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"The Walking Dead" Spinoff Crew Eats Well; Hal Cumpston Has Future as Horror Film Director

With the cast and crew of AMC's The Walking Dead already in a deep-dive production-wise on the tenth season, life in the Walking Dead universe has become a lot like the NFL: neither have off-seasons anymore. With a strong ensemble cast (and a "Big Bad" fronted by Samantha Morton in an award-earning turn as Whisperers leader Alpha) and richly layered writing, series EP/showrunner Angela Kang did the near-impossible: made the show feel fresh and dangerous again.

"The Walking Dead" Offers First-Look at Spring 2020 Spinoff [PREVIEW]

While work continues on that side of the Walking Dead universe, the upcoming The Walking Dead spinoff (title still yet to be announced, and I'm not sure if "The Walking Dead 3" is a real thing to use right now or not) is taking us behind the scenes on prodcution – courtesy of series star Hal Cumpston. With production underway in Virginia for a Spring 2020 start, Cumpston took to Instagram to share a look at the team at "family dinner," followed by clip of Cumpston "taking out" co-star Nicolas Cantu in a truly disturbing, first-person perspective that shows a potential future in horror filmmaking (creeped us out more than we thought it would).

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The third series in a franchise that includes global hit series The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead will feature two young female protagonists and focus on the first generation to come-of-age in the apocalypse as we know it. Some will become heroes. Some will become villains. In the end, all of them will be changed forever. Grown-up and cemented in their identities, both good and bad.

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The Walking Dead spinoff series (co-created by TWD CCO Scott M. Gimple and showrunner Matt Negrete and set to be directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts) stars Alexa Mansour (Madame Secretary), Nicolas Cantu (The Good Place), Hal Cumpston (Bilched), Annet Mahendru (The Americans), Aliyah Royale (Major Crimes), Nico Tortorella (Younger), and Joe Holt (The Tick, Scandal). In this next chapter of the Walking Dead universe, which follows two female protagonists with a focus on the first generation to come-of-age in the zombie apocalypse.

"The Walking Dead" Spinoff Crew Eats Well; Hal Cumpston Has Future as Horror Film Director
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Mansour's character is a good-natured rule breaker who lives for today. She is likable and funny on the outside but sad on the inside. Cantu's character is small for his age in addition to being friendly and an old soul. He also has a black belt in karate. Cumpston's character is big for his age. He is a shy loner that scares some kids, but he hates the fact that he scares people. Mahendru has been cast in the role of Huck, while Royale will portray Iris – though not much else is known about their characters. Tortorella's Felix is an honorable man of his word who isn't afraid to fight for others' safety and acceptance. Holt's Leo Bennett is a solid family man and respected professor with a generous heart and unwavering optimism for the future. He'd risk his life to save the people he cares about.

"The Walking Dead" Spinoff Crew Eats Well; Hal Cumpston Has Future as Horror Film Director
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Ray FlookAbout Ray Flook

Serving as Television Editor since 2018, Ray began five years earlier as a contributing writer/photographer before being brought onto the core BC team in 2017.
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