The new season of The Walking Dead premieres in less than three months, and the only people looking forward to it more than the fans is everyone involved with the show. It’s been a rocky offseason due to what happened in the season six finale, or perhaps more accurately, what didn’t happen. Negan killed someone, but who? That’s still a mystery, but we know The Walking Dead will be a “different show” when it returns (to quote Jeffrey Dean Morgan, “It’s f*cking Negan’s world now”), and that Robert Kirkman and the rest of the writing staff have learned their lesson about cliffhangers.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Kirkman said:
Look, I think as a creative person I have to acknowledge that all responses are valid, so I definitely have to take note that there’s a seemingly significant portion of the audience that wasn’t happy with that direction, so in that respect I think everyone on The Walking Dead creative team has taken note of that, and I don’t know that I would expect a similar cliffhanger at the end of season seven. (Via)
Kirkman later added, “We love the fan base, we love the audience, and so if you didn’t like this one, you’ll like the next one. We hopefully have many more seasons to go.” I’m pretty sure he has nothing to worry about.
I mean, besides the ridiculous death threats.
(Via Entertainment Weekly)
