This week, Fear the Walking Dead dragged its feet off the small screen for the season 5 midseason finale, with the second half to premiere on October 10.

But don't worry, the zombie apocalypse survivors aren't going anywhere. AMC confirmed at Comic-Con International on Friday (July 19) that The Walking Dead's spin-off will be returning next year for season six – and apparently there are some big changes ahead.

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Taking to the stage at SDCC, showrunners Andrew Chambliss and Ian Goldberg kept the major details under wraps, but they did tease a shake-up in season 5 that will pave the way for a revamp of the entire show.

"Without giving something away, the world is going to expand in a big way and by the time we get to the end of the season, it is really going to shake the entire group to the very core and really change the show in a way that will launch us into season six, in a really big way," Chambliss told the panel.

"We are constantly striving to change what Fear is and reinvent it, so just as soon as everyone thinks they've figured out what we're doing, we change things up and that's gonna continue through season five. There'll be a big change at the end of season five."

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"We really see season five as one big epic story, but as you'll see if you continue to watch, it all builds to an ending which very much sets up what the design of season six is going to be and we've been planning it for a while," Goldberg added.

"When you go back and watch it all, [what happens] might seem inevitable."

Fear the Walking Dead season 5 airs on AMC in the US and on AMC on BT TV in the UK.

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