Walking Dead’s Jeffrey Dean Morgan cast in new horror film
By Renee Hansen
The Walking Dead’s Jeffrey Dean Morgan is an actor very familiar with the horror genre. He has portrayed Negan on The Walking Dead for several seasons and has starred in many horror films. This week, Screen Daily reported that he has now been cast in a new horror film, Felix.
The film will be directed by John Kissack (Everfall) with a screenplay by Casey Giltner. Filming is scheduled to start in Winnipeg, Canada, this spring. Morgan will star with Benjamin Evan Ainsworth in a story about two young boys who have ambitions of becoming Hollywood directors. When one of their fathers finds an old ventriloquist’s doll named Felix, the boys cast the doll as their movie’s antagonist. It is soon discovered that Felix has a mind of his own and is responsible for disturbing events.
You can see Morgan in his other horror movies, The UnHoly, The Possession and The Resident. He also starred as the Winchester’s father in the Supernatural series.
The Walking Dead – Jeffrey Dean Morgan
The Walking Dead has wrapped filming on the series, but Morgan will continue his role as Negan Smith in a spinoff series, Isle of the Dead, where he will pair up with Maggie Rhee (Lauren Cohan). This spinoff will be set in Manhattan and will be released in 2023.
Morgan also has two other new projects: a thriller, Fall, and a drama, The Integrity of Joseph Chambers.
Did you see that Morgan starred in fellow Walking Dead actress Sarah Wayne Callies’ scripted podcast series? Aftershock is available on iHeartMedia and stars Morgan, Callies and Austin Amelio, Tovah Feldshuh, David Harbour, Tati Gabrielle, Janel Parrish, Russell Hornsby, Rockmond Dunbar, Bethany Joy Lenz, Michael O’Neill, and EJ Bonilla.
The podcast series is a fast-paced thriller that sees an earthquake that destroys the west coast and causes a mysterious island to rise in the Pacific.
The Walking Dead has nine episodes remaining in the last season of the series. The midseason premiere will air on AMC on Sunday, April 10. The final eight episodes will air in the fall of 2022.
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