The Walking Dead Season 5 Trailer Debuts at Comic-Con

After much anticipation, The Walking Dead debuted its Season 5 trailer during the show's panel at Comic-Con on Friday.

Check out the lengthy trailer below:

Showrunner Scott Gimple said on the panel that Season 5 would feature the backstory of Terminus, and he also discussed how Season 4 changed the characters. "Once they lost the prison and Hershel, all bets were off. They did find out that you can't come back from the things you've done," Gimple said, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He added the survivors are now much more formidable after doing unspeakable things. "This season is going to define these characters."

Series creator Robert Kirkman said Season 5 would stick closely to the comics, although Terminus would seem like a "major departure" from the source material at first.

We also learned the show will pick up immediately after the previous season finale's cliffhanger for the first time.

The creator spoke to EW.com recently and went into some detail on the Season 5 premiere:

"In our first episode, it's very much going to focus on the story of Terminus. There's a lot of big revelations that haven't really come out that I think people are gonna be pretty startled by. There's a couple other revelations that I think people might've gotten a little bit of a lead on. We'll definitely be defining those in some cool ways and confirming some theories and shooting down others, which is very exciting.

"But I think the coolest thing about coming back to Season 5 is that we really hit the ground running. What I mean by that is that we very quickly deal with the situation that we left them in - this trapped, victim situation where they're kind of at the mercy of the people of Terminus. We really kind of expand the story from there very rapidly, so I think this is going to be a pretty fast-paced season with quite a bit going on. News is already out that Seth Gilliam has been added, and we're bringing in new characters like we always do, and I think season 5 is going to be our best season yet. I think when people finally see the premiere, they'll see what I'm talking about."

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