Everything you need to know about Fear the Walking Dead season 3, including release date, latest news, and more!
Fear the Walking Dead Season 3 Release Date
Fear the Walking Dead season 3 doesn't have an official release date at the moment, but we can make an educated guess as to when the show will return in 2017. While the first season premiered in August and led into The Walking Dead season 6, Fear the Walking Dead season 2 premiered on April 10, 2016 due to its extended season.
The Walking Dead has traditionally aired its season finales in March or April, which means that Fear the Walking Dead could premiere in April 2017 if it keeps to its current schedule.
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Fear the Walking Dead Season 3 Story
Danay Garcia, who plays Lucy in Fear the Walking Dead, dished to Inverse about what fans can expect from the character next year. She talked a bit about the character's state of mind going into season 3. After her former leader, Alejandro, was revealed to be a liar, Lucy is clearly shaken in her faith.
"I’m really curious to see how [the show] is going to explore my trust and what I’m going to do about it," Garcia said of her character. "My whole life was built around my faith and what was told to me. When I realized that it was a lie, in spite of the fact it worked, it doesn’t take out that it was a lie. It’s a trap."
Of course, Lucy finds herself in another trap by the end of season 2, when she is shot and captured by a vigilante group at the U.S. border. Garcia spoke about this briefly.
"In Season 2, I was the local," says García. "The Americans were the foreigners. Now [in Season 3] we switch roles. I have to follow somebody else’s rules. It will be interesting. That’s something that every immigrant goes through."
Indeed, Fear the Walking Dead has, in part, been a commentary on issues of immigration, and season 3 looks like it'll have an even bigger emphasis on this.
Fear the Walking Dead Season 3 Confirmed
AMC has renewed Fear the Walking Dead for a third season. Fear the Walking Dead season 3 will consist of 16 episodes to premiere sometime in 2017. AMC's live aftershow, Talking Dead: Fear, has also been renewed for another season.
"What Dave Erickson and Robert Kirkman have invented in Fear The Walking Dead is to be applauded. Watching Los Angeles crumble through the eyes of our characters and seeing each make decisions and try to figure out the rules of their new world – it’s fresh, eerie and compelling and we’re all in for the ride,” said Charlie Collier, president of AMC, SundanceTV and AMC Studios. "As Victor Strand observed, ‘The only way to survive a mad world is to embrace the madness.’ We thank the millions of fans for embracing this mad world and look forward to sailing far into the future."