WATCH: Fear the Walking Dead's Epic Trailer

Mark your calendars. August 23, 2015 will be the series premier of Fear The Walking Dead, a companion series to AMC's original zombie apocalypse thriller, The Walking Dead.

Set in Los Angeles, the series follows a divorced male teacher, a female guidance counselor, and her two children–a son and a daughter–in the opening stages of the zombie apocalypse as they come to terms with the impending collapse of civilization.

Watch the new trailer below