The Walking Dead's New Spin-Off Casts a Gang Related Alum in the Rick Grimes Role

Move over, Rick Grimes! There's a new leader in AMC's expanding zombie apocalypse.

Gang Related and Missing alum Cliff Curtis has been cast as the male lead in the pilot the network is shooting for a Walking Dead companion series, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

From Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman and Dave Erickson, the untitled project follows the aftermath of the same zombie apocalypse at the center of the original hit show, but takes place in a different location. It will revolve around a divorced male teacher and a female guidance counselor.

Curtis will play Sean Cabrera, the aforementioned divorced teacher. He's described as a good man who's trying to do right by everyone in his life, and he has a son with his ex-wife, Andrea.

Actresses are still being tested for the lead female role of Nancy Tomkins, the aforementioned guidance counselor.

Earlier this week, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince alum Frank Dillane and Alycia Debnam Carey (Into the Storm) were cast as Nancy's drug-addicted son, Nick, and her ambitious daughter, Ashley, according to Deadline.