The Walking Dead TV show on AMC. Danai Gurira as Michonne; Michael Cudlitz as Sgt Abraham Ford; Lauren Cohan as Maggie Greene; Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes; Sonequa Martin-Green as Sasha; Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Negan; Chandler Riggs as Carl Grimes; Josh McDermitt as Dr Eugene Porter. Photo Credit: Gene Page/AMC.

Fear the Walking Dead TV showrunner and co-creator, Dave Erickson, all but ruled out the possibility of a crossover with parent series, The Walking Dead, on AMC.

Erickson has plenty of reasons why a crossover between the two series nearly impossible. For one thing, the spin-off is not a comic adaption. Also, The Walking Dead is set on the East Coast, while Fear TWD is a West Coast series. Also, as a prequel, Fear the Walking Dead is set ahead of the events of The Walking Dead.

Fear the Walking Dead TV show on AMC. Cliff Curtis as Travis Manawa, Rubén Blades as Daniel Salazar, Mercedes Mason as Ofelia Salazar, Frank Dillane as Nick Clark, Alycia Pebnam-Carey as Alicia Clark, Kim Dickens as Madison Clark. Photo Credit: Richard Foreman Jr/AMC.

Here is more from TV Line:

“As interesting as the ways that [TWD showrunner] Scott [M. Gimple] & Co. are able to shift the comic book narrative and really explore that, there is no Fear TWD” in that universe, Fear TWD executive producer Dave Erickson tells TVLine. The spin-off “didn’t come from the comic, so some tectonic plates would have to shift to make [a crossover] happen.”

There’s also the little matter of location, location, location. Since Fear TWD is set on the West Coast, “from a geographical standpoint, it’s going to be very difficult for us to ever get to the East Coast,” Erickson notes. “And from a narrative standpoint, with [TWD] being six seasons in and going on seven, I don’t think we’ll ever quite catch up with them, so chronologically, it would be difficult as well.”

Erickson also hopes that fans will eventually stop comparing the two series — at least as much as they have in Fear TWD‘s first two seasons. “[They] are two separate stories with similar rules taking place in the same universe that was created by Robert [Kirkman] in the comics. There’s room for two shows that have their own tone but are different in terms of characters and locations. That would be my hope.”

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