Tales of the Walking Dead
Tales of the Walking Dead is an upcoming American post-apocalyptic horror drama anthology television series created by Channing Powell that is set to premiere on AMC in mid-2022. It is a spin-off series to "The Walking Dead", which is based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard, and is the fourth television series within "The Walking Dead" franchise. Premise. "Tales of the Walking Dead" is an episodic anthology series that is based on new and existing characters within "The Walking Dead" universe. Production . Development. In September 2020, AMC announced they and Scott M. Gimple had been developing an episodic anthology series set within "The Walking Dead" universe. In October 2021, AMC officially greenlit a six-episode first season to debut in mid-2022. Channing Powell, who has written for both "The Walking Dead" and "Fear the Walking Dead", serves as showrunner. Casting. In February 2022, it was announced that Anthony Edwards, Parker Posey, Terry Crews, Poppy Liu, and Jillian Bell had been cast in starring roles. Daniella Pineda, Olivia Munn, Danny Ramirez, Loan Chabanol, Embeth Davidtz, Jessie T. Usher and Gage Munroe later joined  the cast in undisclosed roles. In April 2022, it was confirmed that Samantha Morton would reprise her role as Alpha in an episode, and that Lauren Glazier and Matt Medrano had joined the cast. Filming. Filming for the series began in January 2022 in Buford, Georgia, with the first episode directed by Michael E. Satrazemis; who has directed several episodes of both "The Walking Dead" and "Fear the Walking Dead". In February 2022, it was confirmed that Satrazemis would direct three of the six first-season episodes, with the remaining episodes directed by Haifaa al-Mansour, Deborah Kampmeier, and Tara  Nicole Weyr (who previously directed for "Fear the Walking Dead"). Release. Broadcast. The series is scheduled to premiere on AMC in mid-2022. Marketing. A teaser trailer was released online on April 10, 2022.