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Season 9 | News | Rumours | Castings
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Season 9 - What we know so far
(Mild Spoilers, especially regarding castings)
Airdate
October 7th, 2018
Official Promo
Cast
Andrew Lincoln/Rick Grimes
Andrew Lincoln is exiting The Walking Dead in season nine. His departure was first reported in May, along with news that Norman Reedus (Daryl Dixon) will see a major pay increase as he becomes the new number one on the call sheet. Kirkman confirmed news of Lincoln's departure, and the actor himself addressed the elephant in the room during an appearance Friday at San Diego Comic-Con: "This will be my last season playing Rick Grimes."
An emotional Lincoln added that season nine features two of his favorite episodes since the pilot, though that should hardly soften the blow for viewers who have come to love The Walking Dead predominantly because of the Rick Grimes experience. The actor has already returned to London and shaved off Rick's signature beard, so expect the beloved character's exit to come in the first half of the season — which remains in production in Atlanta
Jon Bernthal/Shane Walsh
As Lincoln leaves, an old face is returning to the fold, if only for a moment: Jon Bernthal is set to reprise his role as Shane Walsh in season nine. It's unclear how or how long Shane will come back, given the fact that Rick's former BFF died in season two, though Walking Dead is no stranger to flashbacks, dream sequences and hallucinations.
Lauren Cohan/Maggie Greene
Lincoln isn't the only longtime star leaving The Walking Dead in season nine, as Lauren Cohan has signed on to star in ABC's Whiskey Cavalier following a salary standoff with AMC, signaling an end to her run as Maggie Greene Rhee. However, Cohan announced a return to The Walking Dead shortly after the season eight finale, and she's featured prominently in promotional material for the new season. Sources say Cohan — like Lincoln — will appear in six of the first eight episodes of the season, with an exit that allows room for Maggie's return down the line.
Avi Nash and Callan McAuliffe
While Lincoln and Cohan eye their exits, two actors have strengthened their ties with The Walking Dead. Season eight recurring players Avi Nash and Callan McAuliffe have been promoted to series regulars for season nine, guaranteeing more time with Siddiq and Alden, respectively, in the zombie apocalypse. Siddiq, if you'll recall, was the former doctor whom Carl (Chandler Riggs) saved.
Behind the camera
-The Walking Dead undergoes its biggest creative change in several seasons. Longtime producer and writer Angela Kang has been promoted to showrunner for season nine, replacing Scott M. Gimple, who has transitioned to a new role as the chief content officer of the Walking Dead franchise, a move that comes in the wake of Robert Kirkman's Amazon deal.
-Michael Cudlitz (Abraham Ford) is set to direct the seventh episode of the ninth season.
Season 9 Time Jump
Following the end of season eight's "All-Out War," season nine will jump forward in time, as was the case in the comics from Kirkman and Charlie Adlard. According to Kang,
"We're jumping forward in time, so we get to play with the look and the feel of the show. Both from a technical level — we reviewed the filming style and continue to shoot on film — but also in terms of the way the stories and the things look onscreen. And what we're seeing is a little bit different. We're seeing the world start to break down around our characters a bit more.
They run into challenges, with things like the infrastructure breaking down around them and things that they used to scavenge being in much shorter supply. We get to see a world where they're not relying on unstable gas that's hard to find; they are taming horses; they're pulling wagons; they're fashioning more hand weapons so they don't have to rely on bullets as much. That's been really fun. We get to play while staying true to the principles of The Walking Dead that people love. It's a new era in terms of where our characters are at and the challenges they're facing."
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The Walking Dead Shares Heartbreaking Photo Of Andrew Lincoln's Goodbye
Andrew Lincoln's imminent departure from The Walking Dead just got more real. While fans know it is coming, there is nothing like seeing photographic proof from the set to make that all the more real. The actor is set to exit during Season 9, taking Rick Grimes with him. A new photo posted on The Walking Dead's official Instagram account is insured to make you teary, just thinking about it. See it for yourself below:
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Walking Dead' Casts Key Comic Book Character for Season 9
Cassady McClincy joins a rapidly swelling cast of series regulars and recurring players as the AMC zombie drama enters new territory.
AMC's The Walking Dead just cast a key comic book character as it charts its future without Rick and Carl Grimes.
Actress Cassady McClincy (Love, Simon) has boarded the zombie drama in the key recurring role of Lydia.
The casting arrives as The Walking Dead is charting a new course without Andrew Lincoln's central Rick Grimes and after the shocking death of his son, Carl (Chandler Riggs) last season. Season nine, the first with new showrunner Angela Kang, will jump forward in time and introducethe Whisperers, a new group of survivors who walk among the dead in skin suits made of human flesh.The Whisperers are overseen by Alpha, who will be played in season nine by new series regular Samantha Morton. McClincy's Lydia is Alpha's daughter.0 -
The Walking Dead Season 9: Trailer 2
And a pretty slick new kaleidoscope character promo;
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Lauren Cohan Could Return for The Walking Dead Season 10
Like Andrew Lincoln, Lauren Cohan is planning on leaving The Walking Dead sometime this season. But also similar to her co-star, Cohan might return next year. “I’ll say first of all that we’ve still planned some more story with Maggie, Lauren wants to, it will be a little subject to her schedule but hopefully we have her back next season,” showrunner Angela Kang recently told Comicbook.com’s Brandon Davis during a set visit.
“We have always planned to have this great story with Maggie this season and I think we promised something. We wanted to pay off that promise. We definitely have a very strong Maggie arc,” Kang said. That arc will be told as Maggie leads Hilltop, cares of her new baby, and fights with Rick over his decision to save Negan. Although there’s still ambiguity about Rick’s fate, we know for a fact Lauren Cohan’s Maggie will be leaving, not getting killed off the show (she even called Maggie’s story “open-ended” earlier this Summer). This is mostly due to her upcoming role on the ABC show “Whiskey Cavalier,” among other projects.
Despite the new show, Kang is still optimistic Cohan will return for a (yet to be announced) 10th season. “Lauren has always been such a great actress for us, has done some spectacular work this season, as you’ve seen in the episodes but also in the episodes that are upcoming,” Kang said. “There’s just some stuff that just blew me away. I’m just a pure fan. I think that’s been, again, it’s just something we wanted to do right by that character, but again it also opens up some interesting opportunities for other characters when that character is gone for reasons that will be explained in the story.”0 -
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