July 16, 2025

AMC announced today that The Walking Dead: Dead City has been renewed for a third season. The news comes less than a month after the drama wrapped its sophomore run. Joining the series for Season 3 will be franchise veteran Seth Hoffman, who will take over showrunning duties from Eli Jorné.

"We're thankful to Eli Jorné for two seasons of Dead City that took the story of these iconic characters in exciting new directions and broadened this thriving universe by introducing a new corner of the walker apocalypse," said Dan McDermott, president of AMC Networks entertainment and AMC Studios. "As we continue to create new stories for a passionate TWD fanbase, we're delighted to have a seasoned Walking Dead veteran like Seth Hoffman at the helm of a new season, alongside the remarkable Lauren Cohan and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, that will bring new adversaries and alliances and push the boundaries of Maggie and Negan's conflicted relationship."

"I'm excited to have the chance to dive back into The Walking Dead universe and work to deliver another dynamic season's worth of stories to this epic franchise," added Hoffman, who has been a writer and co-executive producer on 'The Walking Dead.' "It's a true honor to chart out the next chapter for Maggie and Negan's iconic adventures in Dead City. Lauren, Jeffrey and Scott are incredible creative partners and I'm thrilled to collaborate with them to bring this story to life."

Set after the events of 'The Walking Dead,' the series follows Maggie and Negan as they travel into a post-apocalyptic Manhattan, long cut off from the mainland. The crumbling concrete jungle is filled with the dead and denizens who have made New York City their own world built on anarchy, danger, and terror.