The Walking Dead Season 6 Latest News

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The Walking Dead Season 6 Latest News

After tonight"s episode of Fear the Walking Dead, a new trailer for The Walking Dead season 6 premiered. A lot of it is recycled footage that continues the theme that AMC has been building for the upcoming season since SDCC. Can we trust Rick Grimes?

Here"s the trailer:

Here"s an official season 6 synopsis from AMC:

Season 5 ofThe Walking Deadsaw our group being formed into consummate survivors by the world around them... nearly making some of them into villains. To make it as far as they have to have persevered through all of their heartbreaking challenges they have evolved into incredibly powerful people. But who have they become?

The last five episodes of season 5 answered that question with Rick accepting an approach of unapologetic brutality in murdering Pete, a fellow Alexandrian.

Season 6 starts with Alexandria"s safety shattered by multiple threats. To make it, the people of Alexandria will need to catch up with our survivors hardness while many of Ricks people will need to take a step back from the violence and pragmatism they"ve needed to embrace. These reversals won"t happen easily, or without conflict.

But now Ricks group is fighting for something more than survival... They"re fighting for their home, and they will defend that at any cost, against any threat, even if that threat comes from within.

The synopsis for the season 6 premiere has been revealed. The episode is called "First Time Again" and the story goes as follows:

Rick and the group are still having trouble assimilating into Alexandria. Will a new threat bring them closer together or drive them further apart?

Is that new threat the Wolves? We"ll find out soon enough!

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The Walking Dead Season 6 Premiere Date

It was confirmed through a leaked trailer from SDCC 2015 that (as we predicted months ago),The Walking Deadseason 6 will premiere onOct. 11 at9 pm with a 90-minute premiere, with The Talking Dead to follow at 10:30. AMC will also host the premiere at Madison Square Garden. You can find more details here.

The Walking Dead Season 6 Trailer

During SDCC 2015, we received the first trailer for the sixth season of The Walking Dead, and it"s pretty much what you"d expect: the impending showdown between Rick and Morgan. Here is the trailer:

During the series premiere of Fear the Walking Dead, AMC released a new TV promo trailer for The Walking Dead season 6. It"s not much, but it"s also quite good, with emphasis on the dark side of the many characters that will inhabit Alexandria next season. At the forefront is the inevitable conflict between Rick and Morgan, which was showcased in the first full-length trailer at SDCC 2015.

Here is the trailer:

There"s a new bit of footage forseason 6, featuring Sasha and Abraham, who are on the road and planning something pretty big. It looks like it"s a lead-up to one of the big action sequences from the first half of the season.

Check it out:

The Walking Dead Season 6 Cast

Deadlinereports that Tom Payne (Luck) has been cast as Paul "Jesus" Monroe forThe Walking Deadseason 6. Paul is straight out of the comics, but we won"t spoil his character here. This news previously leaked last week witha set photo, but the actor playing the character was not revealed at the time.

Xander Berkeley (24) has been cast inThe Walking Deadseason 6 in an undisclosed role,according toTV Line. The casting call for the character, named "Rich," described him as "Narcissistic, egotistical, quick to braggadocio and anger, his own skin is his principal concern. He feeds off the superiority of being in control, but he plays it off with Senator-like charm. Hes vibrant, and has the charisma of a car salesman."

Many will inevitably speculate that Xander is playing a well-known villain fromThe Walking Deadcomic books, Negan, who we won"t spoil here. You can scroll down a bit to here more about this villain.

Berkeley will appear in the latter half of season 6, with a chance of becoming a regular for season 7. Hmm, sounds like a pretty important character to us.

EWhas some new detailson some of the characters being introduced inThe Walking Deadseason 6. The first trailer (scroll down) for the new season teased several new characters, including one played by Ethan Embry (Empire Records). Showrunner Scott Gimple shared new details on Carter, Embry"s character:

Ethan plays a combo of a few characters that we actually havent hit yet or werent able to hit in other characters.He is an Alexandrian, and has been there the whole time, just quite busy.

Interestingly enough, Carter istechnicallya character from the comic books who was mentioned as one of the many Alexandrians who helped build the wall. Not much else is known about the character.

We also knewNurse Jackie"s Merritt Wever had been cast as an Alexandrian, andEWhas the details on her, too. She"s playing Dr. Denise Cloyd, who plays a major role in the books as a medic and surgeon.

Finally, Corey Hawkins was the first new cast member for season 6 and it was revealed months ago that he"s playing Heath. Here"s what Gimple has to say about the actor:

[Coreys] terrific and Im so excited to see him bring Heath to life. Its been fun and he dove in with both feet. Hes tough and skeptical when the cameras are rolling, and then when theyre off hes just like a goofy fan. Hes really, really excited to be there.

The Walking Dead Season 6 Story

Here"s an official season 6 synopsis from AMC:

Season 5 of The Walking Dead saw our group being formed into consummate survivors by the world around them... nearly making some of them into villains. To make it as far as they have to have persevered through all of their heartbreaking challenges they have evolved into incredibly powerful people. But who have they become?

The last five episodes of season 5 answered that question with Rick accepting an approach of unapologetic brutality in murdering Pete, a fellow Alexandrian.

Season 6 starts with Alexandria"s safety shattered by multiple threats. To make it, the people of Alexandria will need to catch up with our survivors hardness while many of Ricks people will need to take a step back from the violence and pragmatism they"ve needed to embrace. These reversals won"t happen easily, or without conflict.

But now Ricks group is fighting for something more than survival... They"re fighting for their home, and they will defend that at any cost, against any threat, even if that threat comes from within.

The Walking Dead Season 6 Predictions

It"s that time of the year again: we have a chance to speculate a bit on The Walking Dead season 6 based on what we know from Mr. Kirkman"s source material. As we did in the past with The Hunters and the Alexandria Safe-Zone, we"re going to dig into the later adventures of Rick Grimes to figure out just what might happen in the first half of next season and beyond.

(A little bit of housekeeping: Note that Deanna Monroe is the TV series" version of Douglas Monroe, the leader of Alexandria. We"re going to replace Douglas with Deanna in this section just to keep things less confusing.)

First of all, what storylines should you take a look at? Season 5 really focused on "Fear the Hunters" (#61-66), "Life Among Them" (#67-72), and "Too Far Gone" (#73-78). The introduction of The Wolves and the deaths of Reg Monroe and Pete at the end of the season 5 finale lead really well into the final moments of the latter story arc, which will undoubtedly take up the first couple episodes of the season.

The Wolves (or "The Scavengers" in the comics) are an immediate threat, attacking while everyone in Alexandria is mourning the deaths of their loved ones. More and more, Deanna is starting to realize that Rick"s way is better for the community than her diplomatic approach. She"s considering handing over power to him, and the assault on Alexandria only helps his case.

Derek, the leader of the Wolves, arrives at the gates of Alexandria with his very creepy rendition of The Three Little Pigs:

For a moment there, it looks like the Wolves will outnumber and outsmart the battle-hardened portion of the community (basically just Rick and his pre-Alexandria group), as a sniper threatens to shoot Rick down during his talk with Derek at the gate. Of course, the tables are turned when Andrea (yea, she"s still alive in the comics!) shoots down the sniper and Derek. (I"m guessing they"ll use Sasha in Andrea"s stead?) Rick and friends dispatch the rest of the Wolves pretty easily.

Deanna realizes that she can"t defend Alexandria and that Rick should be the new leader. The Safe-Zone seems safe and in better hands...for now. Like we said, these events will probably take up the first 2-3 episodes of season 6.

Turn the page to the next storyline, "No Way Out" (#79-84). Things get a lot worse for the community, as the gunshots from the last battle attract a huge horde of walkers to the gates. Abraham leads a group outside the gates to dispatch the initial horde, but the numbers soon grow overwhelming. The devastation is not unlike the fall of the Prison. The walkers break down the gate and get into the community, devouring everyone in their path. It is a full-scale zombie invasion like we"ve never seen. Things look especially bad for Tobin, Deanna, Jessie, and Morgan, who has just made his long trek to Alexandria in the first place. Fear the worst.

We have to quickly discuss the very controversial events of The Walking Dead #83, in which Deanna shoots Carl"s eye out during her last stand against the walkers during the invasion. It"s a case of friendly fire that almost does away with Rick"s son for good. We are left with this panel, unsure whether Carl will survive:

We"d say "No Way Out" will take up most the first half of the season, if history and the comic books are anything go by. One half of a Walking Dead season has always been a bit more action-packed than the other, especially in seasons 2, 4, and 5, so it won"t be surprising if the first few episodes of season 6 tackle both the Wolves and the zombie horde. Either way, Alexandria has a pretty rough road ahead.

If Gimple and friends decide to condense some of this stuff, making the Wolves attack the opening section of the season and closing the midseason with the zombie invasion, we may even get glimpses of "We Find Ourselves" (#85-90) and"A Larger World" (#91-96) in which the next big bad is introduced...

The Walking Dead Season 6 Spoilers

Danai Gurira (Michonne)has been talking toEWaboutThe Walking Deadseason 6, specifically how beautiful it is and how it focuses on very human moments:

Its going to be very powerful and beautiful at the same time. Its going to go into so many different components of very intense and then very rich in human moments as well, but like a deeply different roller coaster from last year. Its definitely a roller coaster. The pace constantly changes up in terms of who youre watching, what youre watching, and where. But at the same time, its so unpredictable and so unique from anything weve ever done before. Its just really, really amazing to read the scripts, and to do them has been really, really exciting.

Lauren Cohan (Maggie)also toldEWthat this season would be the most suffocating she"s ever experienced:

I dont know if anybody has said this yet, but we always joke that the writers write these amazing action sequences from air-conditioned offices. And I think this season is no exception and definitely rises above. We have the most suffocating beginning to the season that Ive experienced yet.

And I think whats been really interesting is that you see us all kind of make strides in the direction of civility or civilization and a more regimented society. And its about being really challenged. So well see a ton of challenges and well see people the audience has been introduced to as very stable reliable characters crumbling, and I think its going to be pretty scary. Welcome toThe Walking Dead.

Finally, Steven Yeunchimed inwith his own thoughts on the season:

Its easy to use the buzzwords to say roller coaster or intense. I think last year was a very good indicator of where were headed. Were seeing everybody as who they are now. Youve found them grizzled. Youve found them completely broken and shattered and theyve all witnessed and experienced terrible things. And so you get to see them there. We wear it on our face. We wear it on our body. To see where weve evolved to is awesome. So [season] 6 is that, is showing how much has been taken away from us. The end goal is to find some semblance of life that we lost before. I think youre going to see some deeply emotional character story and youre also going to see, as we always do, some crazy-a*s s**t.

In an interview withEWthat is otherwise super ambiguous, showrunner Scott Gimple said that The Wolves might not be the most immediate threat in the first half of season 6. He says we should instead expect multiple threats:

There are multiple threats, even in the first half of the season. And sort of different versions of threats weve seen before. The first three episodes are quite intense, and the cast and crew are we just shot them out of a cannon directly into another cannon that we shot them out of again. The first three episodes are we say every year, Ah, its so crazy and everything, and it has been crazy but the first three episodes this year and the things that were doing are very big and very difficult, and were pushing people hard, and in some ways I think were going to be pushing the audience hard. Im pretty excited and terrified about it.

So that might not be saying much, either, but we at least should expect a bit of action in the beginning of the season much like last season"s series premiere, which was ridiculous fun.

Gimple also revealed that, while the season will stick closely to the comics as usual, it will also delve deeper than ever before into some backstory that Robert Kirkman never developed within the pages of the comic book. Here"s what Gimple said:

There are other people that were going to see throughout the season from the comics, and Im excited for people to see it, but I dont want to tell them now. I think a few minor remixes, but some direct stuff from the comic as well, as far as these characters go.

I think theres a really cool aspect to the first half of the season that serves almost as a prequel to some direct comic stuff in the second half of the season. I think theres a way that Robert did some of the story that were reaching that had a real past to it, where people are referring to some things in the past in the comic. And were able to portray some of that backstory in some ways that you didnt get to see in the comic.

No word on what that backstory could entail, of course, but we could make a couple of safe bets. But we won"t spoil any of that here. If you want to know a bit more about season 6"s storyline, scroll down to the "Based on the Comics" section below!

Talking to Melty, Greg Nicotero shared some details about the mysterious Wolves, a group of bandits that is just beyond Alexandria"s walls. We"re not far off from meeting them. Scroll down for some speculation on the new enemies based on the comics.

Here"s Nicotero:

We set up the Wolves in Episode 16. I love those characters. The fact that you have people that are basically utilizing the people that they kill as ammunition to build a zombie army? We see them in Episode Nine when they get to Noah"s neighborhood and we see the "Wolves not far" in the background, and when the W-man at the beginning says to Morgan, "Well, we"re going to take you, too, but you"re not exactly going to be alive," we realize through the course of the episode that they are setting booby traps everywhere so that they can take people"s possessions and then use them as a means to build the walkers in the traps, so it"s kind of a diabolical plan.

Here"s a video of the short interview with Melty:

Robert Kirkman is already on the promo circuit for the sixth season ofThe Walking Dead. Speaking withAMC President Charlie Collier and Stephen Yeun (Glenn) at the 2015 National Association of Broadcasters Show, he got a chance to tease what"s next for Rick and his group.

During the discussion, Kirkman and Glenn briefly discussed Glenn"s possible death next season:The way that we make the show the writers and everybody really want to focus on making things poignant and purposeful and meaningful, Yeun said. So if it were time for Glenn to go, then its probably going to be awesome.

The Walking Dead Season 6 Rumors

This isn"t reallya thing, okay? It"s just Jon Hamm talking about meeting Mr. Kirkman and how cool it would be to play Negan, one of the biggest bads in The Walking Dead comic books. Is that the best thing you"ve ever heard? It gets even better in this video:

The Walking Dead Season 6 Photos

Peoplehas a new image forseason 6. It teases Norman Reedus" Daryl Dixon, who is busy wiping blood off his hands. What kind of trouble is everyone"s favorite zombie apocalypse survivor going to get into this season?

Check out the image:

There are also two other imagesmaking the roundsfor season 6 that tease the rivalry between Rick and Morgan:

While the first trailer for season 6 offered plenty of blood and guts on its own, we never mind seeing some new zombie footage. And take our word for it, the zombies this season are just plain gross. But more importantly, super creative.

Check out these new zombie photos:

The promos are slowly trickling in for The Walking Dead season 6. Today, we get our first look at Rick at the corner of Marshall and Redding, presumably somewhere close to Alexandria. He seems deep in thought. Maybe considering where to go next?

Some new images from The Walking Dead season 6 have surfaced, courtesy of Fox.

Then comes her paramour Glenn Rhee, sporting a few cuts and bruises and the beginnings of a Daryl-alike badass goatee/moustache combo, with his own weapon raised.

Finally, the macho icing on this particular cake is Daryl Dixon, whose leather vest, crossbow, layered hairdo and attitude of general misgivings all seem to be intact.

In advance of San Diego Comic-Con, AMC has released a new poster for The Walking Dead season 6. As you might expect, it focuses on the main characters. Check it out here:

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