"Walking Dead: Dead City S2 Premiere Date Set for IGN Fan Fest 2025"

The premiere date for Season 2 of *The Walking Dead: Dead City* was unveiled exclusively at IGN Fan Fest 2025, set to captivate fans on May 4, 2025. During Day 2 of the event, IGN shared an exclusive clip and conducted 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, known for his role as Negan.

Lauren Cohan provided insights into Maggie's mindset as Season 2 begins, stating, “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 family dynamics with 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 discussed Negan's evolving journey, highlighting the character's struggle under the control of The Dama and The Croat. “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 shared. He added, “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 expressed his fondness for 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 said. “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 narrative direction for the new season, noting the complexity of the power dynamics. “There is no single big bad,” he explained. “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 viewers with a sneak peek of the opening minutes of the first episode of Season 2, available for fans eager to get a taste of what's to come. *The Walking Dead: Dead City* Season 2 is scheduled to premiere on AMC on May 4, 2025. Stay tuned for all the latest updates from IGN Fan Fest 2025.