AMC Announces a Companion Series to ‘Walking Dead’

David R. Lutman for The New York Times

Robert Kirkman in 2008 at his home in Richmond, Ky., holds some of his comic books, which became the basis of "The Walking Dead" on AMC. He will be creating a companion series for the network.

AMC wants more “Dead” and who could be surprised?

“The Walking Dead,” the top show in television among the advertiser-preferred group of viewers between the ages of 18 and 49 is going to get what AMC is calling a “companion series,” with an expected airdate sometime in 2015.

The network announced on Monday that Robert Kirkman, who wrote the comic book series that inspired the television show, will develop the new version, which is still untitled. It will, fans will be happy to note, feature zombies.

In a statement, Mr. Kirkman said, “The opportunity to make a show that isn’t tethered by the events of the comic book, and is truly a blank page, has set my creativity racing.”

Other members of the “Walking Dead” creative team, including the producers Gale Anne Hurd and David Alpert, will be involved in the new effort as well.

It was the second time this month that AMC announced new shows developed from the roots of its current hits. Last week, the network announced that it had ordered “Better Call Saul,” a spinoff of “Breaking Bad.”