AMC announced today that Fear the Walking Dead will be ending with season 8. The first six final episodes will debut on May 14th, and the rest will be coming later.
The eighth season of Fear begins after the conclusion of Season 7, when Morgan’s (Lennie James) and Madison’s (Kim Dickens) hopes to rescue Mo from PADRE did not go as planned. Now, Morgan, Madison and the others they brought to the island are living under PADRE’s cynical rule. With our characters demoralized and dejected, the task of reigniting belief in a better world rests with the person Morgan and Madison set out to rescue in the first place — Morgan’s daughter, Mo.
The news isn’t all bad for Walking Dead fans because they are still airing not one, not two, but three other spinoffs. Also coming this year is The Walking Dead: Dead City, starring Lauren Cohan and Jeffrey Dean Morgan in June. The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, led by Norman Reedus will premiere later this year. Finally, next year we will get a spinoff starring Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira.
For a franchise that has Dead in its title, it really seems to be alive.
