Isle of the Dead no more, new title The Walking Dead: Dead City

Entertainment Weekly reports that AMC has confirmed The Walking Dead spinoff Isle of the Dead has been given a new title. The Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Maggie (Lauren Cohan) spinoff will officially be known as The Walking Dead: Dead City. Isle of the Dead was the title used when the spin off was announced in March, but it was only a working title.

The Walking Dead: Dead City began filming in New Jersey this summer with a release date scheduled sometime in 2023. The series is written by Eli Jorné, who has written for the flagship series and will serve as showrunner and executive producer with Morgan, Cohan and Scott M. Gimple.

The series will see the pair travel to Manhattan and discover that the island has been overrun by a horde of walkers one million strong. It is still unclear what catastrophic event will require the teaming up of these characters. They have been at each other’s throats the majority of season 11, and there is the history there. But, something significant will happen to make them head out on a mission so far from their families. Perhaps some of their family members will travel with them.

Showrunners of The Walking Dead have stated that the last eight episodes will not set up any of the upcoming spinoff series. The purpose of these final episodes is to close chapters on some stories while leaving others open for future ones. Viewers will have to wait until the respective spinoffs begin to discover how things come about to set up those stories.

The Walking Dead: Dead City cast

As with all of the spinoffs, there will be many new characters introduced. Additional cast members joining Morgan and Cohan include Gaius Charles, Mahina Napoleon, Željko Ivanek, Jonathan Higginbotham, Karina Ortiz, Caleb Reese Paul, Charlie Solis, Aixa Kendrick, Eleanor Reissa and Trey Santiago-Hudson.

The Walking Dead returns to AMC on October 2 at 9 p.m. ET.

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