AMC has announced the premiere date and released a series of first-look images for the highly anticipated new episodic anthology series “Tales of the Walking Dead.” The series will premiere Sunday, August 14 at 9 pm ET/8c on AMC and AMC+, with the first two episodes streaming that same night on AMC+. Subsequent episodes will stream one week early, beginning Sunday, August 21.
“Tales of the Walking Dead” consists of six original one-hour standalone episodes focused on both new and established characters within “The Walking Dead” Universe. Each episode has its own distinct tone and point of view, letting us see the apocalypse through different eyes, discovering more worlds, mythos, and mysteries of “The Walking Dead.”
“Tales of the Walking Dead” stars Olivia Munn (“The Newsroom”), Samantha Morton (“The Walking Dead”), Terry Crews (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”), Parker Posey (“Lost In Space”), Anthony Edwards (“Inventing Anna”), Poppy Liu (“Dead Ringers”), Jillian Bell (“Rough Night”), Loan Chabanol (“Fading Gigolo”), Embeth Davidtz (“Old”) Jessie T. Usher (“Shaft”), Daniella Pineda (“Cowboy Bebop”), and Danny Ramirez (“Top Gun: Maverick”), amongst others.
Haifaa al-Mansour (“Good Lord Bird”), Deborah Kampmeier (“Star Trek: Picard”), and Ron Underwood (“Fear the Walking Dead”) will each direct one episode with series producer Michael Satrazemis (“The Walking Dead,” “Fear the Walking Dead”) set to direct three episodes. Produced by AMC Studios, “Tales of the Walking Dead” is executive produced by Scott M. Gimple, chief content officer of “The Walking Dead” Universe, and showrunner Channing Powell, who has been a writer and producer on “The Walking Dead” and “Fear the Walking Dead.”
