AMC Formally Announces "Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462" Web Series

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"The Walking Dead" To Show Airline Zombie Attack in Stand-Alone Special
by James Hibberd
8/28/15


What if an episode of "The Walking Dead" was set on a passenger airliner before civilization had fallen?

That’s basically what AMC is planning in a highly unusual — if not totally unprecedented — new special that’s set during the time period of the hit drama’s companion series, "Fear the Walking Dead".





EW has exclusively learned AMC is producing a half-hour special that will tell a stand-alone story following a group of passengers facing a walker attack on an airline while in flight.

One character who survives that encounter will then join the cast of "Fear the Walking Dead" in season 2. So, yes: Zombies on a Plane.





Previously, AMC has had stand-alone "The Walking Dead" online web series, but the network never used such content to introduce a new character before they joined the show.

The airline attack story will debut online, and will unfold this in chapters that will air during "The Walking Dead’s" on-air telecasts. In other words: You’re watching "The Walking Dead", AMC cuts to commercial break, then you get a chapter in the as-yet-untitled stand-alone airline attack drama.

Beyond that, details are scarce. We assume the flight is headed to Los Angeles, since that’s the setting of Fear (L.A. residents, insert your LAX-is-already-run-by-zombies joke here).

Producers of the special content include Dave Erickson and "Fear" co-executive prodcuer David Weiner.





Our lingering questions:

- What’s the stand-alone content called?
- Who is the new character being introduced and who will play them?
- How many pieces of this interstitial will there be, and across how many "The Walking Dead" episodes will it air?





"The Walking Dead" returns Oct. 11.

Companion series "Fear the Walking Dead" recently premiered to a record 13.3 million viewers, including three days of DVR playback, making it the biggest series cable debut ever.

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/28...g-dead-airline

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Sounds exciting!

[JamesG]

"The Walking Dead" Web Series
by Rebecca Iannucci
September 28, 2015


"Fear the Walking Dead" is, quite literally, about to go viral.

AMC on Monday announced the launch of Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462, a 16-part web series that will air concurrently with "The Walking Dead‘s" sixth season.



Flight 462 will follow a group of passengers on a commercial airplane at the earliest moments of the outbreak, during which an infected traveler threatens everyone on board.

One of the characters in the web series will go on to join the cast of "Fear the Walking Dead‘s" second season.



The first Flight 462 installment will debut on AMC.com on Sunday, Oct. 4 — the same day as "Fear‘s" Season 1 finale — with each subsequent vignette becoming available on Sundays thereafter.

The minute-long episodes will also air as promos during "The Walking Dead‘s" sixth season.

http://tvline.com/2015/09/28/fear-th...62-web-series/