The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2 Premiere Release Date Confirmed – IGN Fan Fest 2025

The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2 premieres May 4, 2025, as exclusively revealed at IGN Fan Fest 2025. IGN showcased an exclusive clip and interviews with Scott Gimple, chief content officer of The Walking Dead universe, Lauren Cohan (Maggie), and Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Negan).

Cohan offered insight into Maggie's mental state entering Season 2: "Sadly, not everything is quite as rosy as it could be, or seems, or one would hope. My son is still a teenage boy, and there are natural tensions of navigating family life. I’ve got Ginny in my care, a teenage girl. So, there are relatable domestic dynamics playing out alongside the apocalyptic world—trying to eat, stay safe, and sleep. That's where we find ourselves before another big bad thing happens."

Morgan discussed Negan's evolution from villain to fan favorite: "We find Negan very much under the thumb of The Dama and The Croat, on unfamiliar ground. He'll try to flip the script, of course, but he's in a place he's not enjoying. At the season's start, he's struggling. He's always scheming, trying to get on top, but he's in a tough spot." He also reflected on Lucille, his iconic barbed-wire bat: "The Lucille of it all… I love that thing! It's the only prop I've enjoyed carrying around. It brings back fond memories—not for Lauren!"

Gimple teased the Season 2 conflict: "There's no single big bad. There's a lot of shifting in the power rankings. It's not all antagonistic; it's more complex, more political, and then we get kinda physical."

IGN also shared the opening minutes of Season 2's premiere episode:

The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2 premieres on AMC May 4, 2025. Stay tuned for more from IGN Fan Fest 2025.