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AMC Sets 2020 Launch For Second Walking Dead Spinoff Series

April 8, 2019 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas
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AMC is officially going in on another look into Robert Kirkman’s zombie apocalypse, setting a 2020 premiere date for the second Walking Dead spinoff. The company announced on Monday in a press release that they have greenlit their third scripted show set in Kirkman’s universe, following The Walking Dead and Fear The Walking Dead.

The new series will, per AMC, “feature two young female protagonists and focus on the first generation to come-of-age in the apocalypse as we know it. Some will become heroes. Some will become villains. In the end, all of them will be changed forever. Grown-up and cemented in their identities, both good and bad.”

Scott Gimple and Matt Negrete co-created the series, with Negrete serving as showrunner. The show begins production this summer with the ten episode first season launching next year.

“Showing audiences an unseen pocket of The Walking Dead universe steeped in a new mythology is a very cool way to celebrate a ‘Decade of the Dead’ on TV and over 15 years of Robert Kirkman’s brilliant comic,” said Gimple. “Matt Negrete is one of the best writer-producers in TWD’s long history — I’m thrilled to be working beside him to tell stories unlike we’ve seen before, taking our first step into an even larger world.”

“I’m beyond excited to be a part of this new show set in The Walking Dead Universe,” said Negrete. “Writing and producing for the original series has been the job of a lifetime and I’m honored to be working with Scott and all the fine Dead folks at AMC in this new capacity. I can’t wait for the fans of the franchise to see what we’ve been cooking up!”