The Walking Dead Showrunner Says It's A Possibility Negan Will Show Up In Season 6

07/31/2015 09:46 am EDT

With Season 6 of The Walking Dead right around the corner, many fans of the comic book source material are wondering if Negan, one of the comic's most notorious characters, will make an appearance.

Showrunner Scott Gimple tells EW that Negan appearing is a possibility, but not yet set in stone.

"It's absolutely a possibility," he says. "And when I say it's a possibility, we have a plan in place, but there's a couple variables for that plan that we're deciding about. It really depends on a few factors as we move into setting up the last bit of the season story-wise."

Creator Robert Kirkman weighed in as well, saying that adapting a character like Negan is always a challenge.

"When it comes to characters like The Governor, Michonne, Abraham, and others like Jesus and Negan who are fan-favorite characters in the comics, it's always a challenge to get it right because it's those characters—much like Rick Grimes in the beginning—that fans already have a sense of and expectations for. So we're always careful, and I feel like we've done a really good job servicing those fan expectations. Hopefully that trend will continue…if the characters you mention are to appear soon," said Kirkman.

The Walking Dead Season 6 premieres on AMC on Oct. 11.

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