Missing’s Cliff Curtis has been cast as the divorced teacher at the heart of the new spin-off series to The Walking Dead, AMC has announced.

The show, officially untitled but codenamed Cobalt, takes place simultaneously with The Walking Dead in a different location, and focuses on Curtis’ character and a woman guidance counsellor, whose children will be played by Frank Dillane and Alycia Debnam Carey.

The series has been created by Robert Kirkman and Dave Erickson.