The planned finale will appear as a special episode later in the year."

When youre in post-production, it kind of goes like this, explains Nicotero.

So we just missed that window.

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It wasnt that the effects were delayed or anything was delayed.

But Nicotero does promise one thing: Its a really amazing episode.

Theres a lot teed up, so to speak.

The Walking Deadis not Nicotero’s only show that was impacted by the shutdown.

NicoterosCreepshowrevival for Shudder was close to starting filming on season 2 when everything stopped.

We had sets built.

We had the cast done, we had the effects done.

We were one day away from starting to shoot.

We hadnt officially started prep for season 11 [onTWD], they were writing scripts, says Nicotero.

So I think theres going to be a little bit of a buffer between shootingCreepshowand then preppingWalking Dead.

That was always the plan anyway, to squeeze it in during the hiatus.

When filmingdoespick back up, Nicotero notes that things could look very different on set.