Jaime King set as the lead the new Netflix Series “Black Summer.”

“Black Summer,” tells the story of a mother, torn from her daughter embarks upon a harrowing journey, stopping at nothing to find her. Thrust alongside a small group of American refugees, she must brave a hostile new world and make brutal decisions during the most deadly summer of a zombie apocalypse.

The show is created by Karl Schaefer and John Hyams and produced by The Asylum and will have an eight-episode run. Schaefer and Hyams will serve as co-showrunners.