We are still months away from the premiere of The Walking Dead Season 4.

But AMC is understandably doing all it can to promote the biggest show in cable history, taking fans behind the scenes in the following production video.

The season opener (likely airing in October) will be written by new showrunner Scott Gimple and directed by Greg Nicotero, who teases below: "There are new [characters] coming in that I'm really excited about. There's some great character turns. There's a lot of really good twists that will really delight the fans."

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