Courtesy of TV Guide, we've got the first look at David Morrissey as Walking Dead villain The Governor, along with assurances from Walking Dead comics creator Robert Kirkman that the TV version of the character won't disappoint.

Kirkman:

The Governor in the show is definitely going to be the Governor in the comic. I think that he's definitely going to be a character that people love to hate and are absolutely entertained by, but also somewhat terrified of. He's definitely going to be a very important character and a very nuanced character. We are not going to be watering him down.

Season 3 of The Walking Dead premieres this October.

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Here's the first good look at Danai Gurira as the sword-swinging heroine Michonne in AMC's The Walking Dead, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly.

Although Michonne was introduced at the end of season 2, carrying a Katana and leading her two armless zombie followers, her face was obscured by a hood.

"The essence of the character — her personality, her motives, everything that makes Michonne Michonne — remains intact from the comics," said Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman, "But like a lot of things on the show, there will be little tweaks and differences here and there."

Specifically, he says we're going to see Michonne interacting a lot more with Andrea, and that TV viewers will get to know the character "a lot faster than comic book readers did."

The Walking Dead returns this October.

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The cast and crew of AMC's The Walking Dead look ahead to season 3, where "people start losing their minds, love blossoms, and a whole lot of gross zombie kills."

Oh, and an increasingly desperate group of survivors encounters big baddie The Governor. Sounds like "things are going to get messy" is a bit of an understatement.

The Walking Dead returns this fall.

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As promised, Telltale Games' first gameplay trailer for The Walking Dead: The Game has shambled onto the web, just a few days after the first teaser.

The short-but-intense gameplay footage doesn't come in until the end, after a montage of some of the new characters who will experience the Atlanta-area zombie outbreak at the same time as the characters from Robert Kirkman's comics.

The Walking Dead: The Game is up for pre-order now. The first of the game's five monthly episodes will be released in late April.

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AMC's The Walking Dead has cast Danai Gurira (Treme) as Michonne, the sword-swinging, zombie-slaying heroine who plays a major role in Robert Kirkman's comic series. The character made her debut in the show's season finale, and Kirkman says she'll be a big part of season three.

Walking Dead showrunner Glen Mazzara says the TV version of Michonne won't be exactly the same as she was in the comics.

"We know that she's a loner, we know she kicks ass. But we have some other traits about that her that are not in the comic book that we'll deviate," he said, in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter.

Mazzara said Michonne would be sticking around as a major character, presumably to help the group battle the evil Governor (who, it was recently revealed, will be played by David Morrissey).

Kirkman has also published a 6-page comic telling Michonne's origin story in the April issue of Playboy, which came out last Friday. The first two pages are online.

Season 3 of The Walking Dead begins production this spring.

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Telltale Games has released the first teaser for The Walking Dead: The Game, their upcoming episodic adventure game based on the comics by Robert Kirkman.

The game is set in the greater Atlanta area, and introduces a new set of characters experiencing the beginning of the zombie outbreak while Rick Grimes is still in a coma. Players control Lee Everett, a man on his way to prison who escapes during the crisis.

The debut gameplay trailer for The Walking Dead will hit the web on Monday, March 19th.

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