Who knows, we’ll find out soon

 

Gimple said the finale is a conclusion for the first eight seasons, so it sounds like the show will be pretty different next season

 

little update on Lauren. Sounds like they might be holding off to announce one way or the other so it doesn't spoil anything tonight. They've never talked about contracts before, it was Lauren's people that negotiated in public

DEADLINE: With tonight’s TWD finale being hyped as the end of the war with Negan, I have to ask right now: Will Lauren Cohan being coming back for Season 9? Have you guys worked out a deal?

GIMPLE: I cannot say. I mean we will have stuff to say about that soon, very soon. I’m tempted to say things but I can’t yet.

 

seeing where the show ended, and where FTWD is in the timeline, I don't believe we've met Alpha, and she will be someone totally new

 

Civil War?





Patrícia Daniela@pattydanny22

Important question: TWD in season 9 will be 'TWD Civil War'?


Maggie’s secret meeting with Jesus and Daryl at the end of the Season 8 Finale may have been surprising – but it actually falls in line with a comic storyline. In the comics, Rick also saves Negan and Maggie is none too happy about it. She carries it with her past the time jump and into Issue 146, when all the hostility between them comes to a head (see below). Of course, this fight also involved a sub plot of Gregory trying to kill Maggie and Rick not doing enough about it, but still. Their friendship is definitely strained.






As we mentioned above, the communities definitely don’t all agree on this matter. Rick and Michonne feel completely differently than Maggie, Jesus, Daryl, and possibly more. If you read the comics, you’ll see that Negan gets a brand new arc as a prisoner and then escapee. He actually ends up helping Rick in the end, but more on that later

Time Jump?


Patrícia Daniela@pattydanny22

Will we have the same amount of time jumping out of comics in Season 9?

You and a lot of other fans have this question, too. We’re not going to break news here, but we can say in the comics that the story jumped ahead 3ish years following the events of All Out War. But that storyline in the show will be up to Angela Kang.

The Whisperers


Jack@GroupOfGamers

Can you confirm if there were hints at, or Easter eggs regarding the whisperers, without telling us exactly what they were obviously ?

A lot of fans have speculated that the giant herd Rick saw in the finale were in fact part of The Whisperers. In case you don’t know – The Whisperers are the next villain group in the comics and are comprised of living people who wear the undead’s skin to blend in with the walkers. As to if that’s what we saw in 816? “If it was, it was subliminal,” Scott Gimple recently told Entertainment Weekly. “It very much had to do with the world they live in now.” The world they live in now is full of walkers – but perhaps something even more sinister.

New Groups?



Preston @DevilsSanity

Will we be introduced to a new group of people in season 9?

There will definitely be new characters introduced in Season 9. After the time jump in the comics we were introduced to The Whisperers, Siddiq, and Magna and her crew – who are still a part of Alexandria now. With Siddiq already in the show and the Whisperers all but confirmed, seeing Magna and her group would be loads of fun for Season 9. But we’ll see!



Helicopter?



@Nazaretxhn9

will we discover who is in charge of the helicopter?


In Season 9? It’s very possible.