'The Walking Dead' spinoff premiere date: Release date coming Summer 2015, 2 seasons approved

A spinoff of the popular zombie thriller "The Walking Dead" is set to be aired this summer, and has already been green lit for two seasons even before it airs.

According to a report posted on TVLine.com, cable network AMC announced on Monday that the new show derived from the top-rated post-apocalyptic horror drama will arrive on television screens this late summer.

AMC also announced that it has approved not just one, but two seasons of "The Walking Dead" spinoff.

Fans of the television series can expect the first six episodes of the spinoff, which has yet to be given a title, to air later this year. The original series also followed this format, and then got a longer second season.

The new show is also being eyes as a prospective rival of another popular cable series, the epic drama "Game of Thrones," on Sunday nights.

According to an article posted on the Forbes website, the spinoff of "The Walking Dead" will take place before the events of the original series. The new show will also take place in Los Angeles, which very far from the setting of the original series, Georgia.

AMC also released a few pictures from the spinoff, which shows the lead characters of the new show, Kim Dickens and Cliff Curtis, in what seems to be an isolated location. Another photo shows Dickens comforting his children, who apparently were fearing the zombie apocalyptic situation.

The new show will also star Frank Dillane and Alycia Debnam Carey.