The premiere of Fear the Walking Dead can’t come too soon for fans of the original series The Walking Dead. AMC has released additional trailers showing us what to expect in the Los Angeles based spin-off, including a time-lapse video showing how the epidemic impacts the the city. Fear the Walking Dead has also released a behind-the-scenes video, A Look at the Series: Fear the Walking Dead, which includes interviews with cast and crew and scenes from the highly anticipated television series.

Fear the Walking Dead stars Kim Dickens as guidance counselor Madison Clark, Cliff Curtis as her fiancé and teacher Travis Manawa. Their blended family includes Madison’s two teens Alicia (Alycia Debnam-Carey) and Nick (Frank Dillane), as well as Travis’s son Chris (Lorenzo James Henrie).  Elizabeth Rodriguez plays Travis’s ex-wife Liza Ortiz. They are helped by the Salazar family, who are played by Rubén Blades, Patricia Reyes Spíndola, and Mercedes Mason.

For a more in-depth description of what to expect in the new series see Sneak Peek: Fear the Walking Dead. The 90-minute premiere of Fear the Walking Dead airs August 23 9/8c on AMC.