Season 8 of The Walking Dead has gone by the motto of “All Out War,” but off-screen, another type of battle is clearly still in full swing, as the contractual fate of star Lauren Cohan remains unresolved. A battle that has grown to now involve another cast member and even the actress herself, who has portrayed Maggie…

Khary Payton, who already has plenty of comic cred voicing animated characters in DC’s LEGO movie franchise and the Transformers and Teen Titans Go! TV series, is stepping in front of the camera to play King Ezekiel in the upcoming Season 7 of AMC’s The Walking Dead. The news pretty much broke when Payton was part of t…