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‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7: Everything We Know So Far
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August 07, 2016
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Spoilers for The Walking Dead season 6 ahead!
The Walking Dead wrapped up its sixth season on a major cliffhanger, once again leaving fans in the dark as to which character dies at the hands of the new big bad, Negan. Needless to say, viewers are not too happy with the inconclusive ending, with the episode spurring some major backlash on social media. Still, there’s plenty to look forward to, as the zombie drama’s creative team has promised. [Update, 7/22/16: Added Season 7 trailer that premiered at San Diego Comic-Con 2016 (see above).]
Here’s what we know about The Walking Dead Season 7 so far:
1. It will pick up right where it left off
The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead | Source: AMC
The Walking Dead‘s seventh season will pick up immediately after the Season 6 finale cliffhanger — which means audiences won’t be forced to wait any longer to find out who the unlucky one is on the receiving end of Lucille.
“Season seven is going to pick up right where we left off. So you’re going to see who’s on the end of that bat,” Jeffrey Dean Mogan, who plays Negan, told Vulture. “I didn’t know it was going to be a cliffhanger until I watched the show. That was done in my world.”
Meanwhile, Gimple is confident that viewers will feel the cliffhanger was justified, after seeing the opening episode of Season 7. “I truly hope that people see 701 and they feel it justifies the way that we’ve decided to tell the story,” he said, per Yahoo. “I know what 701 is, and I feel that it delivers on what 616 sets up.”
Producer Greg Nicotero recently said that fans shouldn’t expect the aftermath of Negan’s brutal assault to play out exactly as it does in the comics. “I don’t think we would be doing the material justice if we just regurgitated it word for word,” he told Digital Spy. “There are iconic moments, and there are things that we will pay tribute to, and even if we don’t do it exactly the same way that we find it in the comic book, we will find a way for fans of the graphic novel to feel like they are getting their money’s worth.”
2. Things will get dark very fast
The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead | Source: AMC
We know that someone is about to die at the hands of Negan, so it should come as no surprise that things will get ugly very quickly. “I can say without spoiling anything that things are going to start off very, very, very dark,” Gimple explained. “Everybody knows where we’re starting, but that won’t be the whole season. It’s not going to be darkness upon darkness upon darkness. I’m very psyched with all the individual character journeys, except for the way we start, which will be awful.”
Gimple also promised that the next season will feature “probably the biggest variety of stories” that the show has seen yet. “The world opened up this past season, and you know, it opened up to some bright places, it opened up to some dark places. In the next half season, the world is going to open up even more,” he explained.
Update 5/25/16: Although Negan’s victim in the Season 6 finale has yet to be revealed, creator Robert Kirkman recently gave fans at Hawaii Comic Con a list of characters who “should” be dead before the series ends. As reported by CinemaBlend, Kirkman named Rick, Carl, Michonne, Daryl, Abraham, Rosita, and Jesus. To clarify, these are characters who should be dead before the entire series concludes — not necessarily a list of potential Negan victims.
Update 7/8/16: Ross Marquand, who plays Aaron, has promised that the show will make up for the cliffhanger finale with an intense Season 7 premiere. “It’s brutal, it’s insane, but I think it is going to be exactly what the fans are looking for,” he told EW.
Update 7/14/16: EW has released the first official photo from The Walking Dead Season 7, seen below. The picture shows Negan getting ready to hurt his victim, although clues as to who it may be are not revealed in the image.
The Walking Dead's Negan | AMC via EW
The Walking Dead’s Negan | AMC via EW
Update 7/21/16: Character images of Negan’s potential victims have been unveiled in a series of tweets, below.
See the full lineup before #TWDSDCC kicks off tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/lh8LBs6zKO
— The Walking Dead AMC (@WalkingDead_AMC) July 20, 2016
“The boogey man ain’t shit.”
Follow #TWDSDCC all week for more exclusive images from #TWD. pic.twitter.com/pu5I1lMpJE
— The Walking Dead AMC (@WalkingDead_AMC) July 20, 2016
See all the photos in the lineup before #TWDSDCC kicks off. pic.twitter.com/miqQVcHxAh
— The Walking Dead AMC (@WalkingDead_AMC) July 20, 2016
What’s in store for #TWD Season 7? Find out during the #TWDSDCC panel this Friday at 1pm PT. pic.twitter.com/grT7DpxaYZ
— The Walking Dead AMC (@WalkingDead_AMC) July 20, 2016
At #TWDSDCC?