First Look At AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD Trailer

Close your windows, lock your doors and clear your schedules. Come this Halloween, you’ll have more to fear than trick-or-treaters. AMC has announced that its newest original series, The Walking Dead, will premiere on Halloween night, Sun., Oct. 31 at 10PM | 9C. The Sunday night series will debut with a 90-minute premiere episode. Subsequent episodes will be one-hour long presentations.

If that isn’t enough to “whet your undead appetites” (heh heh,) then perhaps footage from the series will: This official four and a half-minute trailer first screened at the 2010 Comic-Con in San Diego. As the song goes, “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore.”

How’s that for ya, Zombie-lovers? Now we can get all freaked out together during AMC’s 14th annual Fearfest.

Synopsis:

The Walking Dead as a six-episode series based on the comic book written by Robert Kirkman and published by Image Comics. The Walking Dead tells the story of life following a zombie apocalypse. It follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes, traveling in search of a safe and secure home. Andrew Lincoln (Love Actually, Teachers, Strike Back) will portray the lead role of Rick Grimes while actor Jon Bernthal (The Pacific, The Ghost Writer) will portray the character Shane, who worked with Rick in the police department before the zombie disaster. Other cast includes Laurie Holden (The Shield), who plays Andrea, one of two sisters who join the survivors of the zombie plague, Steven Yeun as Glenn, an expert scavenger and Sarah Wayne Callies (Prison Break), who plays Rick’s wife Lori.

From Frank Darabont (SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, GREEN MILE) and Gale Anne Hurd (ALIENS, TERMINATOR), “The Walking Dead” will premiere on AMC on Halloween night. Visit AMC’s official site here, on Facebook and Twitter.