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The Walking Dead will return for Season 10 on AMC this fall. It’ll be showrunner Angela Kang‘s second season at the helm, and Norman Reedus‘ first full season as the top-billed star. Executive producer and special effects guru Greg Nicotero will be back to direct and come up with gross zombies. Here’s what else we know about The Walking Dead Season 10 so far:
It will be Danai Gurira‘s final season. Gurira will be exiting the series at some point during Season 10. Details about her departure are being kept under wraps for now, but considering how Michonne has not given up on looking for Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln), and that she journeys away from Alexandria in the comics, it seems like a good bet that she’ll show up in one of the Rick Grimes TV movies.
Lauren Cohan may return. Cohan made an open-ended exit in Season 9 as Maggie left Hilltop to study civilization-rebuilding with Georgie (Jayne Atkinson). The producers’ hope was always for Cohan to return in some capacity, and Angela Kang told Entertainment Weekly that they’re “working on it.” While this probably means that if she shows up it’ll be on The Walking Dead, it’s not impossible that she’ll be in a movie or the upcoming spin-off. In any case, we probably haven’t seen the last of Maggie.
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A familiar face from the comics is joining the show. Kang told EW that comics character Dante will appear in Season 10, albeit in a different capacity. In the comics, he’s a love interest for Maggie at Hilltop, but on the show he’ll be at Alexandria. Kang described him as a “roguish, fast-talking, sometimes charming, sometimes annoying guy who can sometimes put his foot in his mouth, but is an interesting presence in the comics.” The actor playing him has not been revealed.
Season 10 will pick up a few months after the storm. Season 9 ended with the communities weathering a blizzard and mourning the people they lost in the Whisperer massacre. “I feel like we mark time on the show based on the children,” Kang told EW. “So we saw Rosita pretty heavily pregnant at the end of last year, and I’ll say that that state has changed.” Congratulations, Rosita (Christian Serratos) and Siddiq (Avi Nash) and (Step)Father Gabriel (Seth Gilliam)!
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There’s a war going on. The Whisperer war will escalate throughout Season 10, but it will be different than other wars we’ve seen on the show. Kang described it as having a “Cold War feel,” marked more by “propaganda and paranoia” than outright battling. And last time there was a war, there were still guns. But things are medieval now, which means what battles there will be will be different than ones we’ve seen before.
Negan is freegan. After being cooped up in his jail cell for most of Season 9, Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) will be given more room to roam in Season 10. After he saved Daryl’s dog and Judith (Cailey Fleming) in the Season 9 finale, it sounds like Michonne is finally paroling him. “I think after his heroic rescue of Judith, people might’ve noticed that when he was in that bed in the infirmary, he was not tied up or cuffed,” Kang told EW. “So we’re dealing with the next stage of what things are for Negan. I think for people who have been wanting us to release the Negan, there will be some satisfaction there.” His newfound freedom will allow him to get involved with the Whisperers in an important way, as comics readers know.
The first look is out. The first official photo of Season 10 via EW shows Michonne slicing and dicing some walkers with her sword in the midst of a forest fire.
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The trailer is coming Friday, July 19. The official Season 10 trailer will drop during the show’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con.
The Walking Dead Season 10 will premiere on AMC this fall.
Source : TVGuide
