Fear the Walking Dead Season 4 is a go, with the The Walking Dead spinoff showcasing more undead madness on the western front.
Fear the Walking Dead Season 4 is happening, folks! As the tonally-divergent west-North-America-set spinoff series of Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead zombie apocalypse television continuity readies the premiere of Season 3 in June, it appears that network AMC is confident enough to grant the series a preemptive greenlight for Season 4.
Fear the Walking Dead Season 4 Renewal
The Fear the Walking Dead Season 4 renewal news comes with the intriguing caveat of a shakeup in the showrunner slot. In late March, it was revealed that the spinoff series’ current showrunner Dave Erickson will step down upon the conclusion of Season 3’s airings. Having signed a multi-year deal with AMC, Erickson will subsequently remain under the network umbrella for other projects.
Now, this is where things get interesting. The Season 4 renewal arrives with the news that AMC has brought Andrew Chambliss and Ian Goldberg, formerly of ABC’s Once Upon a Time, onboard as co-showrunners starting with Season 4. Yet, the incoming co-captains will be joined by an interesting overseer in The Walking Dead mothership showrunner Scott M. Gimple, who additionally boards Fear the Walking as an executive producer.
As Joel Stillerman, president of original programming and development for AMC and SundanceTV expresses in a statement:
“We’re very excited to continue the journey of Fear The Walking Dead, and truly look forward to working with the talented team of Andrew Chambliss, Ian Goldberg and Scott Gimple.”
Chambliss and Goldberg also chime in, stating:
“We are thrilled to be joining Fear The Walking Dead and couldn’t be more excited to work alongside the wonderful team at AMC on this show. We love this universe and are truly honored to have the chance to contribute to it.”
Chambliss and Goldberg should bring an interesting perspective to The Walking Dead show continuity at the helm of the spinoff series. However, the idea that Gimple, who has become somewhat of a scapegoat for The Walking Dead’s controversial ratings-declining Season 7 woes, has – at least on the sideline – joined the spinoff could be indicative of something regarding not only Fear but the state of the mothership show as it rounds Season 8 this fall.
Fear the Walking Dead Season 4 Release Date
While the Fear the Walking Dead Season 4 renewal did not come with the reveal of its (presumed 2018) premiere date, it does seem feasible that, with Season 3 arriving on June 3, the series may have found itself in an early summer cycle; something that this early renewal should accommodate.