Walking Dead's Steven Yeun teams up with Marvel writers for new show

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The Walking Dead star Steven Yeun has found his next TV project. According to Deadline, he's teaming up with Marvel's Eternals writing duo Kaz and Ryan Firpo, and director Justin Lin (Fast & Furious) for a Hawaiian crime saga set in the 1960s, titled The Islands.

One major downside to this news, though, is that Yeun won't appear on screen – he's executive producing. Related: Walking Dead's Steven Yeun makes Oscar history with nomination for MinariInspired by real events, Universal Television's The Islands focusses on American imperialism, "the fall of a kingdom and the changing of a way of life".

While he might be taking a step back from acting here, Yeun still has Jordan Peele's tantalisingly mysterious Nope coming out this summer.

The movie, which pits Californian townspeople against a possible alien force, also stars Oscar winner Daniel Kaluuya and Scream Queens' Keke Palmer. Related: The Walking Dead's Steven Yeun shares promising update on Invincible season 2Back in 2021, Yeun admitted that upon exiting The Walking Dead – he played Glenn Rhee – he had to reevaluate his life. "I had just gotten married, I was about to have my first child, and we just bought a house, and we did it all within the context of one year.