'Fear The Walking Dead' Is The Name Of That 'Walking Dead' Spinoff

03/27/2015 03:03 pm ET | Updated Mar 27, 2015

Christopher Rosen Managing entertainment editor, The Huffington Post

Just in from "The Walking Dead" creator Robert Kirkman: the show's spinoff series will be called "Fear The Walking Dead."

IT'S OFFICIAL! The walking dead companion show on AMC is called FEAR THE WALKING DEAD! Expect more news very soon! #FearTheWalkingDead

— Robert Kirkman (@RobertKirkman) March 27, 2015

According to reports, the first "Fear The Walking Dead" trailer will air after this Sunday's "Walking Dead" finale, during "Talking Dead."

"Fear The Walking Dead," which will star Cliff Curtis (“Missing"), Kim Dickens ("Gone Girl," "House of Cards"), Frank Dillane ("Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince") and Alycia Debnam Carey ("Into the Storm"), will air its first batch of episodes later this summer. A 13-episode second season will debut in 2016.

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