Warning: There are potential spoilers ahead for "The Walking Dead" season nine.
2018-07-21The first trailer for "The Walking Dead" season nine debuted at San Diego Comic-Con Friday and it teases Negan in jail, Maggie's baby, new characters, and our first hint at the show's next villains, The Whisperers.
While you were probably still getting over the news of Andrew Lincoln's impending departure from the zombie series, INSIDER rounded up a bunch of smaller details and hints about the direction of the new season you may have missed the first go-around.
Negan is in jail.
Let's start out with the most obvious. Rick said he wanted to build a new world and in order to do that, he knew he would have to put Negan away. When Rick decided to spare Negan's life at the end of season eight, it looks like he put him in a new jailed cell where he sometimes comes to visit.
If you look closely, Negan has a very long beard which matches the one Jeffrey Dean Morgan has been sporting in public. Comic fans probably weren't surprised to see this since this is exactly how Negan's storyline goes down in the comics.
Maggie isn't pregnant anymore and is carrying around her baby.
Lauren Cohan's character has been pregnant since season six without really showing. Three seasons later, her child is finally here.
In case you think that might be another baby, the "Walking Dead" Twitter account confirmed it's Maggie's baby.
Father Gabriel is blind in one eye.
Doctor Carson told Gabriel if he didn't treat his infection that he could lose his sight. After a season of dealing with blurred vision, it looks like Father Gabriel is up and about but at the cost of one of his eyes.
Jadis — now Anne — will team up with Rick's crew.
You can spot her working with Enid and Saddiq briefly in the trailer with a new hairstyle.
In another shot of the trailer, we see Anne walking through a camp with Tara, who appears to be her new BFF.
But she'll be up to something and it will have to do with the mystery helicopter.
Anne is seen communicating with a helicopter. Is that the same one she was trying to gain the attention of in season eight?
Is Anne going to ditch Rick's gang for another group? Do they have something to do with this new territory in Toledo? Actress Pollyanna McIntosh told INSIDER she knew the helicopter was coming for awhile and her character seems to know more about it than she's been letting on.
"This seems to be some other situation out there. Is it an extension of the Heapster community? Is it another community? Is it a single person? Is it a group? I don't wanna give too much away," McIntosh said.
If you look closely, the helicopter has the same three circles that were on the lid of the applesauce Anne ate at the end of season eight. You can read our theories on what the mysterious helicopter is all about here.
Anne is drawing again.
Father Gabriel spots a drawing signed by Anne. Presumably, it's a self-portrait. Anne was big on sculpting and painting from the time we saw her with the scavengers. It looks like she's keeping up with that hobby.
Carol and King Ezekiel appear to be an official item.
It's not just Ezekiel's guard Jerry who has found love in the apocalypse. Look closely in the background here and you can see Carol and Ezekiel getting cozy.
All's not well in Rick's new world.
There is some turmoil brewing within the Saviors who are stil loyal to Negan and those who just want to move on.
Cyndie has joined up with Daryl.
Or at least she's working with him, Maggie, Michonne, and more here. Cyndie is supposed to be the leader of the Oceanside community now that her grandmother's gone.
We're not feeling so good about the shoes we see in this shot.
Those look like Rick's (Andrew Lincoln) iconic cowboy boots that have blood on them and he's limping. Reddit user Afrothunderzx shared a great GIF of the moment on "The Walking Dead" subreddit for you to rewatch.
What happened to Rick and is this a hint at how his character could leave the show?
Maybe it's actually just from this fight that appears will go down between Rick and Daryl.
Does Daryl injure his pseudo-brother?
Maggie and Gregory will get into a huge altercation.
In the comics, Maggie goes kind of dark and winds up killing Gregory to set an example. May we see that play out again on season nine? It sure looks that way.
"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" actor Dan Fogler is among the new actors joining the cast.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fogler will play Luke, a survivor of a new group.
Michonne ditched her famous katana for Negan's bat Lucille.
Michonne is seen near the end of the trailer lifting up the bat.
We get our first tease of the show's next villains at the trailer's end.
Rosita and a man are seen covering themselves in mud to hide from a bunch of walkers. If you listen closely, it may sound like you hear some of them whispering. That's the point.
The next big villains in the characters are called the Whisperers, a bunch of survivors who cover themselves in the skin of the undead. During the Comic-Con panel, Robert Kirkman confirmed Samantha Morton will play the group's leader, Alpha.
You can read more on the Whisperers here.
Here's how that scene looks in the comics when the Whisperers were first teased.
The difference is that it's two characters named Marco and Ken who hide from the Whisperer horde in the comics.
The Whisperers aren't the only new group we should expect. Take a close look at this windmill.
It says the Commonwealth. That's the name of a big community that was recently introduced in the comics that is run out of Ohio. While Rick is walking around the camp, there are a few signs posted showing the direction of different camps. Among them is one that says Toledo. Toledo ... Ohio?