With AMC committed to a pilot, The Walking Dead spinoff series is working on casting its characters.
TV Line has nabbed the casting call information for the new Walking Dead “companion series,” which is slated to begin filming at the end of this year.
While these character descriptions don’t offer much in the way of plot revelations, they do reveal the first glimpses into this new zombie drama.
The following are the exact descriptions reported by TV Line:
- SEAN CABRERA | A Latino male in his early 40s, Sean is a good man trying to do right by everyone in his life.
- CODY CABRERA | Sean’s whip-smart and rebellious teenage son. Known as the angriest kid in town.
- NANCY TOMPKINS | A thirty-something single mom to two kids, Nancy looks like the girl next door, but there’s an edge to her.
- NICK TOMPKINS | Nancy’s screwed up teenage son. He’s too old to stay home, too scared to flee.
- ASHLEY TOMPKINS | Nancy’s mostly level-headed teenage daughter. Her ambition is in direct proportion to her older brother’s failures. She loves her mom but it’s time to get out of Dodge.
- ANDREA CHAPMAN | A somewhat wilted flower child, forty-something Andrea — yep, another Andrea! — has retreated to the outskirts of the city to recover after a horrible marriage.
From this casting call we learn that there are at least two small families and an additional person whose name may remind you of a particular character on The Walking Dead. (We miss you, Andrea!)
What else do we know about the upcoming spinoff? Not much, but it’s rumored that the series will be taking place in a city far away from Atlanta, which is where The Walking Dead is set.
Meanwhile, the original Dead premieres its fifth season Sunday, October 12 on AMC.