‘Tales Of The Walking Dead’: Anthony Edwards, Parker Posey, Terry Crews, Poppy Liu, Jillian Bell To Star In ‘TWD’ Spinoff
deadline.comThe initial cast has been announced for Tales of the Walking Dead, AMC’s new spinoff series set in The Walking Dead universe.
Anthony Edwards (Inventing Anna, WeCrashed), Parker Posey (Lost In Space), Terry Crews (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Poppy Liu (Dead Ringers) and Jillian Bell (Rough Night) have been tapped to star in the AMC Studios-produced episodic anthology series.Additionally, Haifaa al-Mansour (Good Lord Bird, Motherland), Deborah Kampmeier (Star Trek: Picard) and Tara Nicole Weyr (The Wilds, Bosch) have been tapped to direct one episode with series producer Michael Satrazemis (The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead) set to direct three episodes.Each one-hour standalone episode of Tales of the Walking Dead will focus on both new and established characters set in the world of the original series.
It’s set to premiere this summer on AMC and AMC+.The series will be executive produced by Scott M. Gimple, chief content officer of The Walking Dead Universe, and showrunner Channing Powell, writer-producer on The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead.“Anthony, Jillian, Terry, Parker, and Poppy are the first wave of singular talents who will further expand the Walking Dead Universe into harrowing, hilarious, heartfelt, and horrifying new realms and we couldn’t be happier to welcome them to the family, along with these terrific directors.
More announcements, more wonderful folks to come,” said Gimple.“We’ve worked hard to create unique, interesting and unexpected characters for both old and new TWD fans, and I’m thrilled that these are the actors who will bring them to life.
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