A 16 part web series that tells the story of the breakout from a group of people on a plane was created to tie in to Fear The Walking Dead Season 2. The web series is Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462 (2015).
The actor who plays Travis Manawa, Cliff Curtis, is a New Zealander of Maori descent. Curtis has become known over the years for playing characters who come from a wide variety of racial, national, and/or ethnic backgrounds (including Latino, African-American, Iraqi Arab, Indian, and others) but he has only rarely had roles in which he played someone who shared his actual lineage. In an August 2015 interview, Curtis revealed that when he was cast as Travis, the show's creators adjusted his character to make Travis also of Maori descent, and that it is one of the only roles he's had for which he was not required to cover his traditional tattoos. "Manawa" is a Maori word meaning "mangrove tree"; it can also refer to a person's hand, breath, or heart, depending on the context.
The character of Wendell uses a wheelchair. In his real life, the actor who plays Wendell, Daryl "Chill" Mitchell, has also used a wheelchair since a 2001 motorcycle accident.
In 2017, a new AMC policy was announced that allows both The Walking Dead (2010) & Fear the Walking Dead (2015) to use the F word twice per season. The first instance was on Fear The Walking Dead in its third season.
Dave Erickson pitched an idea for patient zero which was rejected by Robert Kirkman who did not want any stories about the origin of the virus.