day for TV fans.