During the season 6B prologue for The Walking Dead, we got our first mention of Negan, the hit zombie drama’s new big bad, who is set to be playing by Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Watchmen) [watch the prologue here]. As fans of the comic book will know, Negan will have a major impact on the world of The Walking Dead when he and his barbed-wire baseball bat Lucille debut, and creator Robert Kirkman has been discussing his introduction during an interview with Entertainment Weekly.
“As far as shake-ups go, we have lots of shake-ups from season to season,” states Kirkman. “It keeps things interesting — keeps the blood pumping, I like to say — but Negan is kind of an atomic bomb that’s going to be dropped on the show and the show will probably never be the same after that. So buckle up, I guess?”
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Kirkman also went on to discuss Negan’s group, The Saviors, who were introduced in the prologue:
“I think the Saviors are dangerously organized. he Wolves were psychotic, the Hunters [the group from Terminus] had a lot of weaknesses. When it comes to the Saviors, and Negan in particular, the way I’ve always thought about this in the comics is this is a group that’s led by a guy who’s had his morality dial a few clicks away from Rick toward the darker aspects of his personality, but is still an intellectual and capable leader who’s kept his group alive against all odds just as long as Rick has. It’s really the best encountering the best. When these two forces come head to head, things are gonna get interesting. This is a much different group than they’ve ever encountered. The Saviors are a group they’re not really prepared for.”
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The Walking Dead returns to AMC on February 14th.
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Originally published January 17, 2016. Updated December 15, 2019.
