About a year after the announcement of the production of a spinoff for “The Walking Dead”, the AMC television channel, which broadcasts the show, has ordered the production of a pilot episode. Robert Kirkman (photo ©Gage Skidmore), the creator of “The Walking Dead” comic books from which TV show was adapted, will be the spinoff’s executive produces along with Gale Anne Hurd and Dave Alpert. Dave Erickson, already in the production team of shows such as “Sons of Anarchy” was chosen as the showrunner.