Excitement is building for fans of *The Walking Dead: Dead City* as Season 2's premiere date was unveiled during IGN Fan Fest 2025 on May 4, 2025. During Day 2 of the event, IGN provided an exclusive sneak peek and interviews with key figures from the series, including Scott Gimple, the chief content officer of The Walking Dead universe, along with actors Lauren Cohan, who plays Maggie, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who portrays Negan.
Lauren Cohan shared insights into Maggie's mindset as Season 2 begins. "Sadly, not everything is quite as rosy as it could be or seems or one would hope," she noted. She elaborated on the challenges Maggie faces, juggling family dynamics with the harsh realities of the post-apocalyptic world. "My son is still a teenage boy and there are these natural tensions of navigating just family life. And I've got Ginny in my care and she's a teenage girl. And so there are very relatable domestic dynamics that are playing out as we come back in Season 2, on top of this apocalyptic world and trying to eat and stay safe and sleep. That's where we find ourselves before another big bad thing happens."
Jeffrey Dean Morgan discussed Negan's evolution from a despised villain to a fan-favorite character. "We find Negan very much under the thumb of The Dama and The Croat, and on some ground he's not real familiar with," he explained. Negan's predicament is challenging, and Morgan hinted at Negan's continuous scheming to regain control. "He's going to try to flip that script, of course. But he's in a place that I don't think he's enjoying very much. At the beginning of the season we find him having a hard time with all of it. He's always scheming and trying to figure out how he can get on top of the situation, but he finds himself in a hard spot."
Morgan also touched on Negan's iconic weapon, Lucille, the baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire named after his deceased wife. "The Lucille of it all, what can I say?" he remarked. "I love that thing! But I as an actor, that's the only prop I've ever had my whole life I enjoy carrying around with me. It brought back very fond memories for me. Not for Lauren!"
Scott Gimple shed light on the upcoming season's narrative, emphasizing the complexity of the conflicts. "There is no single big bad," he said. "There's a lot of shifting as far as the power ranking for this season. It isn't all antagonistic. It's a little more complex like that. It's a little more political. And then we get kinda physical."
IGN also provided a glimpse into the opening minutes of the first episode of Season 2 of *The Walking Dead: Dead City*, setting the stage for what's to come. Mark your calendars as *The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2* premieres on AMC on May 4, 2025. Stay tuned for more updates from IGN Fan Fest 2025.
