Prepare to double-up on Matt Cedeño…

Syfy has announced plans to premiere the third season of Z Nation, starring the 41-year-old half Afro-Cuban American actor, with a with special two-hour episode on Friday, September 16.

The Zombie-apocalypse thriller kicks off Season 3 with Lt. Warren (Kellita Smith) and her group taken prisoner by a new foe.

The series follows a team of everyday heroes on a mission to save humanity. Keith Allen (Rise of the Zombies) plays Murphy, the only known survivor of the zombie plague who wants to create a race of human-zombie “blends,” while Warren’s group is determined to stop him.

In addition to Cedeño, Smith and Allan, Z Nation also stars DJ Qualls, Anastasia Baranova, Russell Hodgkinson, Nat Zang, Joseph Gatt and Emilio Rivera.

An original co-production, Z Nation is produced by The Asylum.

After the two-hour special premiere on at 8:00 pm on September 16, Z Nation moves to its regular slot at 9:00 pm on Fridays the following week.