Dave Erickson sat down with the folks over at TV Line, and boiled down the show’s premise and time frame. Erickson was asked about the possibility of The Walking Dead survivors crossing over with the new series.
“Never say never, but there are no plans right now. The geography is an obstacle, and frankly somewhere down the road it will become an even greater obstacle.”
There might be “no plans right now”, but the lure of seeing these two shows cross over will be too huge of an opportunity. If the spin-off is a big of a hit as AMC hopes, then expect at least one familiar face to pop up.
What if Dr. Jenner from the CDC has a video conference with people in LA, or maybe an attorney named Andrea has business on the West Coast, before hopping on a plane back to Atlanta.