Spoilers ahead--according to the recently-aired series finale of Walking Dead: World Beyond, the zombie outbreak in the franchise was apparently manmade.
In a post-credits scene that is completely unrelated to the events of Walking Dead: World Beyond, an exchange spoken in French between a gunman and a doctor--no name is given for either character--medical researchers in France were inadvertently responsible for both starting--and worsening--the zombie apocalypse we've all come to know and love across a franchise that spans both the flagship and several spinoff series. It's unknown, but likely, that this information will come to bear in future Walking Dead content--maybe in the movie that series creator Robert Kirkman said is still "moving slowly" in pre-production at Comic-Con 2021?
Last year, Kirkman jokingly revealed in a since-deleted tweet that in the comics, "space spores" are responsible for the outbreak. As previously reported, Kirkman quickly walked that revelation back--many fans at the time pointed out that "space spores" was also a nod to George Romero's Night of the Living Dead.
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