Now, TVLine is hearing that the new series “will be a prequel of sorts, one that would chronicle the early days of the epidemic and the effort to contain it.”.
Creator Robert Kirkman previously told IGN that the new series would be set in a different location and would feature completely different people. “It definitely won’t be set in Georgia… It’s important to us that this show exists on its own. The spin-off has to be a show worthy of existing, or else we’ve all sold out.”
Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd and David Alpert are on board as executive producers, with AMC Studios set to produce. The companion series has a target on-air date of 2015. “The Walking Dead” is based on the comic book series created and written by Kirkman and published by Skybound, Kirkman’s imprint at Image Comics.
