Showrunner Robert Kirkman has taking on the privilege of bringing yet another post-apocalyptic television series to the AMC, which will spawn from his original series 'The Walking Dead.'

While they'll both exist within the same universe, it will be in two different points in time, allowing for 'Fear the Walking Dead' to stand on its own.

Kirkman spoke on how he plans to execute this in an interview with EW, and how the companion series will enhance the experience of the original one.

He first addresses how it feels to be working on a show with no source material to draw from, making it 100 percent his story:

"Exhilarating? Also, I have to say being able to work so closely with Dave Erickson on this has been a wonderful experience. Dave and I go way back. We even developed a show together a couple years before TWD got off the ground. But we've never really had the opportunity to craft a vision together the way we have with Fear The Walking Dead. Being able to work with Dave to look back on what was done in the early days of The Walking Dead and not only devise different corners of the universe to explore but to also create an entirely new cast of characters that are so different from the ones we know - to inhabit this world has just been a great deal of fun."

Kirkman closes with speaking on his concern with having two 'Walking Dead' shows on the air:

"The two shows are so different. If this was the spin-off Michonne show or Daryl Dixon show, yeah. But Fear The Walking Dead is a great appetizer to season 6 that will hopefully serve to just make fans that much more excited for the return of the characters they've grown to love for going on six years. I'm confident we're doing this the right way. We're building a wing on the house. It's nice, it's got a library, it's adding to the overall value of the thing. We're not just throwing a second story on top hoping the ground level can suddenly support the additional weight. We don't borrow from the original, we don't detract from it in any way. Fear The Walking Dead adds to the overall tapestry of The Walking Dead - it's another glimpse into a hopefully fascinating world that stands on its own."