AMC teases first glimpse of The Walking Dead's bat-wielding baddie Negan

By Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com

Published: 22:15 EST, 25 March 2016 | Updated: 22:22 EST, 25 March 2016

AMC teased the first glimpse of The Walking Dead's villain Negan in a (since deleted) Dutch promo released on Friday.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan is 'really f***ing excited' to play the foul-mouthed, charismatic Saviors leader, whose weapon of choice is a barbed wire-wrapped bat called Lucille.

The nefarious Negan makes his big debut on the 90-minute, sixth season finale ominously titled 'Last Day on Earth' airing April 3.

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Leather jacket and red scarf! AMC teased the first glimpse of The Walking Dead's villain Negan in a (since deleted) Dutch promo released on Friday

Leather jacket and red scarf! AMC teased the first glimpse of The Walking Dead's villain Negan in a (since deleted) Dutch promo released on Friday

'Hi, I'm Negan': Jeffrey Dean Morgan is 'really f***ing excited' to play the foul-mouthed, charismatic Saviors leader, whose weapon of choice is a barbed wire-wrapped bat called Lucille
'Hi, I'm Negan': Jeffrey Dean Morgan is 'really f***ing excited' to play the foul-mouthed, charismatic Saviors leader, whose weapon of choice is a barbed wire-wrapped bat called Lucille

'Hi, I'm Negan': Jeffrey Dean Morgan is 'really f***ing excited' to play the foul-mouthed, charismatic Saviors leader, whose weapon of choice is a barbed wire-wrapped bat called Lucille

The 6ft2in actor - who turns 50 next month - admitted Negan is similar to his wisecracking character The Comedian in the 2009 superhero flick Watchmen.

'There's definitely some similarities. Negan is special in a lot of ways and the more kind of digging I do into Negan, the more excited I get,' Morgan told EW Radio in December.

'I can't tell you the last time I've been this giddy about doing a role!'  

'I can't tell you the last time I've been this giddy about doing a role!' The nefarious Negan makes his big debut on the 90- minute, sixth season finale ominously titled 'Last Day on Earth' airing April 3

'I can't tell you the last time I've been this giddy about doing a role!' The nefarious Negan makes his big debut on the 90- minute, sixth season finale ominously titled 'Last Day on Earth' airing April 3

'Definitely!' The 6ft2in actor - who turns 50 next month - admitted Negan is similar to his wisecracking character The Comedian in the 2009 superhero flick Watchmen

'Definitely!' The 6ft2in actor - who turns 50 next month - admitted Negan is similar to his wisecracking character The Comedian in the 2009 superhero flick Watchmen

- SPOILERS AHEAD -

Fans of Robert Kirkman's graphic novel are well aware that Negan's 'heartbreaking' entrance in issue 100 involved Glenn Rhee's untimely demise.

But following his near-death fake out in the October 25 episode, it's likely producers are keeping the fan favourite around to welcome his first child with wife Maggie (Lauren Cohan).

There are now murmurings that the AMC-invented Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) will be Negan's first victim, after the crossbow-wielding biker blew several Saviors away with a bazooka in the February 14 episode.  

Atomic bomb: Fans of Robert Kirkman's graphic novel are well aware that Negan's 'heartbreaking' entrance in issue 100 involved Glenn Rhee's untimely demise

Atomic bomb: Fans of Robert Kirkman's graphic novel are well aware that Negan's 'heartbreaking' entrance in issue 100 involved Glenn Rhee's untimely demise

Unlikely: But following his near-death fake out in the October 25 episode, it's likely producers are keeping the fan favourite around to welcome his first child with wife Maggie (Lauren Cohan)

Unlikely: But following his near-death fake out in the October 25 episode, it's likely producers are keeping the fan favourite around to welcome his first child with wife Maggie (Lauren Cohan)

Oh no! There are now murmurings that the AMC-invented Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) will be Negan's first victim, after the crossbow-wielding biker blew several Saviors away with a bazooka in the February 14 episode

Oh no! There are now murmurings that the AMC-invented Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) will be Negan's first victim, after the crossbow-wielding biker blew several Saviors away with a bazooka in the February 14 episode

Showrunner Scott M. Gimple told EW: 'It might be wildly different, but it's all to get the same sort of feelings that you got when you read them. So will it be different? Absolutely. Will it be the same thing? Absolutely'

Showrunner Scott M. Gimple told EW: 'It might be wildly different, but it's all to get the same sort of feelings that you got when you read them. So will it be different? Absolutely. Will it be the same thing? Absolutely'

'It might be wildly different, but it's all to get the same sort of feelings that you got when you read them,' showrunner Scott M. Gimple told EW this week.

'So will it be different? Absolutely. Will it be the same thing? Absolutely.'

Jeffrey also plays a lawyer-turned-investigator called Jason Crouse on the seventh season of The Good Wife, which airs Sundays on CBS.

Love interest: Jeffrey also plays a lawyer-turned-investigator called Jason Crouse on the seventh season of The Good Wife, which airs Sundays on CBS

Love interest: Jeffrey also plays a lawyer-turned-investigator called Jason Crouse on the seventh season of The Good Wife, which airs Sundays on CBS

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