The Walking Dead Reveals New Series with First Trailer – Collider.com, Collider.com

                   

The Walking Deadis introducing a new generation. AMC debuted the first trailer for the upcoming third series inThe Walking Deaduniverse (afterThe Walking DeadandFear The Walking Dead) and it’s probably not what you were expecting! Featuring an uplifting guitar riff and well-dressed teens with obvious access to showers, theas-yet-untitled serieslooks to launch theTWDuniverse in a new direction that seems distinctly YA-centric.

And I’m into it! The zombie effects are still looking stellar and outside the walls of their compound, it’s very obviously the world ofThe Walking Dead, but the new series is also promising a different tone and experience than AMC’s previous two shows. The new installment follows the first generation to come of age in the zombie apocalypse (a bunch of Judiths basically) and their paths to becoming heroes, villains, or… well, zombies probably. The series is reportedly set a decade after the onset of the zombie apocalypse – which puts it right on track with the timeline of the flagship show.

It’s obvious that AMC hasbigplans for their enduring horror hit – not least of which arethe upcoming filmsthat will feature the much-missed Rick “Coral” Grimes (Andrew Lincoln), who left the series in its ninth season. But AMC is also working onnovels that take the apocalypse international, and of course, new spinoff series.

And if they want their world to keep growing, then they’re going to have to expand the playbook. Frankly, afterFear the Walking Deadessentially morphed into an inferiorTWDclone, they especially need to strike new ground with whatever comes next. Which is why I like this unexpected, somewhat jarring trailer for the new series so much.

The series starsAliyah Royale, Alexa Mansour, Annet Mahendru, Nicolas Cantu, Hal Cumpston,andNico Tortorella, who were on-hand at today’s New York Comic-Con panel where they debuted the trailer alongside Co-CreatorsScott M. Gimple, ShowrunnerMatt Negreteand Executive ProducerRobertKirkman. Watch below, followed by the official synopsis.

Here’s the official synopsis:

The third installment of the franchise 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. Produced and distributed by AMC Studios, the series will premiere on AMC in spring