The Walking Dead Season 5 Preview And Marathon To Air During Dead, White, And Blue Weekend

AMC has just announced that they will be celebrating "Dead, White and Blue" Weekend from Friday, July 4 through Sunday, July 6. During the weekend, AMC will air a special marathon of all four seasons of The Walking Dead.

The Walking Dead marathon will begin on Friday, July 4 at 9 AM ET/PT, and it will conclude with a Talking Dead Season 5 Preview Special, hosted by Chris Hardwick, on Sunday, July 6 at 9PM ET/PT. The preview special will feature The Walking Dead showrunner and executive producer Scott M. Gimple and actress Aisha Tyler.

The Walking Dead is based on the comic book series written by Robert Kirkman and published by Image Comics. The series tells the story of the months and years after a zombie apocalypse and follows a group of survivors, led by sheriff Rick Grimes, who travel in search of a safe and secure home. The Walking Dead stars Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Chandler Riggs, Melissa McBride, Emily Kinney, Danai Gurira, Chad Coleman and Sonequa Martin-Green. The series is executive produced by Gimple, Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, Greg Nicotero, David Alpert and Tom Luse.

Talking Dead, AMC's live after show that serves as a platform for discussion on The Walking Dead, is produced by Embassy Row and executive produced by Michael Davies, Jennifer Kelly Patton and Brandon Monk.

The Walking Dead Season 5 is set to premiere on AMC in October of 2014.