‘The Walking Dead’ Reveals First-Look at Its Next Threat: The Whisperers

Author: Josh Wigler / Source: The Hollywood Reporter

[This story contains major spoilers for season nine, episode five of AMC’s The Walking Dead, “What Comes After.”]

Rick Grimes is still alive, but he’s too far away to help his family from the deadly threat heading to The Walking Deadnext: the Whisperers.

In a trailer designed to preview the next three episodes of season nine — after Sunday’s sizable time jump — AMC has shown off the unique new nemeses heading into the Walking Dead franchise.

Of course, these villains are far from new to the many viewers who have read Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard’s Walking Dead comic book series on which the show is based. The Whisperers, first introduced in 2014’s The Walking Dead #130, are a group of survivors who have pushed through the zombie apocalypse by wearing suits made from human flesh, designed to let them blend in with the walkers.

As the old saying goes: “If you can’t beat them, join them.”

Samantha Morton and Ryan Hurst were cast earlier this year as Alpha and Beta respectively, the leader and lieutenant of the Whisperer army. They are at the forefront of one of the most dangerous story arcs in recent Walking Dead memory, known as “The Whisperer War.” It should come as no shock that many main characters meet their demise over the course of this conflict — some of whom are still part of the Walking Dead TV series’ cast, one of whom is not. No spoilers on who doesn’t make…

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