A few weeks ago it was reported that Lauren Cohan had turned down a new contract offer from AMC to extend her stay as Maggie on The Walking Dead, and was instead fielding offers for pilots for the new TV season.
Although a later report claimed that talks with AMC had resumed, Variety is reporting that Cohan has now joined the ABC drama pilot Whiskey Cavalier, leaving her continued involvement with the zombie drama uncertain.
Created by Dave Hemingson, Whiskey Cavalier is “a high-octane hour-long action dramedy that follows the adventures of tough but tender FBI super agent Will Chase (Scott Foley) who, following an emotional break-up, is assigned to work with badass CIA operative Francesca “Frankie” Trowbridge (Cohan). Together, they lead an inter-agency team of flawed, funny, heroic spies who periodically save the world (and each other) while navigating the rocky roads of friendship, romance and office politics.”
Cohan is said to have been in talks with AMC about returning for the ninth season of The Walking Dead for several months, but was said to be unhappy that she was being offered less than her costars Andrew Lincoln and Norman Reedus. Should Whiskey Cavalier make it to series, it is said that she could potentially return to The Walking Dead on a recurring basis, or simply leave the series entirely.
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One other possibility of course is that this the contract wrangling is simply subterfuge, and the decision has already been made to kill off Maggie during the second half of season eight?
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