Black Summer (TV series)
Black Summer is an American streaming television series created by Karl Schaefer and John Hyams. The first season, consisting of eight episodes, was released on Netflix on April 11, 2019. The series is produced by The Asylum, the same production company behind "Z Nation", and is written and directed primarily by Hyams, with Abram Cox writing and directing additional episodes. Jaime King stars in the lead role as Rose, a mother who is separated from her daughter during the earliest and deadliest days of a zombie apocalypse. The series garnered moderate approval from critics. Many of  the filming locations are around and within Calgary, Alberta in Canada. In November 2019, Netflix renewed the series for an eight-episode second season, which was released on June 17, 2021. Plot. Six weeks after the start of the zombie apocalypse, Rose (Jaime King) is separated from her daughter, Anna, and she embarks on a harrowing journey to find her. Thrust alongside a small group of refugees in North America, she must brave a hostile new world and make brutal decisions during the most deadly summer of the apocalypse. Connection to "Z Nation". The connection between "Black Summer" and its  parent series take a similar approach as the relationship between "Fear the Walking Dead" and "The Walking Dead", as there are no plans for any of the characters from "Z Nation" to appear in the companion prequel series. "Z Nation" actor DJ Qualls revealed at San Diego Comic-Con that the Syfy series takes place "quite a long time" after the events of "Black Summer", making him feel that the cast is "too old" for a crossover to work. However, the two series do share "most to all of [their] writing, directing, and producing staff" as well as a production  company, The Asylum. The show's starring actress, Jaime King, has said that the two series have "nothing to do with" each other.