A new spin-off series based in The Nikki Nova ArchivesWalking Deaduniverse is coming to AMC in 2020.

Hot on the trail of the ninth season of The Walking Dead, AMC announced that a second spin-off will start production this summer and premiere sometime in 2020, IGN reported Monday. The new zombie show got a 10-episode order for its first season with Walking Deadwriter Matt Negrete heading it up as a co-creator.

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We don't know a whole lot about the new Walking Deadshow, but AMC did provide a short description that gives us a hint of what it will look like, saying the 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."

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While The Walking Deadkicked off right at the beginning of the apocalypse, it looks like this spin-off will start down the line from when zombies first started eating people in the U.S., long enough for its protagonists to have been teens or younger when it began.

Right now, it's not clear who the protagonists are or if they'll be connected to anyone in the main series or the other spin-off, Fear the Walking Dead. We do know that filming will be happening in Virginia, which is where the main series takes place now.

The Walking Deadhas given us a glimpse at what youths in the zombie apocalypse look like throughout the series, although these kids and teens have never really been the focus.


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