The sixth season of “The Walking Dead” begins filming Monday in Manchester, Georgia.

And since the show is still about six months away from offering ups any new episodes, fans of the AMC zombie series will have to satiate themselves with any related news, and as it turns out there is plenty.

“Fear the Walking Dead,” a companion series to the AMC hit show scheduled to air in the summer, promises to bring a new kind of walker to the small screen as producers have drawn upon current events to help them with the progression of the series.

Greg Nicotero, an executive producer on the series, spoke to Melty about the upcoming program, saying that “Fear The Walking Dead is a "fascinating statement" on current society that will delve into the tenuous personal connections survivors had before all hell broke loose.

As “The Walking Dead” concerns itself with what Nicotero describes as an already "rag-tag group," this new series, which actually take place before the outbreak has really taken off, will deal mostly with families.

There will also be a special emphasis on bringing in real world events. Nicotero has noted that recent scary situations -- such as the news of that nurse who was exposed to the Ebola virus and refused to go into quarantine last year, or that situation with the bath salts face biter in 2012 -- have been inspirations.

Nicotero is not the only artist connected with the franchise to be inspired by the horrors of real life.

Chad L. Coleman, who played “Tyreese” on the “The Walking Dead,” has just apologized on Saturday for flipping out and screaming at passengers on a New York City subway train the day before, asking the seated passengers in an expletive ridden rant about the state of their humanity.

As reported by FOX News, Coleman blamed his screaming on “built-up frustration” instigated by the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore.

Related