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Jillian Bell as Gina and Parker Posey as Blair in ‘Tales of the Walking Dead’ season 1 episode 2 (Photo Credit: Curtis Bonds Baker/AMC)

Episode two of AMC’s episodic anthology series Tales of the Walking Dead tells the story of Blair and Gina, two insurance company employees caught in a Groundhog Day cycle at the start of the zombie apocalypse.

Circle of Trust insurance company supervisor Blair (Parker Posey) is tapping away on receptionist Gina’s (Jillian Bell) desk, apologizing for sounding morbid but happy whatever’s happening is good for their business. She thinks when people are scared, they panic which in turn means accidents go up.

Her team kisses up to Blair and Gina pretends to shoot herself in the head. As Blair turns her attention to Gina and the call volume, Gina tries to hide a list of personality disorders she thinks Blair possesses.

In a worried tone,...

Parker Posey stars as Blair in Episode 2 of Tales of The Walking Dead Season 1. Pic credit: AMC/Curtis Bonds Baker

Episode 1 of Tales of The Walking Dead dropped last Sunday night and told the story of Joe (Terry Crews), a doomsday prepper, who met Evie (Olivia Munn) while on the hunt for a fellow prepper.

The new show is an anthology series, meaning each episode will cover different characters. Mostly, they will feature new people not yet seen before in the world of The Walking Dead.

However, Season 1 of Tales of The Walking Dead will be returning to explore Alpha’s (Samantha Morton) story, giving viewers an insight into how she joined the Whisperers.

This also means that there will be no more Joe and Evie in Episode 2.

Instead, viewers will get something entirely left of center and not yet seen before in The Walking Dead universe.

Sure, the undead will be there,...

Exclusive: Mindhunter and See actress Lauren Glazier has joined the cast of AMC anthology series Tales Of The Walking Dead.

Filming has been underway since January in Atlanta. Glazier is set to feature prominently in an episode starring Walking Dead series favorite Samantha Morton who we can confirm is back to portray Alpha in the spinoff series (Illuminerdi reported Morton’s return a couple of months back). Matt Medrano (Yellowstone) has also joined cast.

Each of the six one-hour standalone episodes will focus on new and established characters set in the world of the original series.

Among names to have been officially announced for the show so far are Olivia Munn, Danny Ramirez, Loan Chabanol, Embeth Davidtz, Jessie T. Usher, Terry Crews, Anthony Edwards, Parker Posey, Poppy Liu and Jillian Bell.

The series is executive-produced by Scott M. Gimple, chief content officer of The Walking Dead Universe, and showrunner Channing Powell,...

Annet Mahendru, who currently stars in AMC’s The Walking Dead spinoff World Beyond, and Peter Vack are set to star in Grow, a horror indie written and directed by Brian Gottlieb. It centers on a man (Vack) who is imprisoned and impregnated by a group of cult members with an archaic belief system. It is an examination of gender, flipping conventional stereotypes. Mahendru will play twins Kitty and Locasta Larkin. Gottlieb, Bryson Pintard and Michael Tipps are producing while Louie Gibson will serve as executive producers. Mahendru is repped by Bohemia Group, Paradigm and Nelson Davis. Vack is repped by Luber Roklin Entertainment.

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Matt Medrano has joined Anna Schafer in Whose Child, an indie film that is being directed by Roxy Shih. The plot follows a woman (Schafer) working in public relations at a children’s hospital who gets her life turned around when she...