THE WALKING DEAD Standalone Special Coming Soon

THE WALKING DEAD Standalone Special Coming Soon

EW recently found out that AMC has a The Walking Dead standalone special in the works, and that it will introduce a character who'll go on to appear in the second season of the new companion series, Fear The Walking Dead. Click the jump for details!

By Gutspinner - Aug 29, 2015 02:08 AM EST
Filed Under: The Walking Dead
Source: EW

AMC recently aired the first episode of Fear The Walking Dead, the official spin-off series to the smash hit The Walking Dead. Despite only having aired the one episode thus far, EW has confirmed that AMC has a new special coming up that ties into the companion series.

The special will be a thirty minute episode, taking place on an airliner that is midflight when the Walker outbreak begins. Someone needs to get Samuel L. Jackson involved because, yes, the special is essentially Zombies on a Plane. One of the characters who will appear in the special will survive, and they will then appear on the second season of Fear The Walking Dead

The special will be available online first, and will then be aired in chapters during commercial breaks of The Walking Dead main series. This isn't the first time AMC has used a mini-series of webisodes for The Walking Dead, but it is the first time the format will be used to introduce a character into a main television series set in that universe, and the first time those webisodes will also air on television. 

What do you guys think? Are you excited for the miniseries, or will you skip it? Do you like the idea of the new character being introduced via this method, or would you prefer that the whole story be shown on Fear The Walking Dead? Be sure to sound off in the comments below.
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boiling
boiling - 8/29/2015, 3:46 AM
lol i thought Sam Jackson will be in this -.-
Gutspinner
Gutspinner - 8/29/2015, 3:56 AM
@boiling

"I am mother[frick]ing sick of all these mother[frick]ing walkers on this mother[frick]ing plane!" - Coach Rick "Fury" Carter (see what I did there?)
boiling
boiling - 8/29/2015, 4:16 AM
@Gutspinner
lol yea umm I see :D
marvelstudios
marvelstudios - 8/29/2015, 4:42 AM
Just watched the first episode of Fear the Walking Dead and I really enjoyed it.
Canon108
Canon108 - 8/29/2015, 4:52 AM
They should have a special where we see an alternate series of events in which the show closly follows the source material. They should've killed off Daryl 2 seasons ago...hopefully they don't screw up the Negan arc. Maybe Daryl will meet Lucille if we're lucky.
Gutspinner
Gutspinner - 8/29/2015, 5:04 AM
@Canon108

If we saw alternate timeline specials, surely we'd have to see the What If? Story with the aliens from #100

@marvelstudios

Nice, I'm gonna watch it tonight
KillEmAll
KillEmAll - 8/29/2015, 5:56 AM
@Canon108 I dont see how that would be possible. Darryl was created for the tv show and has just recently made it into the comics.


Plus we all know Glenn is the one people should be worried about.
BlackPhillip
BlackPhillip - 8/29/2015, 5:56 AM
FTWD is getting a second season?
KillEmAll
KillEmAll - 8/29/2015, 6:04 AM
Actually I just did some research and he's not even in the comics yet. They did introduce a similar baddie in the series. He uses a crossbow and has severe burns across his body. Kirkman himself has stated he's not going to introduce Darryl in the comics citing that show and comics each follow their own individual path. See what happens when you do research? Lol
KillEmAll
KillEmAll - 8/29/2015, 6:08 AM
@Ramiel Yes after AMC saw it got 10.1 million viewers they announced season two and extend the order of episodes. Season 2 will be 15 episodes instead of six.
Bodwulf
Bodwulf - 8/29/2015, 6:26 AM
This should be a very cool take on the zombie disaster genre. Still gonna stick with Fear the Walking Dead. Just hope they do not wait till the last episode to give Edward his scissor hands.
sameoldthing
sameoldthing - 8/29/2015, 7:00 AM
This should only be done if the quality of the content is high.
Don't make it on the cheap & toss it out just to have more.
newmutantsRETURNS
newmutantsRETURNS - 8/29/2015, 7:19 AM
AMC doesnt make cheap ass productions....this isnt ABC lol
grif
grif - 8/29/2015, 8:02 AM
why not just make another show? they think people wont watch it or something?
hardxcorexchamp
hardxcorexchamp - 8/29/2015, 8:43 AM
I didn't care for the first episode of FTWD. I get that its about the start of the outbreak but it was just sooooooo boring to me. Not to mention I hate just about every character already (especially the 2 sons and the daughter). Hopefully when all Hell breaks loose it'll get interesting but as of right now I'm not digging it.
KillEmAll
KillEmAll - 8/29/2015, 8:58 AM
Well it was just the first episode. They have to introduce characters, setting and context.
rabid
rabid - 8/29/2015, 9:16 AM
Excellent. I always loved those webisodes, and they stopped making them after the third season. Glad they're bringing them back.
loki668
loki668 - 8/29/2015, 9:37 PM
I bet that flight is still safer than anything JetBlue puts in the air.
Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 8/29/2015, 10:30 PM
I hate this show, but I watch because I lost control of my life.

TheNameIsBetty
TheNameIsBetty - 8/30/2015, 7:03 AM
@yingyangpalms - Not to be argumentative or anything, but Star Trek Voyager got seven seasons and still has fans, that's not what I'd call a nosedive. Seven seasons and an active fanbase is about the same (or more) than you can say about most commercially successful television shows.
MisterHolmes
MisterHolmes - 8/30/2015, 4:34 PM
good, more is better
TheNameIsBetty
TheNameIsBetty - 8/30/2015, 5:48 PM
@yingyangpalms - Oh, I see what you mean. Personally, I'm flabbergasted that Voyager was so derivative from The Next Generation, but that's neither here nor there. You're right, FTWD will most likely be a gradual fail.
SAMURAI36
SAMURAI36 - 8/31/2015, 4:46 PM
LMAO @ People saying FTWD will fail. Hold that thought, till about 4 seasons from now.

Every pilot show starts off slow. That's not an indicator of anything.
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