"Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2 Premiere Date Set for IGN Fan Fest 2025"

The highly anticipated premiere date for Season 2 of *The Walking Dead: Dead City* was unveiled during IGN Fan Fest 2025: it's set to air on May 4, 2025. During Day 2 of the event, IGN exclusively showcased a thrilling clip along with interviews featuring Scott Gimple, the chief content officer of The Walking Dead universe, alongside stars Lauren Cohan, who plays Maggie, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who portrays Negan.

Lauren Cohan delved into Maggie's mindset heading into the new season, expressing, "Sadly not everything is quite as rosy as it could be or seems or one would hope." She elaborated on the challenges Maggie faces, juggling the complexities of family dynamics with her son and Ginny amidst the harsh realities of an 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 shared insights into Negan's journey, highlighting his character's transition from being despised to a fan-favorite. "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. "He’s going to try 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 reflected on Negan's iconic weapon, his barbed wire-wrapped baseball bat named Lucille. "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 discussed the evolving dynamics and conflicts in Season 2, stating, "There is no single big bad. 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."

Fans can get a sneak peek of what's to come with the opening minutes of the first episode of Season 2 of *The Walking Dead: Dead City*, available exclusively on IGN. Mark your calendars as *The Walking Dead: Dead City* Season 2 premieres on AMC on May 4, 2025, and stay tuned for more exciting announcements from Fan Fest 2025.