‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’ Picked Up For Season 3 With New Showrunner

The Walking Dead: Dead City will live to fight another day as the TWD spinoff starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan has been renewed for Season 3. However, there is one big change behind the scenes: showrunner Eli Jorné is exiting Dead City (via the Midtown Tunnel?) and veteran TWD writer Seth Hoffman is joining as the new showrunner for the series.

“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 entertainment and AMC Studios for AMC Networks via a press release provided to Comic Book Club. “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.” 

Added Hoffman, “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. 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.” 

Hoffman previously worked on The Walking Dead mothership series for three years as a co-executive producer and writer. Alongside other duties, he wrote the episodes “Too Far Gone,” “JSS,” and “No Way Out.” He’ll oversee production of Dead City Season 3, which will begin in Boston, MA this Fall.

Here’s the synopsis for Dead City Season 3:

In season three, Maggie and Negan finally put aside their differences to build the first thriving community in Manhattan since the apocalypse, but when chaos in the city begins to arise, they are forced to question: have they learned from their old wounds or will their dark past spell doom for the entire city? 

It’s an interesting choice to have Hoffman join, as, other than the short-lived Prime Video series Tell Me Your Secrets, where he’s credited as a Consulting Producer, Hoffman doesn’t have any other credits beyond working on The Walking Dead about a decade ago. Granted, the way Hollywood works, he could have been doing plenty of things that didn’t get credited in the background. Still, to read the tea leaves, this seems like TWD overseer Scott M. Gimple bringing in a trusted lieutenant to get the Dead City ship back on track.

Given production hasn’t started yet, we don’t know when Dead City Season 3 will premiere, but smart money says some time in Summer or Fall of 2026.