The Governor will Return Next Season on The Walking Dead

The Governor will return on AMC's The Walking Dead.

David Morrissey is going to be there when the zombie drama returns for the 4th season within the fall, The Hollywood Reporter realizes.

The British actor initially signed on for the one-season role to experience the famous villain in the comics produced by Robert Kirkman which the television series relies. When his casting was introduced in Feb 2012, AMC noted the actor would "come in The Walking Dead season three."

Throughout Sunday's third season finale, with Ron (Andrew Lincoln subsequently) and also the Governor going to war, the callous leader of Woodbury extremely gunned lower the majority of his military striking the street with two devoted soldiers. It left the doorway open for that confrontation to carry on once the series returns because of its likely October bow.

Within the Image/Skybound comics, the Governor does not survive a brutal showdown in the prison with Ron. Many, including THR, thought the character could be one of the dead once the series wrapped its bloody third season, which most lately stated regulars Laurie Holden (Andrea), Michael Rooker (Merle) and recurring player Dallas Roberts (Milton).

Speaking with THR the 2009 season, executive producer Kirkman stated he'd prefer to avoid getting one human "large bad" per season, with producers raving about Morrissey's multilayered performance because the Governor -- departing the doorway open the villain may potentially survive the growing season. "The possibility is definitely there -- or he could die within the next episode," he stated. "This really is The Walking Dead who knows."

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"Do I wish to keep David Morrissey? Yes! Will we? I can not let you know. You will find a lot of colors to his performance. Within the comics, he's pretty one-note, but here, he has got a lot more humanity," Air Gale Anne Hurd lately told THR.

Are you currently glad to determine Morrissey coming back? Do you consider the Governor must have been wiped out off this year? Hit your comments ought to below together with your ideas.