AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead Ending with Season 8

AMC has announced that the horror drama spin-off Fear the Walking Dead will officially be concluding its run after its forthcoming eighth season makes its return on Sunday, May 14, on AMC and AMC+. The final installment will be divided into two six-episode parts with the second half set to premiere later this year.

“The eighth season of Fear the Walking Dead begins after the conclusion of Season 7, when Morgan’s and Madison’s hopes to rescue Mo from PADRE did not go as planned,” reads the synopsis. “Now, Morgan, Madison, and the others they brought to the island are living under PADRE’s cynical rule. With our characters demoralized and dejected, the task of reigniting belief in a better world rests with the person Morgan and Madison set out to rescue in the first place — Morgan’s daughter, Mo.”

The final season stars Lennie James as Morgan, Kim Dickens as Madison, Colman Domingo as Victor Strand, Danay Garcia as Luciana Galvez, Austin Amelio as Dwight, Christine Evangelista as Sherry, Karen David as Grace Mukherjee, Jenna Elfman as June, and Rubén Blades as Daniel Salazar.

Fear the Walking Dead is executive produced by Scott M. Gimple, showrunners Andrew Chambliss and Ian Goldberg, as well as Robert Kirkman, David Alpert, Gale Ann Hurd, and Greg Nicotero. It is produced by AMC Studios.