Ever since the first season of The Walking Dead was released in 2010, AMC has held an impressive 16-year record of uninterrupted releases. The streak remained intact in 2026 thanks to The Walking Dead: Dead City season 3, and it will be extended up to 2027 courtesy of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon season 4. Unfortunately, we don't know what's in store for the franchise past that point.
Fans hoped Dead City would be renewed for a fourth season during San Diego Comic-Con, but this was ultimately not the case. Coupled with the fact that the Daryl Dixon and Carol Peletier spin-off show is coming to an end next year, there are officially no more active projects to look forward to. There has been a lot of demand for a reunion series, but nothing is set in stone just yet. However, after a lot of speculation and doubts, we finally know what to expect from the saga moving forward.
AMC's The Walking Dead is far from over, but there will be a slower rollout moving forward
Back in 2021, audiences witnessed the last episodes of The Walking Dead season 10, as well as the opening of season 11. Furthermore, The Walking Dead: World Beyond season 2 was released in the same year, alongside Fear the Walking Dead season 7. However, those days of multiple releases are long behind us, and it looks like they won't be back any time soon.
During an interview with The Direct, The Walking Dead's Chief Content Officer Scott M. Gimple revealed that the franchise isn't anywhere near its end, but there will be a slower rollout of projects moving forward.
"But will we see as many series? I'm not sure. You see it across Star Wars; you see it across Marvel. There's definitely going to be more series, both shorter things and ongoing things. But it'll probably be a bit... the rollout will be slightly slower. But more, definitely more. And there are cool things in the works. I had a lot of conversations, even this week, about that. But the urgency and the speed, like 'Get it out, get it out, get it out.' It's just a different time, but that time does allow us to get it right."
Furthermore, Gimple was also asked whether one of these upcoming series could act as a reunion project, featuring the likes of Rick Grimes and Daryl Dixon. While no direct answer was given, Gimple did hint that there are many ideas being toyed with, with the crossover being one of them.
"Well... I still dream of it, and I will say we have all sorts of plans in play. It's just... It's a different time. I do not think it's the end of 'The Walking Dead' on TV. No, that is definitely not happening. The Walking Dead is continuing to go. This is still, at the latest, the middle of [The] Walking Dead's life. If not, we're still early in it."
It's difficult to say what lies in store for The Walking Dead for the time being. Dead City could still be renewed for a fourth season, while Gimple had previously expressed his excitement about possibly making a second season of Tales of the Walking Dead by stating:
"I'm desperate to do more of those. We don't have imminent plans to do it, but I'm constantly, constantly, constantly bringing it up. It's a more challenging show because of the variety, because you're starting at zero every episode. So that's one thing that's sort of slowing it down a little bit. But I always keep it in the mix as a possibility."
With that in mind, there's a chance that the anthology show will be back sometime after the release of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon season 4. Aside from that, only time will tell when and where we will see characters like Rick Grimes, Carol Peletier, and Maggie Rhee after 2027, but with a bit of luck, not only will the crossover project materialize, but plenty of other horrifying adventures will also come our way. We're still holding out hope for Dead City season 4 which, at leats for the time being, sounds like it is still on the table.
Regardless of what exactly the next chapter of the TWD Universe looks like, The Walking Dead still lives!
New episodes of The Walking Dead: Dead City season 3 air every Sunday on AMC and AMC+.
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