'The Walking Dead' is coming to an end

But "An evolution is upon us and 'The Walking Dead' lives," said the show's chief content officer

The decision to kill The Walking Dead flagship series has been made, but the universe will live on, according to CNN.

On Wednesday, AMC announced that it will be bringing the series to an end. The show will conclude after the 11th season that will air over two years constituting of elaborate 24 episodes. And it it expected that the series will finally end in 2022.

But the followers of the show won't have to wait too long for the end to approach. Since AMC has greelit a currently untitled spinoff starring Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride, who play Daryl Dixon and Carol Peletier. The show is set to premiere in 2023 with current Walking Dead showrunner Angela Kang at the helm. Kang co-created the show with Scott M. Gimple, chief content officer of The Walking Dead universe.

"We have a lot of thrilling stories left to tell onTWD, and this end will pave the way for additional Walking Dead stories and characters, familiar faces and places, new voices, and new mythologies. This will be a grand finale that will lead to new premieres," Gimple promised in a statement. "An evolution is upon us.The Walking Dead lives."

The Walking Dead premiered in 2010 and at one point was one of the most-watched series on television.

In addition to the mothership show, The Walking Dead universe currently includes two television spinoffs (Fear the Walking Dead and the forthcoming The Walking Dead: World Beyond), a talk show (Talking Dead), multiple web series and upcoming films starring Andrew Lincoln.

AMC added that Gimple is developing an episodic anthology series called Tales of the Walking Dead, as well as other projects within the Walking Dead universe.