'The Walking Dead' spin-off gets a title

The highly anticipated companion series to AMC's ratings hit The Walking Dead officially has a title. The new show will be called Fear the Walking Dead, executive producer Robert Kirkman tweeted Friday.

The show will also be centered around the zombie apocalypse in the original Dead, but will be set in Los Angeles. AMC has already given the show a two-season order. The six-episode first season will premiere on the network in late summer and the second season will run in 2016.

Fear the Walking Dead is set to star Gone Girl and House of Cards actress Kim Dickens, as well as Frank Dillane (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) and Alycia Debnam Carey (Into the Storm). Dead executive producers Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, Greg Nicotero and David Alpert will all work on Fear.

Details on the new show are scarce, but Kirkman said in his tweet to expect "more news very soon." The original Walking Dead will air its 90 minute season finale on Sunday (9 p.m. ET/PT).