AMC launches new season of 'Fear of The Walking Dead' web series
LOS ANGELES -- AMC is giving The Fear of the Walking Dead fans an early fix of the show with a new season of its webseries.
Titled Fear of the Walking Dead: Passages, the 16-part series helps build to Season 3 of the post-apocalyptic spin-off, which will air in 2017.
The web series, which launched last year with Fear of the Walking Dead: Flight 462, amassed 4.6 million video streams. The show, which is produced by Fear of the Walking Dead showrunner and executive producer Dave Erickson, also nabbed two Emmy nominations including one for Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series.
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“We saw a tremendous response to last year’s ‘Flight 462’ so we are excited to again be expanding the world of ‘Fear’ with another story of survival at the onset of the apocalypse,” Joel Stillerman, president of original programming and development for AMC and SundanceTV, said in a statement. “It’s great to be working with Dave Erickson and the ‘Fear’ team on this new piece of original short-form content that will continue to engage fans in the series’ off-season.”
This second season follows "a fearsome survivor, Sierra (Kelsey Scott), who agrees to help an injured woman, Gabi (Mishel Prada), in exchange for an apocalyptic sanctuary," according to AMC's release. The two "go on to face many dangers and learn what they need to survive."
Episodes of “Passage,” each less than one-minute long, will debut every Sunday online and then on-air as promos during new episodes of The Walking Dead for the duration of Season 7, which premieres on Oct. 23.
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