THE WALKING DEAD Promo Brings Us Up Close And Personal With The Terrifying Whisperers

THE WALKING DEAD Promo Brings Us Up Close And Personal With The Terrifying Whisperers

The Whisperers finally made their presence felt in the midseason finale of The Walking Dead and in this frightening new promo, we get up close and personal with Alpha and Beta. Check it out after the jump!

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By JoshWilding - Jan 11, 2019 02:01 AM EST
Filed Under: The Walking Dead
During the midseason finale of The Walking Dead, the Whisperers finally arrived and murdered Jesus before closing in on the rest of our favourite survivors with their knives drawn. 

Now, AMC has released a new promo featuring Whisperer leaders Alpha (Samantha Morton) and Beta (Ryan Hurst) as they stalk the show's main characters before cautioning their followers to remain quiet. It's a haunting promo and one which makes it clear that we're going to see a very different threat in the series moving forward! 
 
While The Walking Dead's ratings continue to plummet, the show has been very good this year despite the departures of both Andrew Lincoln and Lauren Cohan and there's definitely a lot of storytelling potential with the Whisperers that could take us well into season ten. 

What do you guys think of this promo? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.



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The Movies Won't Be Released In Theaters



Since the announcement that Andrew Lincoln will be reprising the role of Rick Grimes in a trilogy of movies, fans have been wondering whether they will be released in theaters or aired on television. Given the way ratings have plummeted for the series, an argument could be made that the moment for a big screen spinoff of The Walking Dead has passed. 

Well, AMC Studios seemingly agrees because it's now been confirmed that the three big budget, feature-length movies will actually air on television. In other words, they're going to be TV movies! 
 

They're Not Traditional TV Movies, Though



Before you write these off as not being worth watching, it sounds like the Rick Grimes trilogy will actually be a much larger event than the TV movies which aired for shows like 24 and Prison Break.

According to AMC programming president David Madden, these movies won't be like an extended episode and will instead be more along the lines of a "large, big scope movie that will feel like a major motion picture," with a runtime anticipated to come in at around two hours. As we mentioned above, the budget will also be akin to a movie you'd see in theaters.
 

Michonne And Daryl Could Be Next For The Movie Treatment



Apparently, both Michonne (Danai Gurira) and Daryl (Norman Reedus) could end up either appearing in these movies or elsewhere. The latter is expected to become the new face of the franchise on the small screen following Andrew Lincoln's departure so that really isn't too surprising but it sounds like the focus of the first movie will remain firmly on Rick Grimes. 

Writer Scott Gimple (who will also be responsible for launching a "shared universe" for The Walking Dead) says that it will take place from Rick's point of view while exploring the "vast mythology" behind the community that helicopter belongs to. It's said the group is looking for "A or B" type people so they clearly have something in mind for the former Alexandria leader.
 

These Movies Are Just The Beginning



Three movies may have been announced but there could be even more to Rick's story than that. Gimple says that there's "flexibility" in that number and it won't just be this character who receives the spotlight. 

"Over the next several years, we're going to be doing specials, new series are quite a possibility, high-quality digital content and then some content that defies description at the moment," he explains. "We're going to dig into the past and see old characters. We're going to introduce new characters and new situations." An origin story for Negan would be cool to see, right?
 

...And They've Been Planned For Years



Believe it or not, Lincoln and Gimple first started discussing these movies as far back as season four of The Walking Dead. Shortly after, it was decided that Rick would be killed off during season eight but as soon as it became clear that his story could continue in these small screen movies, he stuck around a little longer. This is presumably why the helicopter was introduced too. 

Why Andrew Lincoln Said Yes To The Movies



We've heard a lot about Lincoln leaving The Walking Dead so he can spend more time with his family so what's the deal with him now agreeing to star in a trilogy of movies? Well, while details are still being finalised, it's said that production on each movie will only last two months which is a huge contrast to the nine months he spent a year shooting the show in Atlanta. 

"Rick Grimes is an amazing character and Andy has done an amazing performance. There were story ideas brewing that, as the years went on, seemed very compatible with continuing to tell the Rick story in another format that would allow him time with his family," Gimple says, confirming that, yes, Rick obviously survives his injuries. 
 

The Walking Dead Is Going Global



Up until now, the action in The Walking Dead has mostly been confined to Atlanta and the surrounding areas but it seems as if we'll finally get to see how the zombie apocalypse is affecting other areas of the world in this movie and beyond. 

Gimple's vision includes potentially heading overseas in order to delve into that, while he also confirms that he currently developing a project featuring a character from the past, delving into their origin stories. I mentioned Negan above but there are any number of characters who would be well-suited to a story like that. 
 

What The Rick Grimes Movies Will Explore



Gimple was happy to shed some light on plans for this trilogy and he confirms that the movies are going to delve into the time between the moment he's put on that helicopter to the jump forward in time where we were introduced to a much older Judith. In fact, they may even stretch beyond that period and each movie will tell a complete story about the character. 

"It is about who he is and who he's going to be — and certainly how he deals with the situation he's in," Gimple says. "We know Rick Grimes, he would want to be home." Does that mean he'll eventually return to the main series? That's certainly something we could see happen in the series finale!
 

Don't Expect Oversaturation



So, it sounds like we're getting way too much of The Walking Dead, right? Well, don't panic: Gimple promises that the market won't be flooded with too many offerings as he's taken note of what's happened to Disney with the Star Wars franchise following the release of Solo: A Star Wars Story.

"Oversaturation is a word I've been thinking about. We're not putting all this stuff out at once but have a very long view of everything. And we're not going to show them all at the same time," he promises. 
 

The Movies Aren't Backdoor Pilots



These movies are also going to be standalone in nature and not an excuse to launch more spinoffs. "We are going to be introducing a new corner of the world in The Walking Dead and it has its own history, its own rules and its own situations going on," Gimple says. "And those absolutely will feed other stories in the universe in an ancillary way."

"There are aspects of the movie that could result in other content but not utterly directly; we're not looking at it like it's a backdoor pilot; these are going to feel more like features." So, while AMC is taking a Marvel-like "It's All Connected" approach to these stories, it definitely sounds like the network knows exactly what it's doing here.
 

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Bokis
Bokis - 1/11/2019, 4:08 AM
Just like everyone else I stopped watching the show a couple of seasons ago but weren’t the Whisperers teased before the group got to Alexandria?
Vigor
Vigor - 1/11/2019, 4:56 AM
@Bokis - I wondered the same. Can you cite a few examples? They left a few loose ends. Buy some of the teases could have been for the saviors or another hostile group
Bokis
Bokis - 1/11/2019, 12:17 PM
@Vigor - I honestly can’t remember since it was a couple of years ago by now. It definitely might have teased the Saviours but I seem to recall some carvings of “W’s” to trees or something...
Vigor
Vigor - 1/11/2019, 12:27 PM
@Bokis - yeah I remember that. That was a tease for the wolves. Group encountered right before reaching the place they are at now. Morgan fought em and actually let one live.

They were kinda like whisperers-lite because they utilized walker hordes as attacks
Bokis
Bokis - 1/11/2019, 3:04 PM
@Vigor - Aah! That’s right! Whisperers, Saviours, Wolves. It’s hard to keep track of it all haha! I felt like the Wolves were kinda under utilized, they just seemed crazy to me. The Whisperers have an interesting look at least
Vigor
Vigor - 1/11/2019, 3:57 PM
@Bokis - I agree! They were definitely underutilized. A shame. A different show producer wouldnt have made that mistake.
bobbo68
bobbo68 - 1/11/2019, 4:10 AM
Those Whisperers are freaking scary. Glad the show is back to its roots looking forward to its return in February.
Bokis
Bokis - 1/11/2019, 4:11 AM
Also, who are the whisperers? Are they zombie cosplayers?
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 1/11/2019, 12:20 PM
@Bokis - Basically, with a dash of statutory rape ... so yeah, cosplayers.
Fekkius
Fekkius - 1/11/2019, 5:50 PM
@Reeds2Much
And normal rape as well. The Whisperers are very rapey.
655321
655321 - 1/11/2019, 4:58 AM
Can some please explain the whispers to me. I stopped reading the comic a long time ago and I think I missed the last 5 eps of the show. I keep seeing all the videos and pics of the whispers from the show. What I want t know is... are they wearing just masks to look like zombies or are they wearing zombies faces they cut off the dead? Cause if its the 2nd option, Im not watching this show ever again. You become a walker if you get scratched or bitten and these people are putting walker gross, infected rotting, smelly skin on thier face. No damn way that would work. I mean we see daryl pull on a walker head til his whole spine comes out with the head being just ripped off. They are decomposing so much on the show there is no way the skin would even stay in one piece while trying to remove it, unless they are killing people and taking the skin off fresh kills. Someone please explain to me!
Catmanlives
Catmanlives - 1/11/2019, 6:23 AM
@655321 - This seems to be the answer. Found it on a wiki page:

Through a process of skinning killed walkers and possibly other dead bodies and curing the 'leather' in order to prevent contamination, Whisperers craft and don full-head masks that allow them to blend into herds and guide them like sheep for strategic or defensive benefits.
KindredMac
KindredMac - 1/11/2019, 5:34 AM
That Whisperer's eyes remind me of Rick's... wouldn't that be an ultimate plot twist!
ShogunOfSorrow
ShogunOfSorrow - 1/11/2019, 6:24 AM
JunidazGorbornibon
JunidazGorbornibon - 1/11/2019, 9:22 AM
In the long run of rotting/decaying flesh, Alpha is certainly packing some lovelies up top. Wouldn't that flag as odd or something strange? Wow, this walker has some, uh... resources.
toylled
toylled - 1/11/2019, 10:50 AM
Corey Taylor Slipknot
WYLEEJAY
WYLEEJAY - 1/11/2019, 12:14 PM
@Gusto1 would still tap that.
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