'The Walking Dead' has proved that the zombie genre in TV isn't dead, and the recent companion series 'Fear the Walking Dead' has proved that audiences are very much interested in exploring a world riddled by a zombie pandemic.

AMC has taken note of this all and has proposed to create a standalone special that features unknown characters dealing with the outbreak on a plane.

Here's the overview provided by EW:

"EW has exclusively learned AMC is producing a half-hour special that will tell a stand-alone story following a group of passengers facing a walker attack on an airline while in flight. One character who survives that encounter will then join the cast of Fear the Walking Dead in season 2. So, yes: Zombies on a Plane."

The airline attack story is said to debut online with subsequent follow-ups airing during on-air telecasts of 'The Walking Dead.' This will serve to expand the scope of the series with the original series syaing inline with its directive.

Details on the airline drama special is short, however it isn't expected to disrupt the continuity of either show on the air right now.

"A plane has been used as a setting for a zombie outbreak before, most memorably during a sequence in the otherwise lackluster World War Z. There was also a 2007 movie called Flight of the Living Dead (which also carried the subtitle Outbreak on a Plane for those who didn't find Flight of the Living Dead clear enough). It will be intriguing to see how TWD's team add new twists into that trapped-group premise. Producers of the special content include Dave Erickson and Fear co-executive producer David Weiner," writes EW.

'The Walking Dead' returns to AMC on October 11.