AMC's hit TV series, The Walking Dead, will undoubtedly be experiencing some big changes in its future storylines, given that new showrunner Scott M. Gimple has taken over for the recently departed Glen Mazzara for Season 4.

Comic book creator and executive producer Robert Kirkman recently dished to The Hollywood Reporter about the upcoming season, and how he and Gimple will be utilizing its characters.

"Coming into season four, we're definitely going to know a lot more about these people so it will be that much more gut-wrenching and worse when we lose these characters," he said.

The EP also came clean that the fourth season will be featuring more scenes than its previous three.

"Season four probably has the most number of scenes that are adapted directly from the comic series or very close to what we did," Kirkman continued.

It had previously been reported that Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and the group would be transporting elsewhere from the prison. However, while that may indeed be the case, Kirkman says that the fans will get to see the facility in a different capacity.

"The prison that we see is a different prison and the characters that we see are very different from the last time we saw them. We go into season four with characters you'e known for four years and still find new things to explore with them and new aspects of their character and see that they are growing and changing in extremely dramatic ways due to the strains that this world has put upon them," he said.

AMC's The Walking Dead will be kicking off its new season on Sunday, October 13 at 9/8 p.m. Central. Be sure to keep checking back for more of the latest details on the hit zombie series. Check out some recent behind-the-scenes footage of Season 4 below!

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