The Walking Dead: Dead City (2025) is an upcoming installment in The Walking Dead franchise, set in the same post-apocalyptic universe. It focuses on the characters of Maggie (Lauren Cohan) and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), as they navigate a desolate and dangerous New York City overrun by walkers (zombies).
The series dives deep into their tumultuous relationship, given their complicated past, and explores the evolving dynamics of survival in a new urban landscape.
The show promises to deliver a fresh take on The Walking Dead universe by setting the story in a major city, providing new challenges like towering buildings, dense populations of walkers, and limited resources. It’s expected to focus more on intense survival strategies, human conflict, and the emotional toll of living in constant danger.
The series is likely to expand on Maggie and Negan’s uneasy alliance, as they are forced to work together despite their history of enmity, particularly given that Negan killed Maggie’s husband, Glenn, in the original The Walking Dead series. The spin-off is anticipated to bring more character-driven storytelling, while still delivering the action and horror fans expect from the franchise.
