The Walking Dead "The Walking Dead" General Stuff & Thaaaangs Thread - - - Part 12

[rashad]

http://funko.com/blogs/news/coming-soon-the-walking-dead-season-7-pops

 

[Elevator Man]

The Walking Dead: Robert Kirkman says season 7 will be 'epic'

We’re all still waiting to find out who will die at the hands of Negan and Lucille in that big Walking Dead cliffhanger. But what comes next? It’s not who dies, but what happens to those who survive that will define season 7 of the zombie drama, which premieres on AMC on Oct. 23.

We spoke with Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman to get some scoop on what to expect when the show returns, and he promised big things in a much bigger world.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: We’ve talked a lot about the cliffhanger, but let’s get into what happens after that is resolved. What can you say about how season 7 is shaping up?
ROBERT KIRKMAN: I mean, the word is epic. The show is expanding. We’re introducing the Kingdom, we already have the Hilltop, we’re going to be exploring more of the Saviors and the Sanctuary that they live in and more of what goes on around Negan, what his average daily life is, which is extremely interesting.

What we’re finding is there’s a lot of civilization out there. There are smaller groups here and there that actually have been thriving and it gets to be a little exciting because we’re going to be seeing how they’ve been surviving, and a lot of them have been getting by in a much different way than Rick and his group. So we’re meeting these people that have lived in this apocalyptic situation for as long as Rick Grimes and his crew, who we’ve been following since day one, but we haven’t seen their evolution and their progression. And so some of them grow to be like Negan’s group, some of them grow to be like Ezekiel’s group, some of them grow to be like Gregory’s group at the Hilltop, and the differences between these groups, and their ways of life, is going to be a lot of fun to explore this season.

We’re all focusing a lot on the mystery death and who it might be, but obviously the big thing is the impact that death has. What is this death going to do to the group? And how is it different from previous deaths, because obviously they’ve experienced loss before, but this definitely feels different?
Well, seasons 1 through 6 have been about Rick and his group learning to live in this apocalyptic world that we’ve built, and by season 6, they’re extremely capable and they feel like they can handle anything. Even going into the finale you kind of see how almost arrogant they are in their abilities, and this confrontation with Negan just shuts that down completely and opens their eyes to how naïve they were — how they hadn’t really anticipated what could be out there and what they could be facing.

Because they had dealt with hardship, and loss, and come across insurmountable odds that they had overcome. They kept encountering groups along the way that weren’t as prepared as them. Alexandria, to a certain extent, is kind of their downfall because they encounter these people that are completely unprepared for this and they’re like, “Oh my God, we’re the s—. Like, these people know nothing about what they’re doing, and we have to teach them and we have to show them our ways and our ways are best.”

That built them up in a way that blinded them to the fact that there are other people out there that maybe survived worse, and maybe did worse things to survive those things, and are maybe more prepared than they could ever be, because there are a lot of lines that Rick and his group won’t cross that Negan and his group have had in their rearview mirror for years. So it really changes things. It’s not just a death, it’s a fundamental shift in their outlook on this world that’ll change everything.

How is the blame game going to work? Are people going to be blaming themselves? Are they blaming others within the group? Is it going to cause divisions?
It’ll introduce a new level of fear for these characters that hasn’t really been present since the first couple of seasons. That fear’s going to affect them all in different ways, but it will be pushing them apart in a lot of different ways as well, so there’s going to be a lot of division in the group and a lot of conflict.

 

[Elevator Man]

Season 7 is a month away.

 

[Elevator Man]

The Walking Dead: "Secrets" Season 7 Official Trailer
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Great to see more Season 7 promos that aren't centered around the Lucille cliffhanger for a change.

 

[Great Cthulhu]

AMC Believes The Walking Dead Could Last as Long as Star Trek

 

[Drizzle]

AMC Believes The Walking Dead Could Last as Long as Star Trek

Well they're going to have to do a hell of a lot better than Fear the Walking Dead if they want to keep this franchise running for 50 years.

 

[Great Cthulhu]

Well they're going to have to do a hell of a lot better than Fear the Walking Dead if they want to keep this franchise running for 50 years.

Very true there is only so much filler you can use

 

[Elevator Man]

AMC wants to milk TWD for every penny. Smh.

 

[Primal Slayer]

While they try to milk every penny out of TWD, Frank Darabont is suing them for $280million
https://www.yahoo.com/tv/frank-darabont-seek-more-280-million-amc-walking-181905377.html

 

[Elevator Man]

Who. Will. He. Choose? Find out when #TWD Season 7 premieres 10.23.16.

I posted Rick, Daryl, Michonne, Maggie, Carl, and Abe's character posters in their own personal threads.

 

[Broseph44]

Well they're going to have to do a hell of a lot better than Fear the Walking Dead if they want to keep this franchise running for 50 years.

Truth. That show is horrible.

 

[Teelie]

I really can't see that. Not the way this show lacks innovation and originality. Nothing about it says it will be able to go on an entire decade let alone 5 of them at this rate.

 

[Great Cthulhu]

I think Negan is going to bonk Glum and the Ginger on the head.

 

[ThePhantasm]

I really can't see that. Not the way this show lacks innovation and originality. Nothing about it says it will be able to go on an entire decade let alone 5 of them at this rate.

Aside from the fact that it is still #1 in terms of ratings.

 

[Elevator Man]

The Walking Dead: Robert Kirkman reveals his 'wildest swing' from the comic

Everyone has been focusing on the deadly duo of Negan and Lucille and the destruction they will leave in their bloody wake when The Walking Dead returns for season 7 on Oct. 23. But there is another equally important pair that will be bursting onto the scene: the enigmatic King Ezekiel and his favorite pet.

How enigmatic is this Ezekiel chap? Well, that aforementioned pet is a pet tiger, so there’s that. In fact, Walking Dead comic creator Robert Kirkman admits that when he came up with the idea of the tiger —named Shiva — he did so partly to see if and how the TV version could even adapt it. We talked to Kirkman about bringing this other dynamic duo from page to screen.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What’s it like bringing Ezekiel and Shiva to the show?
ROBERT KIRKMAN: Well, I’ll say I’m really excited about Ezekiel and Shiva getting into the show because that’s probably the wildest swing I took in the comics. You know, a guy who has a pet tiger [and] who speaks like some kind of weird medieval king is pretty strange, and I have to be honest, when I was writing the comic, I was like, “Hell yeah, let’s see how we handle this tiger in the show! This is going to be difficult!” So to actually get to this point where we are adapting it into the show and to see the show expand in this way that the comic did in the past is pretty cool.

I think anyone who’s been reading the comics sees that while the introduction of Ezekiel was this really strange occurrence in the comic at the time, as time progresses and you learn more and more about him, he becomes a very pivotal character in where the story is going. So it’s kind of an important benchmark, and an important turning point in the series as a whole to have his character introduced and all the things that come from that. I’m worried about getting into spoiler territory, but I will say that any people that have read the comics kind of have a better grasp of what’s coming, and should be very excited that Ezekiel and Shiva are being introduced.

You said you wondered how it would even be possible to bring Shiva to the screen. You all are using a mix of CG and animatronics. How important is it to get it right so it doesn’t look silly?
Yeah, I mean, you have to get it right. You can’t have a fake tiger, because you know that’s not going to work. This is a very real world and if Shiva doesn’t walk on screen, and look like this amazing real tiger that’s existing amongst these characters, it’s going to be more farfetched than it is in and of itself. So you really have to sell it. You really have to have this deadly, terrifying creature coexisting with these people, and it has been a Herculean task to make sure that we get it right. But between the mastery of Greg Nicotero, and all the practical effects that he’s able to accomplish, and our crack visual effects team, I’m very happy with how it’s turning out. You can see in the trailer, it absolutely looks amazing. You wouldn’t, you know, think we had a real tiger on set, but thankfully we don’t or else I would never go to set again.

 

[Great Cthulhu]

I wonder if we'll see Shiva munching on some Walkers, that will be a first for zombie shows.

 

[Reek]

Aside from the fact that it is still #1 in terms of ratings.

and isn't it #1 by like a gigantic margin?

Also... as for how long the series will go... Didn't Kirkman say he is stopping at 200 issues?

I don't know how many more season they can make unless they move beyond the comics... as it is, after Negan [BLACKOUT]there is a time jump of a few years[/BLACKOUT] and honestly.. the whisperer story has sucked badly... so i wouldnt mind them ending it in 10 seasons with Negan as the final baddie.

 

[The Joker]

Also... as for how long the series will go... Didn't Kirkman say he is stopping at 200 issues?

Did he really? They're not far off it. The comic is in the 160's at the moment.

 

[Lantern Venom]

and isn't it #1 by like a gigantic margin?

Also... as for how long the series will go... Didn't Kirkman say he is stopping at 200 issues?

I don't know how many more season they can make unless they move beyond the comics... as it is, after Negan [BLACKOUT]there is a time jump of a few years[/BLACKOUT] and honestly.. the whisperer story has sucked badly... so i wouldnt mind them ending it in 10 seasons with Negan as the final baddie.

He's been quoted as saying it will run for around 300, unless he stops "having fun" with it. Of course, you might have seen a more recent quote.

 

[Teelie]

Aside from the fact that it is still #1 in terms of ratings.

Yes because once a series hits number 1 in ratings it never declines.

 

[Great Cthulhu]

I don't really believe it will last 50 yeas, there's just not that much material to use. How many times can the characters be forced to leave their safe place, wander through a zombie infested wasteland, while running into a couple of bad people before settling into a new safe haven?

 

[Lantern Venom]

Ugh, the wait is becoming excruciating. So many shows are back or start their seasons next week. Why did the show choose the 23rd? Gimme, gimme, gimme NOW!

 

[Reek]

Did he really? They're not far off it. The comic is in the 160's at the moment.

He's been quoted as saying it will run for around 300, unless he stops "having fun" with it. Of course, you might have seen a more recent quote.

I must be remembering it wrong then... It was months ago.

I don't know though, how many seasons would we really want lol 300 issues is pushing the 15-20 mark. no way.

 

[Elevator Man]

The Walking Dead: Greg Nicotero calls the season 7 premiere 'the most emotional episode I've ever shot'

The cast of The Walking Dead had a hard time filming the emotional season 6 finale. Andrew Lincoln admitted to EW that it was the first time he was ever late to work due to the immense emotional toll, while Lauren Cohan told us she didn’t even want to go to work that final day.

Well, judging by what the cast and crew have teased to us about the way things pick back up in season 7, that cliffhanger finale may seem like rainbows and unicorns by comparison. Jeffrey Dean Morgan told us that filming the premiere amounted to “10 days of hell” because of the intense subject matter, and now the man who directed the premiere — Greg Nicotero — is weighing in as well.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: You and showrunner Scott Gimple have both been clear that you know you need to deliver the goods with the season 7 premiere to make that cliffhanger pay off, so what are you guys delivering with episode 701?
GREG NICOTERO: Well, I can tell you from the position of the director’s chair, it was by far the most emotional episode that I’ve ever shot. Where we left these characters at the end of season 6 is, they’ve been broken. Their world has literally become smaller and smaller and trapped them, and now they’re in a situation that they’ve never been in before where the cavalry is not coming over the hill. Carol is not going to show up and blow up the propane tank outside of Terminus. These things aren’t going to happen, and it’s just devastating.

So knowing that and being in this situation, these actors who are such fantastic performers, they took themselves to some pretty deep, dark places, and it was intense. It was uncomfortable, and it was raw, and the emotion was real. And having to do take 2 or take 3 or take 4 and watching these people just in sheer agony was not a pleasant experience, to just watch what was happening. But that’s where they needed to go to exhibit the emotion. So it was a really intense…

That must have made for a pretty different vibe in terms of everyone reuniting at the start of a new season.
It’s funny, every season we show up and everybody — Andy, Norman, and Steven, and Lauren — we all show up with the same, like, “Okay, man.” Andy has a great expression, it’s like, “Let’s kick this pig,” because one season we had pigs that got loose around the prison, and we had this whole thing going on that was really funny. So Andy’s favorite expression is, “All right, everybody, let’s get together and kick this pig,” that’s his sort of a way of rallying the troops. And every season we show up and everyone’s champing at the bit to get back to work.

It was different this year, because we knew that we were jumping into it in a very deep, dark, cold place. So it was a different emotion on set, because where we worked ourselves up to for season 6, we began with season 7, and it was really challenging, and it was hard. And the first couple episodes are a bit relentless in that sort of dark place that they really don’t want to go, but we’re going to take you there.

How much more to that scene are we going to see, meaning we get up to the point and we see it all from the victim’s point of view? I have to assume there’s more to that maybe that we’re going to see from that setting.
Yes, without a doubt. And there’s some great drama that stems from that exact moment. Without giving too much away, it’s even more than the comic book, because in the comic book it’s kind of abrupt, and it’s over, and there’s a little, “Okay, I’ll see you guys in a week. We’ll be by to get half our share.” There’s more to it.

 

[NotNickFury]

At this point, I'm not inclined to take anything these folks say seriously when it comes to emotional turmoil with making the show, given how much they built up "Last Day on Earth." At this point, they want those high ratings. They know people will tune in, but don't bait us with this emotional nonsense.