The Walking Dead franchise is going where it’s never gone before: the formerly friendly skies!
According to Entertainment Weekly, AMC is planning a half-hour Walking Dead standalone special that will air during the sixth season. The premise of the special is that a zombie outbreak occurs on a plane, and a group of passengers will attempt to survive and get the plane landed safely. As a further twist, one of the survivors will go on to become a cast member of Fear The Walking Dead Season 2.
The Walking Dead special will be shown in small installments during commercial breaks for The Walking Dead TV series. Before that, the chapters of the special will debut online. This could be seen as the continuation of the Walking Dead anthology web series. But this will be the first time that one of the ancillary Walking Dead stories has been broadcast on television and directly tied into one of the series.
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Fear The Walking Dead co-creator Dave Erickson and co-executive producer David Weiner will be producing The Walking Dead standalone special. Aside from the premise and its connection to Fear The Walking Dead, very little is currently known about it. The title has not been revealed, nor does it have an airdate. Presumably it will be shown during the second half of The Walking Dead Season 6 in 2016.
The sixth season of The Walking Dead will premiere on Sunday, October 11th with a 90-minute episode. Fear The Walking Dead Season 1 is currently airing Sunday nights on AMC, and a second season has already been ordered for 2016.
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