The Walking Dead’s new showrunner has confirmed Season 9 will feature a time jump. This news seems to confirm fans’ suspicions that The Walking Dead will follow the narrative pass of its comic book counterpart, which featured a substantial time jump at around this point in time in the story.
Showrunner Angela Kang revealed revealed during a Kick-Ass Women of AMC panel the new season will jump forward in time, per The Hollywood Reporter. “We’re playing with time in the season, so we get to jump forward in the story,” Kang said.
Though Kang did reveal how far the time jump will be, the comic did fast forward two years after the end of the Rick and Negan feud. This follows Season 8, which jumped between present and “future” timelines. After the conclusion of Season 8, it became very clear that The Walking Dead needed to follow Robert Kirkman’s story and deliver a time jump for viewers, the argument for which you can watch below:
Source: IGN.com The Walking Dead Season 9 Will Have a Time Jump