Creator/Executive Producer Robert Kirkman announced that Danai Gurira has been cast as fan favorite character Michonne in Season Three of The Walking Dead. Kirkman made the announcement on last night’s Talking Dead.
Kirkman told The Hollywood Reporter that the series was “transitioning into a new world” where the survivors are “faced with more adversaries, danger and different kinds of threats” and that Michonne is a “big part of that.”
Michonne was introduced in issue 19 of the comic book and became a trusted ally of Rick.