-LRB- The Hollywood Reporter -RRB- It's official: AMC's The Walking Dead companion series has a title. Executive producer Robert Kirkman announced Friday that the companion series, which starts as a prequel to the original, will be titled Fear The Walking Dead. The news comes as the companion went through development season -- and was picked up to series and preemptively renewed for a second season -- under code names including Cobalt and Fear The Walking Dead. On March 9, AMC announced the series pickup and renewal for the then-untitled series. Kirkman, who created The Walking Dead comic series, co-wrote the pilot with Dave Erickson of Sons of Anarchy. Kirkman and Erickson will executive produce alongside Walking Dead's Gale Anne Hurd and Dave Alpert. Erickson will serve as showrunner, and Adam Davidson will direct the pilot. Walking Dead visual effects guru Greg Nicotero will also executive produce the series. While AMC has been tight-lipped on the seriespremise, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the drama is a prequel that takes place in Los Angeles at the onset of the zombie outbreak. AMC confirmed that the companion series is set in Los Angeles but revealed nothing more beyond that it will focus on new characters and storylines. Cliff Curtis -LRB- Gang Related -RRB- stars as Sean Cabrera, a teacher who shares a son with his ex-wife. Sons of Anarchy's Kim Dickens