Robert Kirkman said Season 5 of "The Walking Dead" will "hit the ground running." Entertainment Weekly caught up with Kirkman who dished (a little bit) about what's in store for Rick Grimes and company.
He said everyone is excited to be back in Atlanta filming for next season and the cast was still bringing their "A game" to set five years in.
"We're doing new and different and crazy and exciting things and now I think the atmosphere is that we can't wait until we can start sharing things with people and start showing things to people because we're really excited about what we're doing here," he said. "We think we're making another magical season."
Because Season 4 ended with a cliffhanger, Kirkman told EW that everyone is trying to be a little more secretive and not give away any spoilers. Apparently, Chase Vasser didn't get that memo.
"There's been a lot more secrecy on set. Just because any images that get out of any kind of things that are seen do in a sense spoil that cliffhanger, so we're trying to keep things a little more tight this time around," Kirkman told the magazine. "There's always people crowding around where we're filming and trying to get spy spots of what we're doing and stuff, but for the most part we've been able to avoid that. This is the first time we've really finished a season and gone back to the same place for the next season, so that's kind of cool."
For a little reminder, Season 4 ended with Rick and the others trapped inside a train car at Terminus. It's been speculated that Terminus wasn't a safe haven for survivors but home to cannibals. This theory has never been confirmed.
Kirkman told EW that since the season ended on such a dramatic note, Season 5 is definitely going to be more fast-paced.
"I think this show works best with a cycle of ramping up and ramping down," he said. "And lulling people into a sense of security and speeding things up and keeping them on guard. I will say that we definitely start this season in an up cycle, whereas last season we definitely started the season in a down cycle. So we're certainly changing things up in that respect and we're gonna kind of hit the ground running this season."
