Dead City Brings Season 2 Teaser to New York Comic Con

The Walking Dead took a bite out of New York Comic Con on Friday, revealing a first look at the series’ second season and announcing when fans can expect the season two release for spin-off Dead City. 

Cast and creatives including Chief Content Officer of the Walking Dead Universe Scott M. Gimple, executive producers and stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan, as well as cast members Gaius Charles, Željko Ivanek and Dascha Polanco, were on hand for a discussion and to confirm season two will arrive sometime in spring 2025. 

They also unveiled a 30-second teaser, which kicked off with a single question: after everything that happened, why do you want to bring back Manhattan? 

The first look at season two offered glimpses of what awaits fan-favorite characters Maggie (Cohan) and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) as they navigate post-apocalyptic Manhattan, an island long cut off from the mainland. “You’re in for a bit of a shock,” Negan promises in the teaser before declaring “Power is power” as lights on iconic New York landmarks like Radio City light up, hinting at a growing fight for control with Negan and Maggie on opposite sides. It’s a journey that AMC and AMC+ promise is equal parts anarchy, danger, beauty and terror. 

After Dead City, cast and creatives Gimple, executive producer showrunner David Zabel, director and executive producer Greg Nicotero, executive producers and stars Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride, and cast member Louis Puech Scigliuzzi were also on hand for an almost hour-long panel discussion moderated by Robert Rodriguez for the currently airing second season of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol. 

Premiering last month, attendees were privy to the opening minutes of the fourth episode, which will drop on Sunday, Oct. 20, on AMC and AMC+. Season two picked up right after season one, with Daryl Dixon (Reedus) and Carol Peletier (McBride) confronting old demons as she also fights to find her friend and he grapples with staying in France.

Check out The Walking Dead: Dead City season two first-look photos below.