‘Walking Dead’ Companion Series Gets a Two Season Order

Walking Dead Companion Series Gets 2 Season Order
Kim Dickens as Miranda and Cliff Curtis as Sean in ‘The Walking Dead’ companion series (Photo Credit: Justin Lubin / AMC)

AMC has so much faith in the potential for The Walking Dead companion series that they’ve announced the new show will air for at least two seasons. The still untitled companion series will be executive produced by The Walking Dead series creator Robert Kirkman as well as Dave Erickson and The Walking Dead‘s Gale Anne Hurd, Greg Nicotero, and David Alpert. Kirkman and Erickson co-wrote the pilot, co-created the series, and Erickson is on board as showrunner.

The new Walking Dead series is set to star Cliff Curtis, Kim Dickens, Frank Dillane, and Alycia Debnam Carey. According to AMC, season one will be made up of six one-hour episodes airing this summer. Season two will air in 2016. The show will be set in LA and will center around new characters.

“We take incredibly seriously the notion of building a satisfying companion series to the number one show on television. From the beginning of The Walking Dead on AMC, we’ve been asked questions about what was going on in other parts of the zombie apocalypse, and what it looked like as the world really did ‘turn.’ Through this new series, we’re going to find out,” said Charlie Collier, AMC president. “Robert Kirkman, Dave Erickson and their writing team, along with an incomparable set of producers, cast and crew have created something remarkable and clearly distinct. We respectfully follow the request of Monty Python as we bring out (the latest of) our Dead.”

“We feel empowered by this two-season commitment, a serious show of faith from our network partner AMC,” added Kirkman. “I personally take it as a sign that they believe, like we do, that we’ve accomplished our goal of developing something original that can pay tribute to the original show and expand the world I created while at the same time having something new to say with this story. I’m very grateful that we now have the opportunity to tell this amazing story and show the fans that we really haven’t scratched the surface yet when it comes to The Walking Dead.”


-By Rebecca Murray

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