The Walking Dead Spinoff Location Revealed

The Walking Dead is on hiatus after its Season 5 midseason finale, but major news about the spinoff has been released, specifically the show's location.

TVLine exclusively reported that the spinoff series would be set in Los Angeles. Reports had swirled for months that the series would feature a different part of the world than the Georgia area in which we have followed Rick Grimes and friends, and L.A. is certainly a departure from that.

TVLine adds it is unclear if the show would actually be shot in L.A. or if another city would stand in for it.

The companion series recently found its lead actor, Cliff Curtis. Deadline reported Curtis will play the male lead in the spinoff series as a divorced teacher who tries to do the best he can for everyone in his life. The female lead, a guidance counselor, has not yet been cast.

Deadline previously reported that Frank Dillane and Alycia Debnam Carey have been cast in the spinoff series, which is tentatively titled "Cobalt." Adam Davidson will direct the new series.

The series will tell the story of a divorced male teacher and a female guidance counselor who are fighting to stay alive amongst the zombies. Deadline reports Dillane and Carey will play the woman's son and daughter, respectively. The son has a drug problem, while the daughter is "ambitious."

The 23-year-old Dillane is perhaps best known for his work as a young Tom Riddle in Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince, while Carey has appeared in Into The Storm.

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