Cast announced for Tales of the Walking Dead

Cast have been announced for Tales of the Walking Dead, the next instalment in The Walking Dead franchise, coming to AMC+.

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 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.

“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 executive producer Scott M. 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,” added showrunner Channing Powell.

Tales of the Walking Dead screens this winter on AMC+ in Australia on the same date as the US premiere.