“Fear the Walking Dead”: AMC Orders Season 8 With Kim Dickens Returning as Series Regular!

Fans of “The Walking Dead” should expect more zombie mayhem as AMC will bring “Fear the Walking Dead” back for an eighth season, it was announced this morning.

Kim Dickens, who played fan-favorite character Madison Clark in Seasons 1 through 4, is set to return to the series.

It was also revealed that Dickens, pictured below, will make her first appearance in the second half of Season 7, returning Sunday, April 17 on AMC, and continue as a series regular in Season 8.

All episodes of “Fear the Walking Dead” continue to be available one week early on AMC+, beginning on April 10.

In addition, AMC released a new promo for Season 7…

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“If there were a Mt. Deadmore, Kim Dickens’ face would be on it. Madison Clark is a foundational character to TWDU — heroic, complex, an everyperson who becomes a warrior and then a force of benevolence,” said Scott M. Gimple, Chief Content Officer of “The Walking Dead” Universe. “Kim Dickens’ raw talent, strength, and brilliance will electrify TWDU once more and we couldn’t be luckier to have her back.”

In the second half of Season 7, “Months have passed after the nuclear blast and the only one thriving is Victor Strand (Colman Domingo). Having built a fiefdom, he callously selects who will have a chance at life. The other members of the group have suffered immensely, but out of that, has come a fierce determination to live, even if it means taking Strand’s Tower by force and continuing the search for Padre, a mythical place no one is sure really exists. Alicia (Alycia Debnam-Carey,) now the reluctant leader to Teddy’s former followers, is plagued by a mysterious illness and the repercussions of her past actions. Morgan (Lennie James,) trying to maintain hope that he will be reunited with his family, knows Alicia is key to their survival. With Alicia declaring war, Strand’s paranoia and personal vendettas grow, and with that, new threats emerge from all sides.”

“Fear the Walking Dead” is executive produced by Scott M. Gimple, Showrunners Andrew Chambliss and Ian Goldberg, Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, Greg Nicotero and David Alpert and is produced by AMC Studios.