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The Walking Dead Season 9 Showrunner Previews Upcoming Changes
In an interview with TVLine, The Walking Dead showrunner Angela Kang spoke about the upcoming big changes coming to the show for its ninth season. Here are highlights:
On the time jump: “It’ll be a good time jump — big enough that the world has changed around our characters. We’ll see some new looks and new feels to the show, and there will be more instances of man-made things breaking down and nature kind of taking over. [Our survivors] will also be using more hand weapons, because there’s just not enough ammo.”
On what the story will be: “It’s a new chapter for them. Now we’re more looking at how people move on and building for the future. People are thinking about what it means to be a civilization.”
On Rick’s decision not to kill Negan: “Yeah, after he made that unexpected decision, he’s gotten to a place where the goal is no longer just to survive. Now he wants to build the future that Carl envisioned. So he starts the season in a place of relative peace. But this being The Walking Dead, there’s still danger at every turn.”
On Negan’s time in jail: “That’s part of the story — [incarceration] being mind-numbingly boring, especially for someone like Negan who’s used to being in a position of leadership. What does that do to him? The community thinks of him as sort of the monster in the basement.”