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

The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2 is set to premiere on May 4, 2025, as exclusively revealed during IGN Fan Fest 2025. Fans were treated to an exclusive clip and an insightful interview with Scott Gimple, the chief content officer of The Walking Dead universe, alongside Maggie actor Lauren Cohan and Negan actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan on Day 2 of the event.

Lauren Cohan delved into Maggie's mental state at the start of Season 2, sharing, "Sadly not everything is quite as rosy as it could be or seems or one would hope." She elaborated on the complexities of Maggie's life, juggling the challenges of raising her teenage son and caring for Ginny amidst the backdrop 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 evolution from a despised figure to a fan-favorite, outlining his character's challenges in Season 2. "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. Morgan highlighted Negan's ongoing struggle and scheming nature, saying, "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 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 mused. "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 provided insight into the overarching conflict of Season 2, noting, "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."

IGN also shared the opening minutes of the first episode of The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2, which is set to air on AMC on May 4, 2025. Stay tuned for more updates from IGN Fan Fest 2025.