The show will return Sunday October 14 at 9/8c. Season three will see the introduction of The Governor as well as Michonne. The trailer that was shown at the Dead panel has also found its way online. As you can tell from the trailer, it isn’t a strict adaptation of the comic but that’s par for the course now. As good as the show has been it’s more than ok for it to deviate a little. It looks like this season might be the best one yet. Check out the trailer and tell us what you think!

Cody "The Thorverine" Ferrell, SDCC ’12: Walking Dead Season Premiere Date And Season 3 Trailer

Cody "The Thorverine" Ferrell, First Low-Res Clip Of Michonne And Walking Dead Season 3

Hall H is usually reserved for movies, but this year TV shows like Game of Thrones and The Big Bang Theory will be invading the hall. The Walking Dead poster offers up information on all of the scheduled events as well as giving us new looks at Michonne, the Governor, and Rick. The Governor is offering Rick a hand. Is that a tip?

A new trailer is expected to play for season 3 at Comic-Con, and it will surely hit the web shortly thereafter.

Cody "The Thorverine" Ferrell, Comic-Con Poster For The Walking Dead Season 3

Season 3 is going to be a massive 16 episode run. With the longest season to date, there comes some challenges:

It’s really a marathon this year. The advantage is we have had some cooler weather in May and we’ll be going into cooler weather again in October. The challenge is maintaining the same intense level of storytelling that our audience expects of us, and we certainly plan to deliver on that.

Some fans got a little bogged down withs season 2 being completely on the farm. That’s going to change with the new season. We know we have the prison and The Governor’s camp coming up this season. Gale Anne Hurd touches on what she’s looking forward to:

I will say that I loved the farm, but it is good to be off the farm. And the contrast between our [two main sets] this season is so great…We’re setting up this first community that is functioning in a post-zombie apocalypse. We get to see not only the advantages of putting civilization back on its feet again but also the dark forces at work in what may seem like a Utopia.

She also talks about how you have to focus on crafting a rich character-driven story, because you only get scares and jeopardy from situations if you identify with the characters. Besides the human threat, the zombies will “up their game” this season as well. There will also be some animatronics used, a first for the show.

Obviously we have the absolute best makeup effects team on the planet, led by Greg Nicotero… And every year he ups his game. So we’re not just seeing the same old thing. This season, we’re going to have puppeted animatronic zombies and that’s something that we haven’t seen before.

And she really teased what Comic-Con attendees will get to see this time at the panel:

We like to bring a special reel for the fans at Comic-Con so they can see a special sneak peak of Season 3 before everyone else. It’s sort of a reward for waiting in line to getting it into the hall. And we’ll be bringing a larger contingent of our cast and crew than ever this year. And also because we began shooting a lot earlier this year, the reel will contain a lot more footage than it has in the past.

If you’re going to Comic-Con you’re in for a treat. Since they have been filming for a while, the sneak peak will probably have a look at The Governor, Michonne, and all sorts of goodies. The third season starts late this fall. Thanks to Stubbz for the heads up.

Cody "The Thorverine" Ferrell, Walking Dead Executive Producer Talks Season 3 And Comic-Con

In the season opener it sounds like we will be getting all kinds of Michonne action. She was teased at the end of season 2 and the opening to this season will finally give fans what they have been craving.

In this episode, we’re introducing Michonne in all of her glory. We get to meet her, and I know a lot of people have been looking forward to that.

We saw the prison teased at the end of the season, but it sounds like we are diving straight in to it with episode 1. Most of the show is shot outdoors, so word about inside shooting is a good clue that we may be in the prison by the end of the new episode. AMC asked what it is like to shoot inside on a sound stage after being on long stretches of highways and in the forest.

It was slightly more pleasant because we could have air conditioning pumped in there, but it was a really dusty environment and real gritty. I had dust in my hair and I blew my nose and black soot came out. [Laughs] I thought it’d be easy, but no, not at all. There’s no such thing as easy in the world of The Walking Dead.

There is also promises of a “particularly gross zombie gag.” This season will see more human threats with the introduction of The Governor, but there will also be plenty of zombies. The season is filming now and is set to return later in the fall.

Cody "The Thorverine" Ferrell, Walking Dead Director Ernest Dickerson Talks Season Premiere

We have our first look at David Morrissey as the Governor from the third season of AMC and Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead. TV Guide has the picture and some words by Kirkman himself.

Seeing The Walking Dead come to life on AMC has been a real thrill for me, obviously, and moving into Season 3 I’m even more excited than ever because now I feel like we’re really getting to ‘the good stuff. Having The Governor in the mix is going to fundamentally change the show in all kinds of awesome and exiting ways. And David Morrissey totally rocks!

If you have read the Governor’s storyline, you might expect they could only get away with it on channel like HBO. It is very violent and brutal, and that’s not even getting to the zombie parts. Kirkman tells fans to rest easy “The Governor in the show is definitely going to be The Governor in the comic.” Kirkman also said they would not be watering the character down.

It’s pretty easy to notice that Morrissey looks very different from the Governor we know and hate from the comics. There is no word on how early on we will be meeting the Governor, so this may be an early look or how he will look throughout the season. Morrissey said he was reading Rise of The Governor so there may be elements of that story in place or he is just simply studying the character. That may trouble some fans, but from all we’ve heard and seen from the season a different looking Governor may be a small price to pay for what awesome sounding things they have planned.Filming of season 3 is well underway and the new season starts later this fall.

Cody "The Thorverine" Ferrell, First Picture Of The Governor For Walking Dead Season 3