Considering its full season run usually spans 16 episodes, another 100 would bring The Walking Dead to season 13 which corroborates creator Robert Kirkman’s confirmation that he wants the show to last for at least twelve seasons.

While this is no confirmation of the show’s future, it’s almost impossible to think that AMC wouldn’t let it run for as long as producers wanted considering its status as one of the most-watched TV shows across the globe.

Gimple went on to tease what fans can expect in the approaching season seven finale which apparently won’t feature as brutal a cliffhanger as the one doled out at the end of season six.

“The end of this season is very much the end of a chapter,” Gimple elaborated. “It’s very much a conclusion that promises this epic story ahead. And the first episode of Season 8… It’s about setting up this gigantic, epic tale to come, not only in Season 8, but beyond.”

Fans have praised the latest episode of the zombie drama – the review of which you can read here – for featuring what was most probably its first Muslim-American character.

Rick Wants to fight Ezekiel wants to fight. Carol wants to fight. Even Morgan wants to fight. All of these people who previously were content to sit back and not battle Negan on The Walking Dead are finally ready to take up arms. And they’ve even found other people (Jadis and the junkyard gang) to take up arms with them, as long as they provide the arms. As we head into the homestretch of season 7, things are no doubt ramping up towards the acclaimed “All Out War” arc from the comics on which the show is based. We checked in with showrunner Scott M. Gimple to ask what to expect in the final three episodes.

“We step on the gas and we do not let our foot off the gas until the end of episode 16,” he says. “Although because I’m working on season 8 now, the foot is on the gas again! I mean, the next three episodes we’re going to shoot you through a lot of big events and things become quantum intense.”

Quantum intense! We’ll take it! But what about that final installment? What can we expect from this year’s season finale? From the sound of it, a whole lot. Gimple teases that the season 7 finale will have many different shades and also notes one big difference from last year’s controversial cliffhanger ending.

 

“I just think it’s everything,” says Gimple of the finale. “It is everything and the kitchen sink. It is exciting and it’s very emotional and I believe it’s funny in a couple parts, and it builds and builds and builds and it explodes. And though it promises more — because there is a whole lot to get to — there is an ending. It really is just a huge episode inasmuch as it has all of the flavors of this season. It is taking your cup and going down each soda jet and taking a little from each one and then throwing in some hot sauce, a little bit of lime, and then maybe a tiny bit of tequila, as well.”

But will it be a celebratory drink or will we be drowning our sorrows? Knowing this show, it most likely will be a bit of both.

The Paley Center for Media’s 34th annual PaleyFest kicked off Friday at the Dolby Theatre with a session devoted to AMC’s “The Walking Dead.” Exec producer Scott Gimple gave fans a glimpse of what to expect in the final installments of season seven.

“The season finale will be a conclusion that promises an epic story ahead. It’s about setting up season eight but also beyond,” said Gimple.

Josh McDermitt, who plays the fan-favorite Eugene, talked about his character’s decision to align himself with the ultra-villainous Negan, played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan

“I don’t feel like he’s playing a game. I think he’s trying to protect himself,” McDermitt said. “Eugene is scared and a lot of it comes from Negan so he’s out looking for himself. And why not align yourself with the person who gives him the most fear? That’s how I see it.

Robert Kirkman, creator of the “Walking Dead” graphic novel that inspired the series, shared his conflicted feelings about the Negan character..

“The most impressive thing is that he’s this horrible person doing horrible things to characters you love but he had this spark that’s engaging. He’s so likable. He’s personable,” Kirkman said.

Actor Lauren Cohan, who plays Maggie Green, added her contrarian thoughts about Negan.

“I was burning up inside when Robert was talking about how likable and charming Negan is,” she said.

The run to the finale begins this Sunday at 9 p.m. on AMC

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