Actor Andrew Lincoln is best known a Rick Grimes, leader of a group of survivors in The Walking Dead and as Mark, the card shuffling man in love with his best friends wife in Love Actually. Lincoln chose to leave TWD in season 9 to spend more time with his family. In 2023, he reprised the role in the spinoff The Ones Who Live, and fans long for him to return in another spinoff or another project. What is Lincoln's upcoming series?
In June 2024, Deadline announced that Lincoln had been cast in the ITV thriller, Cold Water. The six-part series was created by award-winning playwright David Ireland and produced by Sister for ITV, aka Channel 3, a British free-to-air TV network. Lincoln stars in his long-awaited return to British TV and serves as an executive producer for the series. Lee Haven Jones (Passenger, Ruth, Doctor Who) will direct the first three episodes.
Lincoln leads the cast as John, a middle aged man who harbors much anger for his stay-at-home dad status. Ewen Bremner (Our Flag Means Death, Trainspotting), Indira Varma (Obsession, Obi-Wan Kenobi) and Eve Myles (Hijack, Keeping Faith) have also been announced for the series.
Andrew Lincoln in ITV's Cold Water
After failing to assist during a violent altercation at the playground, John moves his family far from London to the fictional Scottish village of Coldwater. There, he befriends devoted husband and neighbor Tommy (Bremmer) who is married to the local vicar Rebecca (Myles). Although John's wife Fiona (Varma) despises Tommy, John finds himself drawn to the pillar of the community and self-appointed leader of the men's book group.
According to ITV: This is the story of a normal man, in a normal marriage, who finds himself in a far from normal situation. A man who discovers a newfound sense of his own power, right at the moment he falls under the influence of someone incredibly dangerous.
Filming for Cold Water began in the UK in July 2024 and locations included Dennistoun, Scotland. In February 2025, The Hollywood Reporter posted the first image of Lincoln in his new role.
Prior to Lincoln's casting as Rick Grimes in AMC's The Walking Dead, he was featured in several British TV series. His first significant role was that of Egg in the BBC drama This Life. He was then cast as Simon Casey in Channel 4's Teachers sitcom, and as Dr. Robert Bridge in ITV's Afterlife.
Most recently Lincoln starred alongside Naomi Watts in the Australian drama Penguin Bloom that is streaming on Netflix. In 2022, he appeared in the final episode of Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities, "The Murmuring," also streaming on Netflix.
Lincoln's fans were very excited to see him reprise his role as Rick Grimes in The Walking Dead spinoff, The Ones Who Live. This six-part limited series focused on the epic love story of Rick and Michonne (Danai Gurira). All six-episodes are available on Netflix.
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