Maggie and Negan’s The Walking Dead spin-off arrives in April 2023
Titled The Walking Dead: Dead City, this spin-off follows the unlikely pair's adventures in New York City
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The Walking Dead is ending—can you believe it?—with its 11th season in November. However, much like its central zombies, this franchise isn’t easy to kill. AMC’s long-running drama is getting multiple spin-offs of various beloved TWD protagonists, including Rick, Michonne, Daryl, Maggie, and Negan. At the New York Comic Con send-off panel for TWD, producer Scott M. Gimple shed some insight into these upcoming shows.
For starters, AMC revealed new first-look photos of Maggie (Lauren Cohan) and Negan’s (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) show, titled The Walking Dead: Dead City. Spoiler alert: Who would’ve thought that when Negan entered TWD at the end of season six and bashed Glenn (Steven Yeun) to death with his barbed baseball bat, he would be paired with Glenn’s wife Maggie for a spin-off? That’s what redemption arcs are for, I suppose.
While TWD has redeemed Negan to an extent, Morgan and Cohan acknowledged the unlikely friendship. Cohan told audiences that Dead City finds Maggie and Negan dealing with a fear that goes beyond the history of their relationship. They reach an apocalyptic New York City for a new set of adventures, dealing with “some horrible people” and “some great people,” Morgan added. Also expect zip lines and walkers, obviously.
Dead City is currently filming in New Jersey, and in AMC’s images, it sure looks like their attempt to provide a version of 2022's gritty The Batman. If you don’t believe me, check it out for yourself:
The six-part Dead City will explore Maggie and Negan embarking on a secret mission in New York City, where the island of Manhattan is severed from the rest of the world. The cast includes Gaius Charles, Karina Ortiz, Zeljko Ivanek, Mahina Napoleon, and Jonathan Higginbotham.
The Walking Dead: Dead City will premiere on AMC in April 2023.
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This exists? Jesus Christ AMC. I was mildly intrigued by the flagship show ending (and therefore in my mind a possible ending to the apocalypse) but like if they’re just gonna drag it out to the nth degree I just do not care about this IP anymore woof. End the fucking story already.
This is like when Ash from Evil Dead somehow had a bunch of small evil Ashes split off from him. Nothing good came from that.
The Walking Dead universe is so rich and interesting. So many memorable and unique characters. I would watch an entire series about Rick. Or Frank. Or The Hummers and their weird beliefs about zombies. Can you imagine how good a series starring LaWanda and Buddha would be? How about a comedy that follows Hotdog as he searches for Wendy? The possibilities are endless for this universe.
All the TWD spinoffs have been awful. FTWD started out ok until the time jump to sync with TWD and then it’s gone downhill. TWDWB……terrible story from the start. Tales of TWD…….crap each and every one.
Just let the TWD universe die already.
Don’t even start with Tales of the Walking Dead. Utterly unwatchable.
Where TWD reveled in the misery, FTWD should have been about hope. And for a few seasons they were going that route. Then they nuked Texas.
Another eventual pile of pish. TWD should have ended a long time ago.