Last November, AMC announced that they were expanding the world of The Walking Dead with new movies, and now the network is adding a third Walking Dead series to the macabre mix.
Entertainment Weekly reports that AMC has green-lit a new "scripted series set in the world of The Walking Dead," making it the third one overall after The Walking Dead and Fear The Walking Dead.
Created by The Walking Dead Chief Content Officer Scott M. Gimple and Matt Negrete, the new series will "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.”
Longtime The Walking Dead writer and producer Negrete will serve as showrunner for the new series, which will kick off with 10 episodes that begin filming in Virginia this summer.
Here's what Gimple had to say about the new series (via EW):
“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. 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.”
Negrete also added his thoughts on the new addition to The Walking Dead universe (via EW):
“I’m beyond excited to be a part of this new show set in The Walking Dead Universe. 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!”
Casting details for the new series, as well as where it fits in within the world of the current Walking Dead series, have yet to be revealed, but we'll keep Daily Dead readers updated as more details surface.
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