‘The Walking Dead’ Gets a Companion Series and Shows Off New Photos

The Walking Dead Gets a Companion Series and Season 5 Photos

If you can’t get enough of The Walking Dead, then you should enthusiastically embrace this news from AMC (or at the very least smile). The network’s given a green light to the pilot episode of a Walking Dead companion series which will go into production later this year. The Walking Dead‘s Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd and David Alpert are executive producing and Sons of Anarchy‘s Dave Erickson co-wrote and co-created the pilot. Erickson is also on board as the showrunner on the new series.

“Almost from the beginning of The Walking Dead on AMC, fans have been curious about what is going on in the zombie apocalypse in other parts of the world. In fact, beyond requests for zombie cameos, it’s the question I get asked the most,” said AMC President Charlie Collier. “Obviously, we all take our stewardship of the original franchise incredibly seriously and we, along with Robert, Gale, David and now Dave, are all proceeding with extreme care in order to ensure that we are offering fans something truly compelling, engaging and distinct. We’re thrilled to be taking this next step with these remarkable partners.”

“There are many corners of The Walking Dead universe that remain unseen in the shadows. Being given the opportunity to shine a light into those corners and see what lurks out there is an absolute thrill. I know the fans are anxious to hear what Dave and I have been cooking up for this new version of The Walking Dead, and I’m happy to be one step closer to sharing it with them,” said Kirkman.

AMC’s also revealed a set of photos from the upcoming fifth season of the zombie apocalypse series and if you want to go into the new season completely unaware of what’s in store, then I suggest you forgo looking at this collection of 22 photos from the new season. For the rest of you Walking Dead fans who don’t believe photos could possibly spoil season five, check out our gallery of stills featuring Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Chad Coleman, Melissa McBride, Sonequa Martin-Green, and Michael Cudlitz. And zombies…lots of zombies.

The Walking Dead Season 5 Photo Gallery


-By Rebecca Murray

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