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

[Elevator Man]

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!

AMC is trying to milk out as much hype and anticipation for the Season 7 premiere b/c of the "Who Got Lucille'd?" cliffhanger. They really want the Season 7 premiere to be highest rated episode on cable. Especially since some fans/viewers have proclaim to quit the show after that cliffhanger. So AMC are trying to get as many new viewers as possible.

Oct. 23rd seems late b/c the past five seasons it premiered in mid-Oct. FTWD abruptly wrapped up Season 2 with a 2 episode finale last night. So you think AMC would premiere Season 7 on the 9th or the 16th. Don't know what's scheduled next Sunday, but I guess AMC wanted to give the fans/viewers some breathing room between both shows. On the 16th @ 9pm AMC is airing a 2 hour retrospective of the TWD titled "The Journey So Far", where the cast (both former & current) and crew look back on the show. REALLY!

 

[The Joker]

Honestly they don't need to bait people to get them to tune in. They know they'll have high ratings even if they don't say a word because people are aching to know who Negan kills.

 

[NotNickFury]

Wait for it, 57 minutes of the episode will be a flashback/retrospective of everyone's lives since the walker outbreak. Just as Negan picks his victim, we cut to Morgan and Carol arriving at The Kingdom. And the episode instead ends with Shiva's growl that we saw in the trailer.

 

[Sterling Archer]

I just realised that Andrew Lincoln hasn't had a single other film/tv role since he started The Walking Dead. I realise that being the main character on a big show like this is a busy schedule, but it's still a bit weird right?

 

[Lantern Venom]

Wait for it, 57 minutes of the episode will be a flashback/retrospective of everyone's lives since the walker outbreak. Just as Negan picks his victim, we cut to Morgan and Carol arriving at The Kingdom. And the episode instead ends with Shiva's growl that we saw in the trailer.

I doubt it, but I'd laugh my butt off at the internet outrage that followed. t:

 

[Elevator Man]

The Walking Dead to air two-hour retrospective special

For all those who don’t have time to binge all six seasons of The Walking Dead to get primed and ready for the season 7 premiere on Oct. 23, AMC has announced it will air a two-hour retrospective special titled The Walking Dead: Journey So Far from 9-11 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 16. The special will feature interviews with key cast and executive producers along with “clips from the most pivotal moments in series history.”

Here’s how AMC describes the special in a press release sent out by the network:

“Season by season, from the moment Rick wakes up in the hospital (as told by Andrew Lincoln), all the way to the excruciating first swing of Negan’s bat (told by Jeffery Dean Morgan and others in the lineup), the story of “The Walking Dead” will be told by those who have lived it. “The Walking Dead: Journey So Far” gives viewers who have never seen an episode of “The Walking Dead” a chance to get all caught up on the plot, characters, locations, and unique terminology of the series as well as providing fans who‘ve never missed a moment with fresh interviews with the series’ producers and their favorite actors as part of an exciting refresher course that will further whet their appetite for the new season.”

And that new season will kick off the following Sunday on Oct. 23 with a premiere that director Greg Nicotero calls ‘the most emotional episode I’ve ever shot.”

So EW and AMC believes new viewers don't need to binge watch all six seasons to get caught up on Season 7. They just need to watch this 2 hour retrospective with commercials and they'll be all caught up. Riiiiiiiight. I would've held off on a retrospective of the show till the last season or when it hit 100 episodes at least, but they gotta hype up the reveal of the Lucille victim. Does AMC realize that Season 7 isn't going to be solely about who got Lucille'd?

 

[Elevator Man]

The Walking Dead: Andrew Lincoln shares intel on the first scene ever

Ahead of the release of The Walking Dead’s seventh season, EW takes an inside look at the horror franchise. Entertainment Weekly’s Ultimate Guide to the Walking Dead is on sale now and can be found with a collectible cover on newsstands after Oct. 14. As part of the book, we spoke to key Walking Dead figures to look back at one of the biggest moments from each season. Some may be major, others a bit more subtle. In this first installment of the series, we chatted with Andrew Lincoln about a key moment from season 1.

SEASON 1 KEY MOMENT
THE EPISODE: “DAYS GONE BYE”
THE MOMENT: RICK SHOOTS ZOMBIE GIRL IN THE HEAD
THE INTERVIEW: ANDREW LINCOLN

It was the very first scene of the very first episode, and it set the tone for everything to follow. Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) finds post-apocalyptic carnage on the road, but what he discovers down the hill by an abandoned gas station is even more horrifying — a little girl with bunny slippers and a teddy bear that also happens to be a zombie. When Rick shot that little girl in the face, it showed that this was a brand new show with brand new rules. We spoke to Lincoln about that famous scene, and his famous father-in-law (Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull), who watched the entire thing go down.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: This is the first kill of yours we see on screen. Was it your first kill of filming as well?
ANDREW LINCOLN: The first kill was actually the first day, which was Bicycle Girl. That was the very first thing that we shot. I can vividly remember it being so extraordinary and weird.

This opener was the second week of filming because my father-in-law was playing in town and he came and visited on set with my mother-in-law and sat behind [director] Frank Darabont for the whole day. Frank is this huge Jethro Tull fan, and I was so in my own space trying to get the scene right that I didn’t introduce them. And Frank has never forgiven me. They’re even in a photograph together and I haven’t introduced them. It was the most ill-mannered moment of my whole life — with my in-laws and my new ingenious director. I’m still haunted by it.

What was it like when you arrived on set for this scene and saw all those burned-out cars and trucks on the road?
I remember coming up and seeing this turned over Mack truck and thinking, “Holy s—, there’s been a f—ing accident!” And then someone was like, “No, you’re in the right place. This is your set.” That was the beginning of realizing the scale of the show, so walking through that gas station set-up was just thrilling. It was the most incredibly immersive experience — and terrifying. And that set the tone and the bar for what that first season was all about. It was extraordinary. It was lots of big expansive setting up of that world, and that’s what I’ve always seen that first season as being — a man wakes up into a new world. So there was a great ambition in set design and scale that I don’t think we’ve really backed away from much.

Frank Darabont said that the opening teaser serves as a mission statement for the entire series. Do you agree?
I absolutely agree. I loved working with Frank and I remember him [showing me the teaser later] and I just started laughing. I was so shocked by what had happened and how he had cut it together. I said, “Is this the actual thing that is going out?” And he said “Yep.” And I went, “Oh my lord!” And he went, “Yeah, we’re trying to tell a story.” And I went, “Well, that’s it!” You don’t need to know anymore than that. It expresses in a very short period of time exactly what the show is. And what the world is. And the extremities of the world. I can’t think of a more impactful, shocking, thrilling, and terrifying beginning. We’re horror, and we’re not apologetic about it. And we’re trying to be emotional. And it’s not what you think you’re watching. All of those crumbs are fed to you very quickly and effectively.

What sort of interactions did you have with Addy Miller, who played the zombie girl you shot?
Addy was amazing and the makeup was phenomenal. I had not met her without all of that, so I was just greeted with this terrifying apparition. I had been quite solitary. I really hadn’t spoken to anybody, just because the nature of the story. So I just thought, well, this a pretty awkward moment because I’m going to have to get a 357 magnum and shoot this girl in about 30 minutes so I better introduce myself. And I said, “Look, I’m really sorry about all of this and I hope you don’t mind that I’m going to have to shoot you.” And I was really upset by this because it was the nature of the scene and I was kind of distressed anyway by the whole world. And she was like, “I’m fine, just get on with it.” And she was 8 or 9 years old at this point and telling me, “C’mon man, get to work. We’re professionals here.”

So she was completely comfortable with the entire idea. And I was groveling around, trying to apologize for the next hour, and she was magnificent. I just remember looking over at my in-laws at one point, and they looked gleeful but also extremely confused and disturbed. And I just thought, that’s what we’re trying to do. There you go. Welcome to the family!

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If this isn't Just a compilation of previous EW TWD related issues then I might consider buying a copy.

 

[Elevator Man]

The Walking Dead showrunner looks back at what makes Barnageddon a 'defining moment' for the show

Ahead of the release of The Walking Dead’s seventh season, EW takes an inside look at the horror franchise. Entertainment Weekly’s Ultimate Guide to the Walking Dead is on sale now and can be found with a collectible cover on newsstands after Oct. 14. As part of the book, we spoke to key Walking Dead figures to look back at one of the biggest moments from each season. Some may be major, others a bit more subtle. In this second installment of the series, we chatted with showrunner Scott M. Gimple about a key moment from season 2.


SEASON 2 KEY MOMENT
THE INTERVIEW: SCOTT M. GIMPLE
THE EPISODE: “PRETTY MUCH DEAD ALREADY”
THE MOMENT: ZOMBIE SOPHIA WALKS OUT OF THE BARN


For many, The Walking Dead’s blending of heart and horror has never been more powerful than when the search for Sophia that stretched throughout the first half of season 2 ended in tragedy as Carol’s daughter emerged in zombie form from Hershel’s barn. While Shane and the others that had slaughtered the other walkers stood in stunned silence, Rick walked up and finished the job, putting a bullet in the young girl’s brain. Scott M. Gimple, who wrote the episode and now serves as showrunner on the series, reveals what it was like on set for that fateful scene, how the climax was partly inspired by Seinfeld, and what the moment meant in the evolution of the show.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What can you tell me being on set for this climactic scene?
SCOTT M. GIMPLE: I remember the day building and building with emotion. A lot of horrible things have happened on The Walking Dead, with this story of these characters going through an increasingly deteriorating world, but this was one of the big ones. Rick wanted to be the guy who would look for the little girl who was lost. Shane was the realist who didn’t. Michelle MacLaren directed it and when she called cut after Shane gave that speech before he shoots the Walker that Rick is holding, somebody on the camera crew uttered a very supportive profanity with his performance. It was just a remarkable performance by Jon Bernthal.

I had designed the script like an episode of Seinfeld in a lot of ways. All of these disparate stories crashing together at the end. So everybody had a story that tied them up in some way emotionally and it all came together in this moment. Meanwhile, they find out about this threat in the barn right under their noses. It was just one of those moments that defined the show because it had these spectacular Walkers coming out and this violence that was very much contextualized with a heartbreaking act.

This isn’t a kickass thing they’re doing. This is somebody saying that the world is dead, which was Shane, and to be a realist. It was almost like shooting down idealism. Emotionally the energy felt like it changed and that things have heightened. It was a remarkable day. It was all these different parts of what makes a show come together in this perfect moment. It’s the kind of stuff I’ve been trying to shoot for ever since.

The remarkable thing about this episode and this final scene is that there was actually a lot of bellyaching going on among fans during the search for Sophia with people saying “Ugh, this is taking way too long.” But then everyone loved the payoff.
That’s one of the lessons I learned: The audience wants to know things sooner rather than later. In that case, I think if they knew sooner it would have been denied some of the impact. The audience, in some ways, had to suffer along with the characters. It made them bound in some way so that when you had that final moment it wasn’t just the characters feeling that. The audience felt it more because they had put in that time on that search. It’s riskier TV, I guess, because you’re asking the audience to go through some hard stuff to elicit an even bigger emotion and an even bigger payoff at the end. I loved it. It was a great experience doing that. When we put it together I was excited to see it, and it was even better than what I thought it would be.

Why is Rick the one who has to put that bullet in Sophia?
Because it was about him changing. Because it was about him accepting some realities. So many seasons are about Rick’s transformation, but this was a big one. He was the one strong enough to do this. Nobody else stepped up to do it. He did. If he was strong enough to look for the little girl, he was strong enough to put her out of her misery when she was found to be a Walker.

It’s always a big day on set when it’s someone’s death scene. How was that for Madison Lintz, who played Sophia? That’s a lot for a young girl to play a zombie and then get shot down?
She was remarkable and was an incredible pro. In many ways she was and is an old soul. Madison had to come out as a Walker essentially on stage. The entire cast for the most part was lined up in front of her and then all of the cameras all around her. It was a very strange introduction as a Walker. It was so theatrical that she basically stepped out from behind the curtain. She came out and it was horrible, so she did her job incredibly well. The acting in that scene was heartbreaking. It was one of those days where one after the other after the other, everybody was topping one another in the performances. Madison absolutely did that. For seven episodes to crash into this 10 seconds, it’s an incredibly important moment. It was one of the defining moments of the show.

 

[Great Cthulhu]

Why was season 7 delayed, because of Fear The Walking Dead?

 

[rashad]

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[Great Cthulhu]

Looks like Negan and Rick are going to have a cracking good time in that RV.

 

[Elevator Man]

So we know Rick survived the line up, but who doubted that he wouldn't?

 

[The Joker]

Oh wow love that clip. Negan is awesome. The facial expressions are perf.

 

[Elevator Man]

'Right Hand Man' seems to be the title of the Season 7 premiere.

 

[BrollySupersj]

Blood on Rick's cheek, who was right next to him?

 

[Elevator Man]

 

[Broseph44]

Oh wow love that clip. Negan is awesome. The facial expressions are perf.

Negan is

Think they'll have the balls to go the comic route but have it be Negan take away one of Rick's hands?

 

[Spider-Who?]

People to the right of him (in order):

Maggie, Abe, Michonne, Daryl, Rosita, Glenn.

 

[Slick]

Damn that clip was awesome. It got me all emotional.

 

[Reek]

... so... the ax.... and 'RIGHT HAND MAN'.... and going to the RV alone...


it would seem like we are going to get a different version of what happens in the comics to rick

 

[Elevator Man]

The cast and crew revealed season 7 details at New York Comic Con

It was the baseball crack heard ‘round the world, one that inspired a question that has plagued fans of The Walking Dead for nearly six painstaking months: who does Negan kill, and how will Rick’s group carry on without one of its core members?

On the topic of which character meets his or her grisly demise at the hands of Negan, the cast and crew of the long-running AMC series, which returns Oct. 23 for a seventh season, remained tight-lipped during an hour-long panel presentation at Saturday’s New York Comic Con, though Norman Reedus, who plays Daryl Dixon, filled the audience in on how the cast and crew made light of one of the most emotionally taxing shoots they’ve done since the show’s debut season in 2010: with a sex doll, of course.

Speaking at Madison Square Garden in New York City, the show’s cast and crew, including Reedus, Danai Gurira, Alanna Masterson, Lauren Cohan, Melissa McBride, Lennie James, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Sonequa Martin-Green, Austin Nichols, Michael Cudlitz, Greg Nicotero, Seth Gilliam, Steven Yeun, Scott M. Gimple, and Gale Anne Hurd, whetted fan anticipation by teasing the fate of several characters, showing off brand new footage, and sharing how on-set pranks kept the gang sane through the misery of what promises to be the most brutal season The Walking Dead has ever aired.

Here are eight things we learned about The Walking Dead season 7 at New York Comic Con:

1. Andrew Lincoln pranked Norman Reedus with a sex doll on set
We all know the tone of season 7 is going to be grim, but that didn’t stop the actors from livening the mood on set with a few practical jokes.

“We’ve always screwed with each other,” Reedus said, describing a particular incident that involved a sex doll on the set of season 7. “The last thing that happened? [Lincoln] put my motorcycle out on a boat and pushed it out in the middle of a lake with a sex doll sitting on top of it. It gets pretty heavy, so we all kind of goof around on the set when we can.”

As for the moment lingering in everyone’s mind – members of Rick’s group, including Daryl, staring Lucille down – Reedus said the lighthearted moments shared between the cast were necessary to counteract the gloomy headspace he had to conjure while shooting the final moments of season 6.

“We’re all going to die. That’s what’s going through [the characters’] heads… we’re outnumbered and it doesn’t look good,” he admitted. “It’s a weird feeling to be that powerless when we’ve always fought to survive, and to just be put on our knees, and it doesn’t look like we’re going to get over that wall… I hated shooting all of that. It was miserable. It sucked, it really did.”

2. The Governor is “small potatoes” compared to Negan
You thought The Governor’s murderous tactics were bad? Think again. According to Gurira, The Governor “is small potatoes” compared to Negan.

Why?

“Because he has a structure in place. He doesn’t have one town of Woodbury, he has outposts in various places we don’t even know about yet. We know it’s more than one at this point. He’s also extremely smart… he gets Rick on his knees in many ways… [he has] an indoctrination process which is far beyond what The Governor was doing… there’s a whole other level of creating a system and an order where you can reign supreme as a demagogue in a way that’s deeply insulated in a way that no one has touched before”

3. Jeffrey Dean Morgan believes in what Negan is doing… sort of
Negan is shaping up to be the cruelest villain The Walking Dead has ever seen, but the actor playing the iconic character – a fan favorite despite his nefarious deeds – says he tried to empathize with the character’s maniacal mindset despite Negan’s inability to sympathize with Rick’s group.

“In order to approach a character like Negan, to have somewhere to go, you have to believe in what you’re doing,” Morgan said. “What he’s doing is essentially the same thing these guys have been doing for the last seven years; he just happens to carry a baseball bat he loves dearly.”

While Morgan acknowledges Negan is downright heartless, as a performer he respects the character’s convictions, twisted morals and all.

“I think he absolutely thinks he’s right, but he’s also, as we know, a bit of a showman. This world is his stage and he owns it. You call it cocky, but we watched Rick and these guys get cocky in the last seven years… I think Negan coming in and flexing his Barnum & Bailey-style justice on these people is his way of letting them know they were wrong, and it’s time to go down a notch… or ten.”

4. Gabriel could be taking on the role of a “warrior” in season 7
“He’s basically surrendered himself to Rick’s will,” Gilliam said of the typically passive Gabriel’s newfound identity at the tail end of season 6. “I think Rick must see some potential in Gabriel to be more of a warrior and to be of more use and service than he has been before, but I think his willingness is pretty clear and evident.”

He continued: “I think Rick sees that at least this guy is willing to try. He might not be as capable as the next guy, but at least he’s willing.”

5. Tara doesn’t know Denise is dead, and the revelation might be too much for her to handle
Next to Glenn and Maggie, Tara and Denise (Merritt Wever) were arguably the cutest couple to appear during season 6, but, in typical The Walking Dead fashion, things came to a bloody end as Denise was killed by the Saviors shortly after Tara set out on a lengthy supply run with Heath.

“She doesn’t [know Denise is dead],” Masterson said, noting that losing Wever on set was “such a blow” for her as an actress, though she’s not sure Tara can handle discovering her lover’s fate – if she survives to find out at all.

“For Tara I think [news of Denise’s death is] going to be a really hard thing for her to hear… she really loves Denise… people like that relationship. It was very sweet. It’s fun to have two girls dating.”

6. Carol still hasn’t found clarity
At the end of season 6, Carol finds herself caught between a Morgan and a hard place: after being shot by a Savior, a critically-wounded Carol hits rock bottom – literally – as she lay on the ground, approaching death while her companion unloads a full clip of bullets into her attacker, saving her life. Still, Carol insists Morgan leave her there to die, and season 7 will see the fan-favorite character grappling with the same conflicting feelings that prompted her abrupt departure from Alexandria.

“[She’s adapting, changing, getting stronger, and loving the group so much,” McBride said. “I think every step she’s taken up to this moment has devastated her. She needs to get her head together and try to find some sense in how it is. What we have to do is so monstrous, in order to survive, and we’re becoming the monsters we’re trying to protect ourselves from… this is the way it is to survive and, now, to what end? What is it about this world that makes us want to survive so much? That’s a huge question.”

7. We might see a much darker side of Morgan across season 7
Morgan spent most of season 6 refusing to kill – even those who posed a threat to the group. That’s likely going to change during season 7.

“I think the path he’s walking is a path he’s trying to walk. He’s not locked away in a shed with a goat, so he’s out in the world” James said. “When he shoots that Savior in order to save Carol, I think one bullet would have done it, but he emptied the clip. Those people who are begging for Morgan to [be a] killer: be careful what you wish for, guys.”

8. Who Negan kills isn’t the only thing that will surprise viewers during season 7
Nicotero, who directed the first episode of the series’ upcoming seventh season, said that while it’s been a taxing summer trying to keep the identity of Negan’s victim a secret, the Oct. 23 episode won’t be defined by the moment the slaying occurs.

“Because everybody knows how the season ended last year, that someone’s gonna go, it was more of a challenge going into it this year knowing what people are going to expect,” he said. “For me, some of the most amazing moments are found not where you’re going to expect them when you watch the first episode. There are some unbelievable moments and performances that’ve come out of the fog and the haze and the post-traumatic stress of the actual moment that set the stage for the entire season.”

He added: “All of these guys went to some insane places, emotionally… I thought it would be easy to come in starting where we left off… boy was I wrong. I know when we were finished, it took me a couple weeks to recover from it.”

 

[Elevator Man]

The Walking Dead: Ross Marquand says the season premiere will 'affect people in a very profound way'

Walking Dead director Greg Nicotero told us the season 7 premiere is the most emotional episode he’s ever shot. Jeffrey Dean Morgan called the shoot for the episode “10 days of hell” because of how difficult it was. Now add one of the men in that lineup of death to the chorus.

Ross Marquand, who plays Aaron, stopped by Entertainment Weekly Radio (SiriusXM, channel 105) Wednesday morning and talked all about the big cliffhanger and the resolution waiting on Oct. 23. Marquand confirms that the cast did not know whom the victim was when they shot the finale scene late last year. “Most of us did not know,” says Marquand. “Because again, they wanted to play their cards very close to their chest. But towards the beginning of shooting this year they told us.”

It turns out fans are not the only ones who have been asking the actor for answers. Even his parents have been angling for clues. “My folks are trying to plug me for information,” says Marquand. “They’re like, ‘So, are you free to come over this month?’ I’m like, ‘What do you mean?’ ‘Like for a few weeks, are you available?’ ‘Are you asking if I’m dead? What is going on here?’”

As for what to expect for the season premiere, Marquand says to expect to be thoroughly depressed. “We’ve been really cognizant of the fans’ emotions,” he says. “And it’s going to be an emotional episode. It’s going to be a great episode, but it’s going to be one that affects people in a very profound way. Whether your favorite character is Daryl or Rick or whoever, the death is going to really be brutal and it’s going to affect you in a very visceral way.”

And like Morgan, Marquand confirms it was a difficult episode to shoot, but one that was well worth it. “Awful,” he says of the premiere filming. “It was the best work I think I’ve ever been a party to and witnessed. I think it was the best work we’ve all ever done. It was just tough, It was tough to go through those steps every single take for days on end, oftentimes 12 to 14 hours a day at night. And then again 12 to 14 hours the next day. It was intense.”

So what does Marquand think of the final product? He doesn’t know because he and the cast have yet to see it. “We haven’t seen it. We’ve never seen it cut together. We see it the same night everyone else does. So we’re excited to see just what they leave in and what they take out and how they choose to tell the story, because it’s told from multiple different camera angles and it could go one of many different ways.”

 

[Sawyer]

... so... the ax.... and 'RIGHT HAND MAN'.... and going to the RV alone...


it would seem like we are going to get a different version of what happens in the comics to rick

You better believe my fingers are crossed.

 

[Sawyer]

People to the right of him (in order):

Maggie, Abe, Michonne, Daryl, Rosita, Glenn.

I really think it's a two-man race between Glenn and Daryl.

Abe and Rosita? Meh. Not enough of a gut punch.
Michonne? Highly doubtful, just because she was used very sparingly in the back half of S6 and the Richonne relationship is still very fresh and hasn't been explored much. You really gonna kill Rick's blossoming love interest so soon after you killed Rick's previous blossoming love interest?
Maggie? I just don't think they're brutal enough to kill a pregnant lady by having her brains bashed in. Her baby daddy, however...

I'm definitely sticking with Glenn or Daryl.

 

[Filmfan93]

I think it's going to be Glenn or Abraham.

As for the clip... man, JDM was born for that role. You can feel the menace even when he is not talking, just from his look.

I am wondering what he will do to Rick in that RV. As a non CBM reader, can anyone tell me what happens in the comics?