‘The Walking Dead’ Companion Series Title Revealed!

A scene from ‘The Walking Dead’ companion series (AMC)

“The Walking Dead” companion series has a title.

The spinoff of the AMC drama will be called “Fear The Walking Dead.”

IT’S OFFICIAL! The walking dead companion show on AMC is called FEAR THE WALKING DEAD! Expect more news very soon! #FearTheWalkingDead

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The new show, which stars Cliff Curtis, Kim Dickens, Frank Dillane and Alycia Debnam Carey, will premiere in late summer, with its second season airing in 2016.

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It has been suggested that the new show will be set earlier on in the zombie apocalypse.

“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,” Charlie Collier, AMC president, said in a statement earlier this month, when news of the companion series’ pickup was announced.

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The Season 5 finale of “The Walking Dead” airs Sunday at 9 PM ET/PT on AMC.

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