The British actor (above) will join the third season as the sadistic self-appointed leader of a community of survivors.
Kirkman said: "More than any other actor, David Morrissey came in and wanted to embrace everything that there is to the Governor. He knew this is a complicated character, and he knew this was a character that people are going to hate to love."
"It was really important to me that no one gets the sense that we're neutering the Governor from the comics or holding anything back in any way," Kirkman tells MTV. "We're definitely going to do the character justice, and season three will be that much crazier and that much more intense because of it."
"I think Morrissey is really going to knock it out of the park," he added. "He has tremendous scale and scope to his acting abilities. I think people are going to be shocked and amazed by the things we do with the Governor in season three. I think people are going to quickly realise that David Morrissey is an awesome guy for the role."
This year is the 40th anniversary of the event held by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films.
In terms of comic book adaptations, the leader is Captain America: The First Avenger, with seven nominations, while Thor has four nods and X-Men: First Class has two.
Captain America has been nominated for best science fiction film, actor (Chris Evans), supporting actor (Stanley Tucci), music, production design, costume and special effects; Thor for best fantasy film, supporting actor (Tom Hiddleston), production design and costume; and X-Men: First Class for best science fictio...
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[Source: Coventry Telegraph - The Geek Files]
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