‘The Walking Dead’ Gaining Two New Characters For Season 7

The Walking Dead will be introducing two new non-comic book characters for the series’ upcoming seventh season.

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When The Walking Dead returns for its seventh season in October, it will feature a pair of characters unfamiliar to show viewers and comic book readers alike, according to TVLine’s Michael Ausiello, who says, “Episode 6 will introduce two new characters who don’t sound to me like anyone in particular from the comic book series.”

Ausiello then goes on to reveal that the new characters are an older woman named Naomi and a teen girl named Jennie: “Naomi is a grandmotherly type who, having lost so many loved ones, is now willing to do whatever it takes not to have to bury any more. (Maybe she’s being introduced to counsel Carol about the awful necessities of the post-apocalyptic world… ) On the flip side is Jennie, a sunny-side-up kinda teenager — oh, Caaarl! — who sounds a lot like Beth 2.0, ‘kind, with a world-weary toughness.'”

Not only do The Walking Dead fans have the new characters to look forward to, but according to Norman Reedus, the whole season is surprising.

“Trust me. I think probably the planet is going to explode. That’s my feeling. It’s so good,” Reedus said of next season, according to NME. “Every time we go on a promotional tour talking about what’s going to come, we all say ‘Oh my God, it’s amazing. I can’t wait for you to see it.’ But it continually surprises me how this show grows and is put together and the execution of it – no pun intended.”

He added, “It blows my mind. It just continually reaches a new plateau every single time, and this is the highest plateau we’ve ever been. So just wait. It’s worth the wait, trust me.”

The Walking Dead returns to AMC October 1.