Ruben Blades to Fear the Walking Dead
According to Deadline character actor Ruben Blades has joined “The Walking Dead’s” spinoff series “Fear the Walking Dead.” Blades will play Daniel, the father of Mercedes Mason’s character.
“Fear the Walking Dead” premieres this summer on AMC. The main cast includes Cliff Curtis, Kim Dickens, Alycia Debnam Carey, Mercedes Mason, and Frank Dillane.
The new series will be set in Los Angeles and focuses on new characters and storylines. The show’s first season will consist of six one-hour episodes. The second season will air in 2016.
Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, Greg Nicotero, and David Alpert from “The Walking Dead” are executive producers of the new series, which, like the original, is being produced by AMC Studios. Dave Erickson (“Marco Polo,” “Sons of Anarchy”), who co-created and co-wrote the pilot with Kirkman, is an executive producer and showrunner.
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