THE WALKING DEAD Spin-Off Series Casts Frank Dillane & Alycia Debnam Carey
AMC's The Walking Dead companion series, tentatively titled "Cobalt", has cast its first two main characters. Frank Dillane (Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince) and Alycia Debnam Carey (Into the Storm) will play brother and sister. Click on for more..
According to Deadline, Frank Dillane and Alycia Debnam Carey have been cast in the pilot for AMC's The Walking Dead companion series, which is to be directed by Adam Davidson (The Day Trippers). The show will be set around the same time as events of The Walking Dead but take place in a different location, and will focus on a male divorced teacher and a female guidance councillor trying to survive the zombie apocalypse. Apparently Dillane and Debnam Carey will play this unnamed woman's son (who has a drug problem) and daughter (described simply as "ambitious"). There are no more details on their roles at this time. Dillane, 23, is a British actor best known for playing Owen Coffin in In The Heart of the Sea and Tom Riddle Jr. in Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince. Aussie Debnam Carey has appeared in movies such as The Devil's Hand and Into The Storm
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