AMC has set an Aug. 23 premiere date for “Fear the Walking Dead.” The series is a Los Angeles-set spin-off of “The Walking Dead,” the highest rated entertainment show on television.
The network also released an official trailer for the new series.
The series will premiere with a special 90-minute episode and stars Rubén Blades, Cliff Curtis, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Kim Dickens and Mercedes Mason.
“It starts as a family drama and filter the apocalypse through that,” showrunner Dave Erickson said during the panel for the show Friday at Comic-Con in San Diego, where the trailer was premiered.
Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, Greg Nicotero, David Alpert and Erickson serve as executive producers of “Fear the Walking Dead.”