The U.S. channel AMC announced today a new trailer of the third season of the show The Walking Dead.

The third season of AMC’s television series The Walking Dead is scheduled to premiere on October 14, 2012 and will feature 16 episodes. The series is based on the series of comic books of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard; it was developed for television by Frank Darabont, and is executive produced by Robert Kirkman and Glen Mazzara. As in the comics, the season will be set in both an abandoned prison and an active rural town of survivors. It will introduce the characters from the comics, The Governor and Michonne.