AMC Is Officially Launching a New WALKING DEAD Spinoff Series

We’ve been hearing for awhile that AMC was developing another Walking Dead spinoff series, but now it’s official, and we have some details to share with you.

The untitled show will be the third Walking Dead series in addition to The Walking Dead and Fear The Walking Dead. According to Scott Collins, president of ad sales for AMC Networks:

“This allows us to come to the marketplace with completely uninterrupted ‘Walking Dead’ universe content from post-Super Bowl Sunday to Thanksgiving.”

So if you’re a fan of the Walking Dead universe, this is great news. I enjoy The Walking Dead, but Fear The Walking Dead is a show that I wasn’t able to get into. It just didn’t really grab me. As for the new series, that has yet to be seen.

The new show will debut in 2020, and according to Variety, it will be built around “two young female protagonists” who are trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies.

Sarah Barnett, president of AMC, noted that “some of the young women portrayed on the flagship series in the group in recent episodes have resonated strongly with audiences.” So they want a show that will put the focus on female characters. Barnett went on to say:

“We believe in the underlying vitality of the Walking Dead universe. Walking Dead itself continues to be the number-one show by some margin. This show just continues to be an incredible boon for us. It’s something another cable or streaming network would actually kill for.”

No other details were revealed about the new series, but I am curious to see what they are planning for it. As a fan of the the original series, I hope that it’s good and that it turns out to be something that I will enjoy watching.