Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes – The Walking Dead _ Season 9, Gallery- Photo Credit: Victoria Will/AMC

What’s next for The Walking Dead? AMC just released new key art, photos, and details for the TV show’s upcoming ninth season.

The new season of the zombie drama will “see our survivors a year and a half after the end of the war, rebuilding civilization under Rick’s steadfast leadership.” The cast includes Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Lauren Cohan, Danai Gurira, Melissa McBride, Lennie James, Alanna Masterson, and Josh McDermitt.

Season nine of The Walking Dead premieres on AMC on October 7th at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

Take a first look and read more info below:

Danai Gurira as Michonne – The Walking Dead _ Season 9, Gallery- Photo Credit: Victoria Will/AMC

Norman Reedus as Daryl Dixon – The Walking Dead _ Season 9, Gallery- Photo Credit: Victoria Will/AMC

Pollyanna McIntosh as Jadis/Anne – The Walking Dead _ Season 9, Gallery- Photo Credit: Victoria Will/AMC

Tom Payne as Paul ‘Jesus’ Rovia – The Walking Dead _ Season 9, Gallery- Photo Credit: Victoria Will/AMC

Avi Nash as Siddiq – The Walking Dead _ Season 9, Gallery- Photo Credit: Victoria Will/AMC

Lauren Cohan as Maggie Rhee – The Walking Dead _ Season 9, Gallery- Photo Credit: Victoria Will/AMC

Melissa McBride as Carol Peletier – The Walking Dead _ Season 9, Gallery- Photo Credit: Victoria Will/AMC

Ross Marquand as Aaron – The Walking Dead _ Season 9, Gallery- Photo Credit: Victoria Will/AMC

Last season brought the culmination of “All Out War,” which pitted Rick Grimes and his group of survivors against the Saviors and their cunning leader, Negan. With Negan’s life in his hands, Rick had a character-defining choice in front of him. By making the unilateral decision to spare Negan, Rick upheld the values his late son, Carl, championed in order to build for the future, but created conflict within his group.

Now, we see our survivors a year and a half after the end of the war, rebuilding civilization under Rick’s steadfast leadership. It is a time of relative peace among the communities as they work together, looking to the past to forge the future, but the world they knew is rapidly changing as man-made structures continue to degrade, and nature takes over, changing the landscape and creating new challenges for our survivors.

As time passes, the communities confront unexpected obstacles, danger, and of course, walkers, but nothing quite prepares them for the formidable force they are about to encounter, which threatens the very idea of civilization that our survivors have worked so hard to build.

Based on the comic book series written by Robert Kirkman and published by Image Comics, “The Walking Dead” reigns the number one drama on television among adults 18-49 for the last six seasons. The series is executive produced by chief content officer Scott M. Gimple, showrunner Angela Kang, Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, David Alpert, Greg Nicotero, Tom Luse and Denise Huth.

What do you think? Are you a fan of The Walking Dead? What do you hope happens in the new season?