Video: “The Walking Dead” SDCC Trailer – “Tales of the Walking Dead” – New Series Premieres August 14
Six different stories. One “Dead” world. New series premieres August 14.
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TWD SDCC Trailer: Tales of the Walking Dead | New Series Premieres August 14
6 different stories. 1 Dead world. New series premieres August 14.
Six New Stories. One Dead World. Tales of The Walking Dead New Series August 14
Features an all-star cast with Terry Crews (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Olivia Munn (The Newsroom), Parker Posey (Scream), Jessie T. Usher (The Boys), Anthony Edwards (ER, Top Gun), Samantha Morton (The Walking Dead, Minority Report), Daniella Pineda (Jurassic World Dominion).
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Official TWD SDCC Trailer: Tales of the Walking Dead
SUMMER STREAMING SIZZLES WITH THE DEBUT OF TALES OF THE WALKING DEAD AND MORE
AMC+ Exclusive Film Premieres Continue Every Friday with Action Heist Stowaway, True Crime Thriller Rogue Agent, Female-Led Vacation Comedy Spin Me Round, and Shudder Original Watcher Newly Acquired Anime-Focused Streamer HIDIVE Features New Season of Critically Acclaimed MADE IN ABYSS Series with New Episodes Every Wednesday New Series, Films, Specials and More Now Streaming on AMC Networks’ Suite of Targeted Streaming Services This August
New York, NY – July 15, 2022 – AMC Networks’ targeted streaming services are sizzling with a number of highly anticipated series debuts and sendoffs including the debut of the latest series in The Walking Dead Universe, Tales of the Walking Dead on August 14, the season finale of AMC+ Original Moonhaven, the series finale of celebrated Better Call Saul on August 15, as well as the return of critically-acclaimed Kevin Can F**K Himself on August 22.
This month also features exclusive new film premieres rolling out every week in June with the AMC+ Friday Night Films lineup, including the action heist Stowaway (August 5), true life thriller Rogue Agent (August 12), female-led vacation comedy Spin Me Round (August 19), and Shudder Original Watcher (August 26).
The company’s targeted streamers also set to bring viewers an extensive catalogue of compelling dramas, fan-favorite franchises, highly anticipated films and timely collections on AMC+, Acorn TV, ALLBLK, IFC Films Unlimited, Shudder and Sundance Now, and the newly acquired anime-focused HIDIVE, all month long.
Highlights from across the suite of services include (in alphabetical and chronological order):
On ACORN TV:
The Brokenwood Mysteries (Acorn TV Exclusive)
Season Finale on Monday, August 1
The charred remains of a body are discovered in the burned-out remnants of a rural shed, but no one lived there, and no one was meant to be there at all. As DSS Mike Shepherd (Neill Rea, Go Girls) and DC Kristin Simms (Fern Sutherland, The Almighty Johnsons) are tasked with identifying the unidentifiable, it becomes apparent this is the third in a run of “accidental” deaths, all attended by the Brokenwood Fire Brigade. Could one of its members be Brokenwood’s first serial killer?
Darby & Joan (Acorn TV Exclusive)
New Series Premieres Monday, August 8 with Two Episodes Weekly Through August 28
In this lively road trip mystery drama, retired Australian homicide detective Jack Darby (Bryan Brown, Cocktail) has taken to the open road with his dog Diesel to flee his past, while recently widowed English nurse Joan Kirkhope (Greta Scacchi, The Player) is on a pilgrimage to find answers about her husband’s mysterious death. They couldn’t be more different: the low key, ruggedly charming Aussie and the tightly-wound, yet warm and witty Englishwoman, but when they collide in the Australian outback, and become drawn into a series of unexpected mysteries, this unlikely investigative duo soon realize the most intriguing puzzle they face is each other. The series shines a light on fascinating and often unseen areas of the continent from isolated, sweeping coastlines to lush hinterland to small communities in the Outback, and many fascinating characters moving through a world where everyone seems to be searching for something – or trying to escape it. Danger and secrets lurk for those who bother to look. The series asks: can you find yourself in the middle of nowhere?
Anne (Acorn TV Exclusive)
All Episodes Premiere Monday, August 22
This “painful, tender” (Guardian) 2022 UK drama is about Anne Williams (Maxine Peake, The Village) who lost her 15-year-old-son Kevin in the Hillsborough Disaster- he was one of 96 fans who lost their lives at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. Anne refused to believe the verdict of accidental death and was determined to discover the truth of what happened in the disaster. Over the next 24 years, Anne tracked down witnesses, sought medical advice, enlisted political support and campaigned tirelessly for new inquests for Kevin and the other victims. This is the story of one mother’s quest for truth and justice.
On ALLBLK:
Terror Lake Drive (ALLBLK Original)
Season 2 Finale Premieres Thursday, August 4
Terror Lake Drive: Single Black Female takes place two years after the chain of events that traumatized the tenants of the Freeman Lake Apartments in season one…bringing a new and unsuspecting tenant to the mystifying lakeside apartment complex. Created and written by Jerry LaMothe (Blackout) and Kajuana S. Marie, season two follows Deja (Pascale Armand, Eclipsed), a traveling nurse, who recently completed an assignment in Austin, Texas. Amid her housing quest, she meets an awkwardly shy and eclectic Doula named Shana (Yolonda Ross, The Chi), a nursing student at the university who is seeking a roommate – single Black female preferred. Oblivious to its checkered past, Deja makes herself at home with Shana at Freeman Lake, while unknowingly becoming a target of the latest eerie coincidences to inhabit the troubled apartment complex. In the season finale…a showdown falls on the grounds formerly known as Freeman Lakes. Additional cast includes Charles Malik Whitfield (Chicago Med), Keith Arthur Bolden (Black Lightning, Cobra Kai), Denise Boutte (Meet the Browns) and Kendrick Cross (Ambitions). With Cynthia Bailey (Real Housewives of ATL) and Reginae Carter (Social Society, Pride & Prejudice ATL) in supporting roles.
Send Help (ALLBLK Original)
Season 1 Premieres Thursday August 11
Send Help is a half-hour dramedy following Fritz Jean-Baptiste (Jean Elie), a first-generation Haitian American actor who is on top of the world, since landing a starring role on fictional hit TV show, This Can’t Be Us…all while being the sole support system for his incredibly demanding Haitian family, reeling from a recent tragedy. Fritz is firing on all cylinders, until he receives a fateful call delivering the news of his shows’ cancellation. As Fritz struggles to conquer his feelings of imposter syndrome, the Hollywood community, and high maintenance family, he leans on his closest friends and confidantes…Patrick Cantave (Catfish Jean, Survivor’s Remorse), Nicole Cooper (Courtney Taylor, Insecure) and Sebastian “Simp” Gauyo (Amin Joseph, Snowfall), whose presence serves as a guide for Fritz, helping him navigate the difficult and often comical scenarios in his life. Now unemployed, will Fritz be able to keep his family afloat, while struggling to overcome the challenges of, once again, “making it” in Hollywood?
Additional cast includes Karina Bonnefil (Snowfall, David Makes Mann), Karen Obilom (Games People Play, upcoming House Party reboot) and Kimiko Singer (Emily the Criminal), and a fresh new face, Ana Bowen.
On AMC+:
Moonhaven (AMC+ Original)
Season Finale Premieres Thursday, August 4
This sci-fi thriller set 100 years into the future follows Bella Sway (Emma McDonald), a lunar cargo pilot and smuggler who finds herself accused of a crime and marooned on Moonhaven, a utopian community on a 500 square mile Garden of Eden built on the moon to find solutions to the problems that will soon end civilization on Mother Earth. A skeptic in paradise, Bella is sucked into a conspiracy to gain control of the artificial intelligence responsible for Moonhaven’s miracles and teams with a local detective, Paul Serno (Dominic Monaghan, Lost), to stop the forces that want to destroy Earth’s last hope before they are destroyed themselves. Tomm Schultz (Joe Manganiello, True Blood), an ex-military with a philosophical bent, is the right hand of the lead Earth diplomat to the moon, who finds his ambitions changed when he’s injected with a mind-altering moon drug.
Tales of the Walking Dead
Two-Episode Premiere on Sunday, August 14; Subsequent Episodes Released One Week Ahead of AMC
New episodic anthology series Tales of the Walking Dead is the latest series withing the expanding TWD Universe. With six original one-hour standalone episodes focused on both new and established characters within the walker apocalypse, each episode has its own distinct tone and point of view – but the stakes are high in each story, pushing new, indelible characters with relentless, life-threatening choices and situations. We get to see the apocalypse through different eyes, discovering more worlds, mythos, and mysteries of the Walking Dead. The series stars Olivia Munn (The Newsroom, X-Men: Apocalypse, Six), Samantha Morton (The Walking Dead, Harlots), Terry Crews (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Parker Posey (Lost In Space), Anthony Edwards (Inventing Anna, WeCrashed), Poppy Liu (Dead Ringers), Jillian Bell(Rough Night), Loan Chabanol (Fading Gigolo), Embeth Davidtz (Old, Ray Donovan,) Jessie T. Usher (Shaft, The Boys), Daniella Pineda (Cowboy Bebop), Danny Ramirez (Top Gun: Maverick), amongst others.
Better Call Saul
Series Finale Premieres Monday, August 15
Better Call Saul’s final season concludes the complicated journey and transformation of its compromised hero, Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk), into criminal lawyer Saul Goodman.
Kevin Can F**K Himself
Two-Episode Season 2 Premiere on Monday, August 22; Subsequent Episodes Released One Week Ahead of AMC
Allison (Emmy winner Annie Murphy) and Patty (Mary Hollis Inboden) must deal with Neil’s (Alex Bonifer) discovery of their dark secret, pushing Allison to find a better way out of her marriage to Kevin (Eric Petersen). Allison alters her original escape plan from Kevin. Patty once again agrees to help, but this time, on her own terms.
On HIDIVE:
TOKYO MEW MEW NEW (HIDIVE EXLUSIVE)
Premiered July 5; New Episodes Weekly on Tuesdays
The classic anime series returns! TOKYO MEW MEW NEW reintroduces fans to the magical girl Ichigo as she develops special powers and learns to fight for love, justice… and endangered species!? The scientists of the μ(Mew) Project use DNA of endangered species to create a team of heroines imbued with amazing super-human abilities. Ichigo must band together with other Mew Mew girls to repel an alien incursion, all the while hiding their thrilling double lives from friends and family. The original Tokyo Mew Mew anime series (stylized for broadcast as “Mew Mew Power”) aired in the US in 2005. The reboot of the classic Tokyo Mew Mew franchise is animated with stunning, modern visuals by Yumeta Company (Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna) and Graphinica (Hellsing Ultimate); Takahiro Natori (episode director for My Hero Academia) directs the series.
MADE IN ABYSS: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun (HIDIVE EXLUSIVE)
Premiered July 6; New Episodes Weekly on Wednesdays
MADE IN ABYSS: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun follows intrepid explorer Riko (Miyu Tomita, Kaguya-sama: Love is War) as she descends deeper into the mysterious Abyss, a terrifying subterranean chasm filled with vicious monsters and deadly curses. Joined by her robot companion Reg (Mariya Ise, The Promised Neverland) and their guide Nanachi (Shiori Izawa, The Asterisk War) on the search for Riko’s missing mother, the trio encounter the shocking denizens of the legendary Capital of the Unreturned, a fabled city lying in wait just past the Abyss’ dreaded point of no return. Animated by Kinema Citrus (Revue Starlight) and directed by series’ veteran Masayuki Kojima (Monster) with spectacular music from Kevin Penkin (Tower of God), the second season of MADE IN ABYSS brings audiences more of the stunning visuals, stellar writing and fascinating premise expected from this critically lauded production.
Call of the Night (HIDIVE EXLUSIVE)
Premiered July 7; New Episodes Weekly on Thursdays
The classic tale of “boy meets girl” gets a ghoulish twist in Call of the Night when protagonist Ko (Gen Sato, Dr. Stone) encounters a vampire while wandering the city after nightfall. The vampire Nazuna (Sora Amamiya, Akame ga Kill!) can grant him dark gifts and nocturnal immortality, but there are conditions Ko must meet before can sink his teeth into vampirism, and he’ll have to discover just how far he’s willing to go to satisfy his desires before he can heed the call of the night.
Adapted by studio LIDENFILMS (Blade of the Immortal) from Weekly Shonen Sunday’s hit manga series of the same name, Tomoyuki Itamura (Puella Magi Madoka Magica) directs Call of the Night while Michiko Yokote (Cowboy Bebop) provides the script.
On IFC FILMS UNLIMITED:
The Wretched
Film Premieres Wednesday, August 3
A rebellious teenage boy embarks on a gutsy crusade to stop the terrifying evil he suspects has possessed his neighbor in this bone-chilling occult thriller.
The Trip to Greece
Film Premieres Wednesday, August 24
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon reunite in Greece for the fourth installment of THE TRIP series in a delightful odyssey of gut-busting comedy. From director Michael Winterbottom.
On SHUDDER:
What Josiah Saw (Shudder Original)
New Film Premieres Thursday, August 4
Everyone in town knows about the haunted Graham Farm on Willow Road. You’ll hear there’s a bad history to it. Josiah (Robert Patrick, The Terminator) and his youngest son, Thomas (Scott Haze, Child of God), are all that remain of this estranged family. But after experiencing terrifying visions from beyond, Josiah decides they must change their ways to right a great wrong. After being away for over two decades, Eli (Nick Stahl, Sin City) and Mary (Kelli Garner, Lars and the Real Girl), Josiah’s eldest children, are enticed to sell the property and reunite at the old farmhouse in hopes of closing this haunting chapter of their lives for good. Sins of the past will be paid in full. Directed by Vincent Grashaw (Coldwater).
Glorious (Shudder Exclusive)
New Film Premieres Thursday, August 18
In Glorious, Ryan Kwanten (True Blood, Kindred) plays a young man who is spiraling out of control after a bad breakup. His situation worsens after he finds himself locked inside a rest stop bathroom with a mysterious figure played by Oscar-winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash, Being the Ricardos) speaking to him from an adjacent stall. As he tries to escape, he realizes he is an unwilling player in a situation bigger and more terrible than he could have imagined. The film is directed by Rebekah McKendry and written by Todd Rigney, Joshua Hull and David Ian McKendry.
Watcher (Shudder Original)
New Film Premieres Friday, August 26
As a serial killer stalks the city, a young actress who just moved to town with her boyfriend notices a mysterious stranger watching her from across the street in this terrifying thriller. Starring Maika Monroe (It Follows) and directed by Chloe Okuno (V/H/S/94).
On SUNDANCE NOW:
Good Grief (Sundance Now and IFC Original)
Season 2 Binge on Thursday, August 4
Since inheriting the Loving Tributes funeral home in Season 1, Ellie (Eve Palmer) and Gwen Goode (Grace Palmer, Adrift) have set off on very different paths. Ellie embraces her inner ‘girlboss’, with all the ill-fitting pantsuits, amateur TV ads, and plumber liaisons that entails. Meanwhile, Gwen spends five months DJing in Bali and reappears unexpectedly in New Zealand to discover their mother has a new boyfriend and she’s been kicked out of the family home. Gwen moves in with Ellie, takes up the job of social marketing for Loving Tributes, and embarks on a childish prank war against their mother’s new partner. As family tensions escalate at work and at home, Ellie must decide whether to intervene, or let Gwen grow up all by herself.
Blinded (Sundance Now Exclusive)
Season 2 Binge on Thursday, August 18
Blinded is a series about a journalist who is investigating the man she loves. Business journalist Bea Farkas (Julia Ragnarsson, Midsommar) and businessman Peder Rooth (Martias Varela, Narcos) are two champions: ruthless but with bleeding hearts, each on opposite sides of the trench. They love and despise each other; help each other out and tear each other down. Season 2 of Blinded brings the next chapter of their love story. (Swedish Language)
About AMC Networks:
AMC Networks (Nasdaq: AMCX) is a global entertainment company known for its popular and critically-acclaimed content. Its brands include targeted streaming services AMC+, Acorn TV, Shudder, Sundance Now, ALLBLK, and the newest addition to its targeted streaming portfolio, the anime-focused HIDIVE streaming service, in addition to AMC, BBC AMERICA (operated through a joint venture with BBC Studios), IFC, SundanceTV, WE tv and IFC Films. AMC Studios, the Company’s in-house studio, production and distribution operation, is behind some of the biggest titles and brands known to a global audience, including The Walking Dead, the Anne Rice catalog and the Agatha Christie library. The Company also operates AMC Networks International, its international programming business, and 25/7 Media, its production services business.
TALES OF THE WALKING DEAD WILL MAKE ITS DEBUT ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 14 ON AMC AND AMC+
FIRST-LOOK IMAGES FOR NEW ANTHOLOGY SERIES SET WITHIN THE WALKER APOCALYPSE REVEALED
NEW YORK, NY – June 6, 2022 – The highly anticipated new episodic anthology series Tales of the Walking Dead, the latest series within the expanding The Walking Dead Universe, will premiere Sunday, August 14 at 9pm 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 walker apocalypse. Each episode has its own distinct tone and point of view — but the stakes are high in each story, pushing new, indelible characters with relentless, life-threatening choices and situations. We get to 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, X-Men: Apocalypse, Six), Samantha Morton (The Walking Dead, Harlots), Terry Crews (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Parker Posey (Lost In Space), Anthony Edwards (Inventing Anna, WeCrashed), Poppy Liu (Dead Ringers), Jillian Bell (Rough Night), Loan Chabanol (Fading Gigolo), Embeth Davidtz (Old, Ray Donovan,) Jessie T. Usher (Shaft, The Boys), Daniella Pineda (Cowboy Bebop), Danny Ramirez (Top Gun: Maverick), amongst others.
Jessie T. Usher as Davon – Tales of the Walking Dead _ Season 1 – Photo Credit: Curtis Bonds Baker/AMCAnthony Edwards as Dr. Everett – Tales of the Walking Dead _ Season 1 – Photo Credit: Curtis Bonds Baker/AMCPoppy Liu as Amy – Tales of the Walking Dead _ Season 1 – Photo Credit: Curtis Bonds Baker/AMCSamantha Morton as Dee – Tales of the Walking Dead _ Season 1 – Photo Credit: Curtis Bonds Baker/AMCJillian Bell as Gina, Parker Posey as Blair – Tales of the Walking Dead _ Season 1 – Photo Credit: Curtis Bonds Baker/AMCTerry Crews as Joe, Olivia Munn as Evie – Tales of the Walking Dead _ Season 1 – Photo Credit: Curtis Bonds Baker/AMCDaniella Pineda as Idalia, Danny Ramirez as Eric – Tales of the Walking Dead _ Season 1 – Photo Credit: Curtis Bonds Baker/AMC
Haifaa al-Mansour (Good Lord Bird, Motherland), Deborah Kampmeier (Star Trek: Picard) and Ron Underwood (Fear the Walking Dead, Big Shot) 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.
ABOUT AMC
AMC is home to some of the most popular and acclaimed programs on television. AMC was the first basic cable network to ever win the Emmy® Award for Outstanding Drama Series with Mad Men in 2008, which then went on to win the coveted award four years in a row, before Breaking Bad won it in 2013 and 2014. The network’s series The Walking Dead is the highest-rated series in cable history. AMC’s current original drama series are Better Call Saul, Kevin Can F*** Himself, 61st Street, The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead, and the forthcoming series Dark Winds, Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches, and Tales of the Walking Dead, among others. AMC also explores authentic worlds and discussion with original shows like Talking Dead, AMC Visionaries and Ride with Norman Reedus. AMC is owned and operated by AMC Networks Inc. and its sister networks include IFC, SundanceTV, BBC America and WE tv. AMC is available across all platforms, including on-air, online, on demand and mobile.
ABOUT AMC+
AMC+ is the company’s new premium streaming bundle featuring an extensive lineup of popular and critically acclaimed original programming from AMC, BBC America, IFC, and SundanceTV and full access to targeted streaming services Shudder, Sundance Now and IFC Films Unlimited, which feature content such as A Discovery of Witches, Creepshow, and Boyhood. The service features a continually refreshed library of commercial-free content, including iconic series from the AMC Networks portfolio including Mad Men, Halt & Catch Fire, Turn: Washington’s Spies, Hell on Wheels, NOS4A2, Orphan Black, Rectify, Portlandia, and series from The Walking Dead Universe, among many others. The service also offers a growing slate of original and exclusive series including Gangs of London, Kin, The North Water, Ragdoll, The Beast Must Die, Too Close, The Salisbury Poisonings, Cold Courage, Spy City, Ultra City Smiths, Anna, Anne Boleyn, Firebite, La Fortuna, That Dirty Black Bag, the upcoming spy thriller The Ipcress File and the first two series in a new Anne Rice universe, Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire and Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches. AMC+ recently launched in Canada, Australia, India, and Spain and is available in the U.S. through AMCPlus.com, the AMC+ app, and a number of digital and cable partners.
OLIVIA MUNN, DANNY RAMIREZ, LOAN CHABANOL, EMBETH DAVIDTZ AND JESSIE T. USHER JOIN CAST OF AMC’S “TALES OF THE WALKING DEAD”
New Anthology Series in the Walking Dead Universe Debuts This Summer on AMC and AMC+
NEW YORK – February 18, 2022 – AMC announced today that Olivia Munn (“The Newsroom,” “X-Men: Apocalypse,” “Six”), Danny Ramirez (“The Falcon & The Winter Soldier”), Loan Chabanol (“Fading Gigolo”), Embeth Davidtz (“Old,” “Ray Donovan”) and Jessie T. Usher (“Shaft,” “The Boys”) have joined the cast of “Tales of the Walking Dead,” the highly anticipated new series in the expanding the Walking Dead Universe. The AMC Studios-produced episodic anthology consists of six original, standalone stories focused on both new and established characters within the walker apocalypse. “Tales” 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,” and debuts this summer on AMC and AMC+.
“Olivia, Danny, Loan, Embeth, and Jessie are the latest massive talents that will bring new worlds of TWD to life with big, daring, different, emotional, shocking, scary, and crazy stories. We’re excited for them to come walk with us,” said Gimple.
Added Powell, “Somehow we have lucked into the greatest cast — Olivia, Jessie, Embeth, Danny, Loan… We’ve been hoping these episodes will feel like unique, little films and with this range of actors, we are well on our way.”
Munn most recently starred in “Violet,” a critically acclaimed indie drama written and directed by Justine Bateman. She also starred in Netflix romantic comedy “Love, Wedding, Repeat” and crime thriller “The Gateway.” Her voiceover roles this past year include Marvel’s “Hit-Monkey,” Netflix’s “America: The Motion Picture,” and short film “Save Ralph.” In 2019, Munn starred in STARZ series “The Rook” and in 20th Century Fox’s “The Predator” opposite Keegan-Michael Key and Sterling K. Brown. In 2018, she appeared in the critically acclaimed second season of HISTORY series “SIX,” where she played ‘Gina,’ a ruthless and smart CIA operative. In 2017, she voiced the role of ‘Koko’ in “The LEGO Ninjago Movie.” She also starred in “Office Christmas Party” alongside Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston, “X-Men: Apocalypse” as ‘Psylocke,’ and Universal’s “Ride Along 2” with Kevin Hart and Ice Cube. From 2012-2014, Munn starred as ‘Sloan Sabbith’ on Aaron Sorkin’s hit HBO political drama “The Newsroom.” Variety recognized Munn as the “2014 Breakthrough Actress” winner at the Variety Breakthrough of the Year Awards. Her other film credits include “Mortdecai,” “Deliver Us From Evil,” “Magic Mike” and “Iron Man 2.” She had an arc on FOX’s Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated comedy “The New Girl” and appeared in the Emmy-winning Showtime environmental documentary series “Years of Living Dangerously” from James Cameron and Jerry Weintraub. She is repped by CAA and Atlas Artists.
Ramirez will star in the 20th Century Studios for Hulu suspense/thriller “No Exit,” produced by “The Queens Gambit” co-creator, Scott Frank. The film is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Taylor Adams, which will premiere on February 25. The film tells the story of a college student stuck with a group of people at a mountain rest stop during a blizzard. Things take a turn for the dangerous when the young woman discovers a kidnapped child in a car belonging to one of the people inside, setting in motion a terrifying life-or-death struggle to discover who among them is the kidnapper. Last year, Ramirez starred in Disney+/Marvel’s massively successful, “The Falcon & The Winter Soldier,” as ‘Joaquin Torres.’ He will next star opposite Tom Cruise in Paramount’s highly anticipated “Top Gun: Maverick,” which will release May 27 and Netflix’s dual timeline drama, “Plus/Minus” opposite Lili Reinhart. In addition, Ramirez just completed filming “The Stars at Noon” for director Clair Denis opposite Joe Alwyn and Margaret Qualley. Ramirez is repped by CAA, Anonymous Content, Viewpoint and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush, Kaller & Gellman.
Chabanol was born in Paris, France, and is of Vietnamese, German and Italian descent. She starred in John Turturro’s comedy, “Fading Gigolo,” alongside Woody Allen and Turturro. Soon after, Chabanol was cast in “Third Person,” a romantic drama written and directed by Paul Haggis. She can also be seen in “The Transporter Refueled,” produced by Luc Besson. She is repped by Buchwald.
Davidtz credits include “Old,” “Ray Donovan,” “Mad Men,” “In Treatment,” “Californication,” “The Amazing Spiderman,” “Matilda,” and “Schindler’s List.” She is repped by CAA, Berwick & Kovacik and Sloane, Offer, Weber and Dern.
Usher recently co-starred in “Shaft,” written by Kenya Barris and directed by Tim Story. He stars in the titular role of ‘JJ Shaft’ opposite Samuel L. Jackson and Richard Roundtree. The film is produced by Ira Napoliello and John Davis and released this summer. He will also appear in George Nolfi’s upcoming film, “The Banker,” opposite Samuel L. Jackson and Anthony Mackie. Additionally, Usher co-starred in Roland Emmerich’s “Independence Day: Resurgence,” alongside Jeff Goldblum, Liam Hemsworth, and Vivica Fox, and filmed the Universal feature “Almost Christmas” co-starring Gabrielle Union, Danny Glover, and Mo’Nique. Usher was the lead of LeBron James’ hit series “Survivor’s Remorse” for STARZ, which follows ‘Cam Calloway’, a basketball phenomenon. Most recently, he wrapped shooting Netflix’s “Windfall,” starring alongside Camila Mendes. Currently, he can be seen in Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s Amazon series “The Boys,” which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Soon he will be seen in “Something’s Wrong with Rose” for Paramount Players. He is repped by Zach Kaplan, Jessica DiBiase, Trey Cannon and Judith Usher.
ABOUT AMC
AMC is home to some of the most popular and acclaimed programs on television. AMC was the first basic cable network to ever win the Emmy® Award for Outstanding Drama Series with Mad Men in 2008, which then went on to win the coveted award four years in a row, before Breaking Bad won it in 2013 and 2014. The network’s series The Walking Dead is the highest-rated series in cable history. AMC’s current original drama series are Better Call Saul, Fear the Walking Dead, Kevin Can F*** Himself, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead: World Beyond and the forthcoming series 61st Street, Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches, Dark Winds, Moonhaven, Pantheon, Ragdoll and Tales of the Walking Dead, among others. AMC also explores authentic worlds and discussion with original shows like Talking Dead, AMC Visionaries and Ride with Norman Reedus. AMC is owned and operated by AMC Networks Inc. and its sister networks include IFC, SundanceTV, BBC America and WE tv. AMC is available across all platforms, including on-air, online, on demand and mobile.
ABOUT AMC+
AMC+ is the company’s new premium subscription bundle featuring an extensive lineup of popular and critically acclaimed original programming from across AMC Networks’ entertainment networks and a number of the company’s targeted streaming services including Shudder, Sundance Now and IFC Films Unlimited, which feature content such as Riviera, Creepshow, A Discovery of Witches and Boyhood. Currently available to Amazon Prime Video Channels, Apple TV channels, Comcast Xfinity, DISH and Sling TV customers, AMC+ features a continually refreshed new library of commercial-free content, including Mad Men, Orphan Black, Portlandia, The Salisbury Poisonings, Gangs of London, Soulmates and The Walking Dead: World Beyond, among many others.
ANTHONY EDWARDS, PARKER POSEY, TERRY CREWS, POPPY LIU AND JILLIAN BELL CAST IN “TALES OF THE WALKING DEAD,” THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW SERIES IN THE EXPANDING THE WALKING DEAD UNIVERSE
Haifaa al-Mansour, Deborah Kampmeier, Michael Satrazemis and Tara Nicole Weyr Set to Direct
One-Hour Episodic Anthology of Original Stories Set Within the Walker Apocalypse Premieres This Summer on AMC and AMC+
NEW YORK – February 2, 2022 – AMC Networks announced today initial casting for “Tales of the Walking Dead,” the highly anticipated new series in the expanding universe and franchise around “The Walking Dead.” Anthony Edwards (“Inventing Anna,” “WeCrashed”), Parker Posey (“Lost In Space”), Terry Crews (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”), Poppy Liu (“Dead Ringers”) and Jillian Bell (“Rough Night”) will star in the AMC Studios-produced episodic anthology of six original, standalone stories focused on both new and established characters within the walker apocalypse. Haifaa al-Mansour (“Good Lord Bird,” “Motherland”), Deborah Kampmeier (“Star Trek: Picard”) and Tara Nicole Weyr (“The Wilds,” “Bosch”) will each direct one episode with series producer Michael Satrazemis (“The Walking Dead,” “Fear the Walking Dead”) set to direct three episodes. 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,” “Tales” debuts this summer on AMC and AMC+.
“Anthony, Jillian, Terry, Parker, and Poppy are the first wave of singular talents who will further expand the Walking Dead Universe into harrowing, hilarious, heartfelt, and horrifying new realms and we couldn’t be happier to welcome them to the family, along with these terrific directors. More announcements, more wonderful folks to come,” said Gimple.
“We’ve worked hard to create unique, interesting and unexpected characters for both old and new TWD fans, and I’m thrilled that these are the actors who will bring them to life. I can’t wait for you to see the depth, drama, terror and, yes, humor they bring to the screen,” said Powell.
“The Walking Dead” and other series in the Walking Dead Universe continue to be top titles on the AMC+ streaming service, both in terms of usage and new subscriber acquisitions. The highly anticipated return of “The Walking Dead” Season 11 Part 2 premieres Sunday, February 20 at 9:00pm ET/8c with new episodes available one week early on AMC+, beginning with the premiere episode on Sunday, February 13.
Edwards will next appear in the Netflix series “Inventing Anna,” created by Shonda Rhimes and starring Julia Garner, and Apple TV+’s “WeCrashed,” starring Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway. He is repped by Gersh and Lovett management.
Parker will next appear in the limited series “The Staircase” for HBO Max, and in the feature “Disappointment Blvd” for A24. She currently stars in the hit Netflix series “Lost In Space” and is repped by Gersh.
Crews is the author of “Tough: My Journey to True Power” and has appeared in numerous series, including “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” among others. He is repped UTA, 3 Arts, Viewpoint, and Morris Yorn.
Liu will join Rachel Weisz as a series regular in the Amazon series “Dead Ringers,” a modern update of David Cronenberg’s cult classic 1980s film. A first-generation Chinese American, Liu can also be seen in the pivotal role of Kiki in the Emmy and SAG Award-nominated HBO Max series “Hacks,” opposite Jean Smart. She recently recurred on AMC’s Emmy-nominated “Better Call Saul” and starred opposite Kal Penn in the NBC comedy series “Sunnyside.” Liu is repped by Buchwald, Framework Entertainment and Schreck Rose Dapello Adams Berlin & Dunham.
Bell’s credits include “Brittany Runs a Marathon,” “Rough Night,” “Idiotsitter” and “Workaholics,” among others. She is repped by 3 Arts, UTA and Chad Christopher.
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AMC+ is the company’s new premium subscription bundle featuring an extensive lineup of popular and critically acclaimed original programming from across AMC Networks’ entertainment networks and a number of the company’s targeted streaming services including Shudder, Sundance Now and IFC Films Unlimited, which feature content such as Riviera, Creepshow, A Discovery of Witches and Boyhood. Currently available to Amazon Prime Video Channels, Apple TV channels, Comcast Xfinity, DISH and Sling TV customers, AMC+ features a continually refreshed new library of commercial-free content, including Mad Men, Orphan Black, Portlandia, The Salisbury Poisonings, Gangs of London, Soulmates and The Walking Dead: World Beyond, among many others.
AMC GREENLIGHTS “TALES OF THE WALKING DEAD” TO PREMIERE ON AMC+ AND AMC NEXT SUMMER
AMC GREENLIGHTS “TALES OF THE WALKING DEAD” AS A NEW EPISODIC ANTHOLOGY SERIES PREMIERING ON AMC+ AND AMC NEXT SUMMER
“TALES” WILL COMPLEMENT OTHER SERIES IN THE EXPANDING UNIVERSE AROUND “THE WALKING DEAD” WITH STAND-ALONE EPISODES AND ENGAGING, ORIGINAL STORIES FOCUSED ON NEW AND EXISTING CHARACTERS
NEW YORK, NY, October 12, 2021 – AMC Networks today announced that it has greenlit a new AMC Studios-produced series in the expanding universe and franchise around “The Walking Dead.” “Tales of the Walking Dead” is an episodic anthology series with one-hour standalone episodes focused on both new and established characters set in the world of the original series, the most successful in the history of cable television.
Channing Powell, who has been a writer and producer on “The Walking Dead” and “Fear the Walking Dead,” will showrun “Tales,” working closely with Scott M. Gimple, chief content officer of the Walking Dead Universe. An initial season of six episodes is expected to go into production early next year and premiere on AMC+ and AMC next summer.
“‘The Walking Dead’ is a show that made television history and attracted an army of passionate and highly engaged fans,” said Dan McDermott, president of original programming for AMC Networks and AMC Studios. “We see so much potential for a wide range of rich and compelling storytelling in this world, and the episodic anthology format of ‘Tales of the Walking Dead’ will give us the flexibility to entertain existing fans and also offer an entry point for new viewers, especially on streaming platforms. We have seen the appeal of this format in television classics like ‘The Twilight Zone’ and, more recently, ‘Black Mirror,’ and are excited to engage with fans in this new way, against the backdrop of this very unique and engrossing world.”
“This series, more than any other in the Walking Dead Universe, runs on new voices, perspectives, and ideas — bringing to life stories unlike any we’ve told before,” Gimple said. “I’m thrilled to be Channing’s consigliere, helping in every way I can to make those new visions real for the best fans in TV.”
“I started as a fan of ‘The Walking Dead’ and have ended up as a showrunner of what will hopefully be one of its most unique spin-offs. That’s nuts and I’m so grateful to AMC and Scott for supporting me and my writers while we pushed, pulled and poked at the boundaries of this universe to bring you something new and unexpected, while hopefully still tending to what core audiences loved so much about the flagship show.”
“The Walking Dead” and other series in the Walking Dead Universe have been top titles on the AMC+ streaming service, both in terms of usage and new subscriber acquisitions. New episodes premiere a week early on AMC+, offering an exclusive window for superfans ahead of linear premieres on AMC.
About AMC Networks Inc.
AMC Networks is a global entertainment company known for its popular and critically-acclaimed content. Its portfolio of brands includes AMC, BBC AMERICA (operated through a joint venture with BBC Studios), IFC, SundanceTV, WE tv, IFC Films, and a number of fast-growing streaming services, including the AMC+ premium streaming bundle, Acorn TV, Shudder, Sundance Now and ALLBLK. AMC Studios, the Company’s in-house studio, production and distribution operation, is behind award-winning owned series and franchises, including The Walking Dead, the highest-rated series in cable history. The Company also operates AMC Networks International, its international programming business, and 25/7 Media, its production services business.
