We've got our first look at the seventh season of "The Walking Dead" in the form of an official photo of Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) in the highly-anticipated season premiere.

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Check out the photo, which sees Negan holding his iconic weapon, the barb-wired baseball bat Lucille, below (via Entertainment Weekly):

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Additionally, "The Walking Dead" producer and makeup supervisor Greg Nicotero confirmed to EW that we'll find out who Negan's victim is -- from the jaw-dropping Season 6 cliffhanger -- in the first episode of Season 7. "Yes, who was at the receiving end of Negan's bat will be revealed in the first episode."

Nicotero also says to expect more theatrical speeches from Negan in the seventh season. "Negan is that kind of guy...He's the kind of guy who imagines himself on stage at a high school production and he loves every second of it. So, I don't really see a lot of quiet contemplative moments with Negan. I feel like with Negan it's really going to be about him gesticulating and him sort of relishing in the sound of his own voice while he commands the stage in front of whoever's alive."

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"The Walking Dead" returns for its seventh season this fall on AMC.