Tales of the Walking Dead just received its first trailer, showing off the star-studded cast featured in the spinoff. The new show, premiering on AMC and AMC+ on Aug. 14th, will consist of six hour-long episodes in an anthology format, featuring characters from the original show as well as plenty of new ones. The show is officially described as ‘an episodic anthology that will follow individual characters from The Walking Dead TV universe, both new and old.’ AMC released the trailer during their San Diego Comic-Con panel earlier today, July 22nd. You can watch it from the official The Walking Dead YouTube below.

‘No one believed this could happen. No one ever believes bad things will happen.’ Terry Crews is pessimistic in the new trailer, however, his dialogue, along with many others, reveals the series will take place over several different time periods, from before the apocalypse begins to many years after.

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We also see the return of Samantha Morton as Alpha, with her daughter Lydia appearing in some form during the series. This will be a backstory to the mother-daughter duo seen in The Walking Dead, giving us a further glimpse into their lives before she turned into the walker-face-wearing villain from the initial series.

Tales of the Walking Dead is Filled With Talent

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In addition to Terry Crews, Tales of the Walking Dead will feature Olivia Munn, Sarah Graham, Jessie T. Usher, Embeth Davidtz, Danny Ramirez, Gage Munroe, Loan Chabanol, Lauren Glazier, Anthony Edwards, and Parker Posey will star in various episodes throughout the series. Haifaa Al-Mansour, Deborah Kampmeier, Michael E. Satrazemis, Tara Nicole Weyr, and Ron Underwood will direct. Channing Powell will be the showrunner and act as executive producer, along with Satrazemis and Scott M. Gimple.

During an interview with Variety last year, Dan McDermott, president of original programming for AMC, shared his excitement for the anthology series.

Fans won’t have to wait much longer for the new series to arrive on AMC, with Tales of the Walking Dead premiering next month on Aug. 14th.

“‘The Walking Dead’ is a show that made television history and attracted an army of passionate and highly engaged fans. We see so much potential for a wide range of rich and compelling storytelling in this world, and this episodic format of ‘Tales of the Walking Dead’ will give us the flexibility to entertain existing fans and also offer an entry point for new viewers, especially on streaming platforms. We have seen the appeal of this format in television classics like ‘The Twilight Zone’ and, more recently, ‘Black Mirror,’ and are excited to engage with fans in this new way, against the backdrop of this very unique and engrossing world.”