The Walking Dead: What to expect in Season 7 - trailer and pictures

Obviously a very special scene with Rick Grimes awaits us right at the beginning of the new season. Perhaps we are facing a dialogue with Negan in which Rick will once again have to admit his defeat, which cost the lives of friends. Much is not yet known about the upcoming 7th season, but one thing is certain: It will be emotional and cruel. Lauren Cohan, who embodies Maggie Greene in the series, promises an intense and explosive premiere. We have put together first information about the new season, which starts on October 24, 2016, for you here.

After the dramatic events of the Season 6 finale of The Walking Dead, we're excited to explore relationships we haven't seen before in Season 7. So it's quite possible that the death in the first episode also messes up the dynamic in Rick's group, since Rick blames himself for the deaths of the previously unknown characters anyway. If other members of his group feel the same way, it is not unlikely that the group of survivors in Alexandria will disintegrate and regroup. Most recently, Carol left the community of her own free will and is now with Morgan in a new community, the «Kingdom». A first break is already visible. Lauren Cohan told E! News" confirms that Season 7 will have "a very intense, explosive start" and that fans can expect "a real roller coaster of emotions".

The Walking Dead - Season 7 - Comic-Con Trailer

After all, we finally find out who let Negan jump over the blade. Then it not only gets emotional for the viewers, but also the survivors from Rick's group have to go through a tragic time. The question of who Negan killed in the season 6 finale still remains unanswered. Among the most sought after death row inmates are Abraham, Daryl, Glenn and Eugene. Observant fans who have been following the set and filming for months have already noticed that Steven Yeun (Glenn) and Michael Cudlitz (Abraham) were only present at the filming of the first episode of "The Walking Dead" Season 7. Since then there has been no trace of the two. While her colleagues are busy shooting for "The Walking Dead", Steven now has new projects and Michael has recently been seen more and more at conventions. Negan's murders of members of Rick's group will set a ball rolling that will keep us busy in the next season.

We already know, thanks to the comics alone, that Negan is likely to stay with us for quite a while in the series, but unfortunately we also know that because of him and his Saviors, we're probably looking forward to a whole series of other deaths in our group - in the comics there are more than a dozen - have to catch up. But anyone familiar with the comics also knows that the uprising and war against Negan is only just beginning. But for the time being Negan remains in power and after Hilltop now also suppresses Alexandria. To torment the group even more, Negan is even supposed to take one of the characters to the Saviors' base and keep him there like a slave. Rick and the others' situation doesn't seem to be changing anytime soon, even though potential friends are already close. Although Scott Gimple has so far held back with an official confirmation, everything indicates that our world will be a little bit bigger in the 7th season. What is meant by this is the "Kingdom", which represents a similar community to Alexandria and Hilltop. We have already met two members of this community. You probably remember the two men with the strange suits of armor who came to the rescue of Carol and Morgan. Comic book fans are particularly excited about the arrival of a very specific character in the series: Kingdom leader Ezekiel, who rules alongside his tiger, Shiva.

So we can actually look forward to an exciting new character in the series soon. When Augustus aka Ezekiel will first appear in «The Walking Dead» season 7. With Hilltop and Ezekiel's Kingdom, the residents of Alexandria have two strong potential allies in the fight against Negan and his Saviors. As for the headquarters of Negan and his companions, we already got a first impression of the "Sanctuary" in the trailer. It is unlikely that such a big storyline will be started and completed in the entire 7th season, but the first steps towards "All Out War", the American title of the comic, should definitely be made in the new episodes. With so much drama and the start of a war against Negan ahead of us, maybe there are some positive things to look forward to as well. At least some fans are rumored that Carol and Morgan are not alone on their way to the Kingdom for nothing and suddenly share the same view of life. Chances are we'll see a romance between Carol and Morgan in Season 7.

Negan is not only a cruel opponent, but also a big mystery for the viewers at the current time. In Season 7, according to Jeffrey Dean Morgan, we learn more about the human who becomes a survivor's nightmare. The new episodes are not only dedicated to the terror with which Negan torments the survivors in the present. Jeffrey Dean Morgan revealed in an interview that the background to his trade is explained. "We will find out how Negan became who he is," promises the 50-year-old. In the comics, Robert Kirkman left his fans floundering longer and didn't immediately give them an insight into the background of Rick's new enemies. That should be different in the TV series. "We're going to get a little bit of backstory very early on about how the Saviors act and how Negan acts," the actor quotes Comicbook as saying. So we'll finally get to know why the Saviors are taking on the role of oppressors in the new world after the zombie apocalypse. Whether we get a direct insight into Negan's past, for example in the form of a flashback, is rather questionable.

Who The Spoiling Dead fans report on filming, smoke rises over Alexandria and you are immediately reminded of various events from the comics - even if the order of the shooting apparently does not correspond to the chronological order of the events in the series. So Rick & Co. were, we remember, actually on their way to Hilltop to take Maggie to the local gynecologist for her mysterious stomach ache. If the series continues to stick to the comics, Rick's crew, including the body of "Whose-Name-We-Don't-Know-Yet", will travel directly there after the happy get-to-know-you-round with Negan to take care of Maggie to be able to In Hilltop, Rick & Co. will then talk to Jesus, Gregory and other residents about the threat posed by Negan and the Saviors, with Rick being anything but amused that Gregory simply didn't tell him about the sheer size of Negan's squad.

Together with Jesus, but without Maggie, who will stay in Hilltop, the broken heroes then return to Alexandria, where they find out that their home community had been attacked in the meantime. There were several vehicles outside the walls that had apparently tried unsuccessfully to break through the demarcation. There are also a good dozen corpses lying around outside the walls - all of them Saviors. Because while Rick & Co. went to Hilltop with Maggie, Dwight and a good dozen of his men used the absence of the supposedly strongest fighters of the ASZ to attack the community. But then they had - in the comics - made the calculation without Andrea, Olivia & Nicholas, who fought off the attack of the Saviors with flying colors and were also able to capture Dwight. In the series, we remember, the remaining residents of Alexandria were also preparing for a possible attack when Rick left - under the direction of none other than Father Gabriel. So could the storyline here follow the comics?

As showrunner Scott M. Gimple announced, he would like to thematize the story from «The Walking Dead» comics. In the comic book, after Glenn's murder, Dwight and the other Saviors show up in Alexandria to get half of the supplies and are threatened by Carl that they'll soon realize just how dangerous the ASZ people really are . When the Saviors leave, Carl sneaks into the truck and shoots some Saviors as they open the door. Until he is finally knocked out by Dwight and taken hostage. While you'd expect Negan to just hit the little one with his Lucille, the leader of the Saviors is so impressed by Grimes junior's confident demeanor that he proclaims that while he'll punish him, he'll also introduce him to the nasty methodology of the brief Saviors. And that's how a peaceship was born... Gimple teased a while ago that he would change this storyline a bit for the series and maybe another character could take Carl's place. And well, who would fit better than Daryl? A penchant for smart bikes, hard principles - that's right! Does this mean that Daryl will stay with the Saviors for a while?

TWD-Family also seems to have slipped a little closer together behind the camera - literally. Austin Nichols, who we know as Spencer Monroe, shared a photo on Twitter showing some of the cast. Apparently it is a current picture. Pictured are Melissa McBride (Carol), around whom Austin has an arm, Steven Yeun (Glenn), Josh McDermitt (Eugene), Christian Serratos (Rosita), Alanna Masterson (Tara), Ross Marquand (Aaron) and Austin Amelio ( Dwight). Two big favorites of the series - Andrew Lincoln (Rick) and Norman Reedus (Daryl) - are looked for in vain on the snapshot.