THE WALKING DEAD SEASON 6 NEWS: TOM PAYNE CAST, SEASON PREMIERE SYNOPSIS, TRAILER & PREMIERE DATE

Deadlie reports that Tom Payne ( Luck ) has
been cast as Paul "Jesus" Monroe for The
Walking Dead season 6. Paul is straight out of
the comics, but we won't spoil his character
here. This news previously leaked last week
with a set photo , but the actor playing the
character was not revealed at the time.
The synopsis for the season 6 premiere has
been revealed. The episode is called "First Time
Again" and the story goes as follows:
Rick and the group are still having trouble
assimilating into Alexandria. Will a new threat
bring them closer together or drive them further
apart?
Is that new threat the Wolves? We'll find out
soon enough!
Don't forget to listen to the new episode of our
weekly Walking Dead podcast, Den of Geek
Presents No Room in Hell :
Xander Berkeley ( 24 ) has been cast in The
Walking Dead season 6 in an undisclosed role,
according to TV Line . The casting call for the
character, named "Rich," described him as
"Narcissistic, egotistical, quick to braggadocio
and anger, his own skin is his principal
concern. He feeds off the superiority of being in
control, but he plays it off with Senator-like
charm. He’s vibrant, and has the charisma of a
car salesman."
Many will inevitably speculate that Xander is
playing a well-known villain from The Walking
Dead comic books, Negan, who we won't spoil
here. You can scroll down a bit to here more
about this villain.
Berkeley will appear in the latter half of season
6, with a chance of becoming a regular for
season 7. Hmm, sounds like a pretty important
character to us.
The Walking Dead Season 6 Premiere Date
It was confirmed through a leaked trailer from
SDCC 2015 that (as we predicted months
ago), The Walking Dead season 6 will premiere
on Oct. 11 at 9 pm with a 90-minute premiere,
with The Talking Dead to follow at 10:30. AMC
will also host the premiere at Madison Square
Garden. You can find more details here .