Jeffrey Dean morgan joins The Walking Dead as major villain 

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fans think Glenn’s fate couldn’t get any more mysterious, the show has decided to introduce the villain who murders Glenn in the comic books.

That’s right: EW has confirmed that Jeffrey Dean Morgan has been cast as comic-book villain Negan. Morgan is expected to appear toward the end of the current season and then return for season 7 as a possible series regular.

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Morgan is currently playing a complicated investigator named Jason Crouse on the CBS hit 

, but that role is not expected to get in the way of his new gig on 

, EW has learned. It’s likely Morgan only signed a one-year deal with

, which recruited Morgan to fill the investigator role when Archie Panjabi (who played Kalinda Sharma) left last season. But there’s also a good chance that he’ll get to do both dramas. Stay tuned.

Morgan’s already demonstrated that he has the experience to join

 since he’s no stranger to the comic-book universe, having played the Comedian in the 2009 film 

, and will play Bruce Wayne’s father in next year’s 

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