It’s an interesting time to be a fan of The Walking Dead, as the franchise’s future has never been shrouded in as much mystery as it is right now.
In the three years since the flagship series came to a close with its series finale, the franchise has lived on via a series of spinoffs in The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, The Walking Dead: Dead City, and The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live. These spinoffs have been successful performers for AMC and helped continue the narrative of several storylines from the original series, but the future is not the brightest for the group.
There has been no movement or promising updates suggesting a second season of The Ones Who Live is happening, with the show seems to be sticking to the original plan of being a limited series. Meanwhile, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’s endgame has been set with AMC confirming the show will come to an end following its fourth season, which is expected to land in late 2026. This leaves us with Dead City, whose future might be uncertain, but seems to be the brightest of them all.
Dead City showrunner hints more seasons could be ahead
At the moment, AMC has only renewed The Walking Dead: Dead City through season 3, which is in development, but it seems the upcoming third season of the Negan and Maggie spinoff is not being eyed as the final season for the show. In fact, showrunner and executive producer Eli Jorne made it clear the story is far from over.
“This story’s not over yet,” Jorne promised in a recent edition of AMC’s Behind the Dead YouTube series. “We end the season on Negan, Maggie, and Armstrong inspired to fight for a better world. We will start to see the three of them working together to accomplish that,” he teased about season 3.
The sentiment that the story is far from complete was echoed by star Lauren Cohan, who seemed to expand upon Jorne’s assurance that the story is not over by hinting that it’s only just begun.
“In so many ways, we are just at the beginning of something, and I’m so grateful for that,” Cohan reflected in looking ahead to season 3.
While these statements don’t mean additional seasons are a guarantee, they certainly seem to suggest that the creative team behind the show is not viewing season 3 as the final chapter. In fact, to hear them talk, it seems like there is a sense that the story has just begun, which seems to indicate there is still plenty of gas left in the tank.
We definitely agree with the cast and creative team, as Dead City seems like the type of show that could easily go on for a few more seasons. With so much uncertainty around what could be next for the show, we’d certainly love to see Dead City be the anchor during this turbulent time of change. While we don’t think the show needs to run as long as its predecessor, it would be nice to see it run for more than four seasons and turn into a constant for fans as we wait to see what new series could enter the mix to help keep the franchise alive on AMC!