Robert Kirkman Declares: “You’ll Never See Daryl Dixon in the Comic”

Robert Kirkman played a cruel April Fool’s joke on us fans of The Walking Dead (both the comic and the TV show) earlier this month when he posted a fake comic book cover announcing that Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) would finally be making his graphic novel debut. As fans and readers of the comics are well aware, the ever-popular Daryl is unique to the AMC show and was never a part of Robert’s original source material.
MTV.com recently spoke to Robert, and in light of his prank, they had to ask if Daryl will ever appear in the comics. “All April Fool's jokes aside, that's the final answer there. It would be very strange to pull an element from the show and shoehorn it into the comic because of his immense popularity. The comic book is on its own path, and I've certainly got far reaching plans for that,” Robert began. And as much as we love Daryl, we’d tend to agree. Working him into the comic at this point would feel forced and likely not mesh with the story RK is already telling.
Robert continued, “I like that Daryl is the element of the show that is an agent of change, that really affects every story as we try to adapt them. Losing that by putting him in the comic would do a disservice to the show, and the comics.”
And as if Robert wasn’t clear enough already, his final thoughts on Daryl appearing in the comics really put the last nail in the coffin. “As much as I love Norman Reedus, and everybody loves Norman Reedus, you'll never see Daryl Dixon in the comic. There, I said it,” he declared in conclusion.
Our heart just broke a little, though we do understand Robert’s reasoning for omitting Daryl from the comics. Do you agree with the TWD mastermind, or would you like to see Daryl in the comics? Vote below!
The Walking Dead Season 5 premieres in October 2014 on AMC.

Source: MTV.COM

The Walking Dead Season 5: Tyreese, Carol, Judith Story to Take "Unexpected Direction"

We never get exactly what we wish for on The Walking Dead. The Season 4 finale did give us a mini Team Prison reunion … but it was in a dark Terminus train car, and it was missing a few people, and some of the present people might start missing a few limbs.
Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln), Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus), Michonne (Danai Gurira), Carl Grimes (Chandler Riggs), Tara (Alanna Masterson), Abraham Ford (Michael Cudlitz), Eugene Porter (Josh McDermitt), Rosita Espinosa (Christian Serratos), Sasha (Sonequa Martin-Green), Bob Stookey (Larry Gilliard Jr.), Maggie Greene (Lauren Cohan), and Glenn Rhee (Steven Yeun) are all stuck in the same train car, marked “A.”
Currently missing: Beth Greene (Emily Kinney), who hasn’t been seen since she was abducted at the end of Ep 13, “Alone,” and the mini group of Carol Peletier (Melissa McBride), Tyreese (Chad Coleman) and baby Judith, who were last seen on their way to Terminus at the end of Ep 14, “The Grove.”

Robert Kirkman talked to TheWalkingDead.com about what’s next on Season 5 for Ty and Carol. “People have reunited in that train car at the end, but Tyreese, Carol, and Judith are still out there. I think we’re gonna go in a pretty unexpected direction with that one.”
Unexpected! What could be unexpected? That they don’t arrive at Terminus? Or are they already there? RK said they're still "out there," but it would be unexpected to see they were trapped in a different train car. We saw that powdered milk on the ground, and it made us think of Judith, even if we know she's not in that "A" train car.
What if Ty and Carol aren't at Terminus yet, but they do arrive — and save the day? Maybe it’s Hammer Time for Tyreese? Carol has a history of being saved — by Daryl, Andrea, T-Dog, etc. — and it would be EPIC for her to be the one to save Rick and company, then reunite Rick and Carl with baby Judith. There’s no way Rick wouldn’t be thrilled to see her after that.
What do you hope is next for Carol and Tyreese? Do you see them arriving at Terminus or do you think Rick and company will be free of the place, then meet that group on the road, maybe en route to D.C.?
The Walking Dead Season 5 premieres in October 2014 on AMC.

Source: Thewalkingdead.com

'The Walking Dead': Robert Kirkman on why you need to 'stay tuned for season 5

The Walking Dead took its first trip to Cliffhanger City with its season 4 finale, leaving Rick Grimes and most of the group reunited in the worst of all places — locked in a train car by the baddies of Terminus. But there is hope because at least the group has Rick back at his badass best. The finale used a flashback framework to show Rick’s transformation from a leader into a farmer after the fall of Woodbury, at the urging of Scott Wilson’s Hershel. That was juxtaposed against the things Rick had to do now to keep his family and friends safe — things like biting one marauder’s neck off and gutting another. Translation: the old Rick is finally back. And it is the Rick the group will need if they are to survive this encounter with their latest foes. We caught up with Walking Deadcreator Robert Kirkman to get his thoughts on the finale, the evolution of Rick Grimes, and the fact that nobody major died, as well as get some insight into Terminus leader Gareth (that dude in the photo above) and what will happen when things pick back up in season 5. (Click through both pages to read the entire interview. Also make sure to read our finale interviews with showrunner Scott M. Gimple and star Andrew Lincoln.)

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Why are you doing this, Robert? Making the poor fans suffer for 6 months worrying about these guys stuck in a train car? How dare you, sir?

ROBERT KIRKMAN: [Laughs] If we could do the show year round and produce an episode every week, we totally would, but every now and then you gotta stop and make the show great and stuff.

EW: It’s your first real cliffhanger and a different finale for you guys in that sense.
KIRKMAN: Yeah, well, it all came naturally from the story. We knew that Terminus was going to be a great place to leave things. We kind of wanted to leave this season with a little more punch than we’ve left it in past years. I think the no cliffhanger thing has worked for us so far but I personally as a viewer have always been a big fan of season-ender cliffhangers and I enjoy that anticipation when that last minute rolls by and you’re going “WHAT THE HECK? OH, COME ON!” Like, that’s something that I thoroughly enjoy and I think Scott Gimple is into it too. So we’re very excited about the idea of ending this season on a cliffhanger and hopefully the viewers will like it too and it will make it that much harder to wait for season 5 and will make the anticipation that much higher.

EW: With all those flashbacks this episode really felt like the evolution of Rick Grimes back into a do-whatever-it-takes leadership position, which ultimately I guess is the arc of the whole season, right?
KIRKMAN: I’m really proud of what Scott Gimple, our showrunner, was able to do with this season and the way that it kind of does dovetail back into itself and by the end of the finale you kind of see how there was this grand plan from day 1 of the beginning of season 4 and everything does kind of interconnect and drive this forward into this Rick Grimes story which is an exploration into who this guy is and how he is uniquely suited to be the leader in this new form of civilization and how he is evolving into the guy that is going to be able to keep people safe and keep people alive and how he is finally accepting that role.

EW: What about that breaking point scene for Rick where he bites off Joe’s neck and then guts that other dude who had Carl pinned down?
KIRKMAN: In that scene Rick realizes he is a guy who will do absolutely anything to survive. There has been all of this discussion about retaining your humanity and not losing who it is that you are. We started this season with Rick putting his gun away and trying to live a peaceful life and trying to be there for his son in a way that he hadn’t been in the seasons previous and to try to show his son how to live and be a human being. And in this episode he kind of has to become a monster, otherwise something terrible is going to happen to Carl, possibly all of them are going to die. It’s him being pushed to his breaking point and him realizing no, this is the world we’re in and I have to be in this world so now I’m going to do whatever I have to do. And in a sense he almost becomes a walker when he’s biting that guy’s neck out and savagely murdering this other guy. He really loses his humanity in a very big way. Which is something we’ll be exploring moving forward.

EW: Even though the season ends with the group in this terrible situation, in a weird way it’s almost an upbeat note with that proclamation by Rick of “They’re screwing with the wrong people.”
KIRKMAN: Rick Grimes’ evolution has come at the exact right point. This is the Rick Grimes that they need in that train car. And this is the Rick Grimes that the people of Terminus should not have encountered. It is the exact wrong time for them to encounter this guy. So it is supposed to be a somewhat uplifting kind of cliffhanger because you should get a sense that this guy is now ready for anything. He can handle absolutely whatever the word is going to throw at him and that is something we’re going to be exploring in season 5.

EW: When you guys mapped out season 4 and especially the back half of the season, were you worried about having Rick MIA so much since he really is the face of the franchise?
KIRKMAN: Well, you know, being apart makes the heart grow fonder and all that stuff. That was all by design. We knew this was going to be a very Rick centric end of the season and we really wanted to come back with Rick Grimes in a big way in this last episode and it was kind of important to the overall arc of the show to build up some of these other side characters and bring them to the forefront and help us get to know them a little bit more and also keep Rick in our back pocket so that the last episode seemed a little bit more unexpected than it would have otherwise.

source  EW

The ‘Walking Dead’ Terminus twist offered fans a satisfying ending for season finale

The fans of “Walking Dead” has to know there wasn’t going to be any killing for the season finale. As with other seasons in the past, the show tends not to let go any characters before a big ending. On Sunday night there was a massive twist and fans were excited to see where the story picks up in six months. For viewers who haven’t seen the season finale of “Walking Dead” and don’t want to know the spoiler ending, they should stop reading now. According to MTV News, one of the biggest shockers on Sunday night was none of the characters died.

The Terminus twist might be the next big thing for the series. With Rick, Carl, Michonne, and Daryl ended up at the location, the radio signal being broadcast initially brought hope and gave everyone a sense of a relief. It was short lived after being locked in a locked into a train car. The clues left behind offered up an explanation of items seen once used by their missing friends. Being locked up with people who you know has perks apparently too as Rick also caught saw Glenn, Maggie, Bob, Sasha, Tara, Eugene, Abraham and Rosita.

There are a few people missing though and it’s unclear where those character are. Carol, Tyreese, Judith, and Beth all remain unaccounted for and viewers are too smart to start making assumptions on where they might be. While we were certain Rick, Carl and Michonne were safe, it seems the producers of this show like to mix things up for their fans.

What happens next? The Terminus twist gives the characters a place to start when the series returns and there is no doubt the first thing the characters are going to do is try to get out of the locked train cars.