{"id":103320,"date":"2025-07-16T19:05:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T23:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=103320"},"modified":"2025-07-16T19:05:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T23:05:59","slug":"the-walking-dead-dead-city-to-return-for-third-season-with-walking-dead-veteran-seth-hoffman-joining-as-showrunner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/16\/the-walking-dead-dead-city-to-return-for-third-season-with-walking-dead-veteran-seth-hoffman-joining-as-showrunner\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Walking Dead: Dead City&#8221; to Return for Third Season, with &#8220;Walking Dead&#8221; Veteran Seth Hoffman Joining as Showrunner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103321\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Walking-Dead-Dead-City.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Walking-Dead-Dead-City.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Walking-Dead-Dead-City-200x300.webp 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>AMC Networks announced today that <em><strong>The Walking Dead: Dead City<\/strong><\/em>, starring fan-favorites Jeffrey Dean Morgan as &#8220;Negan&#8221; and Lauren Cohan as &#8220;Maggie,&#8221; will return for a third season with Seth Hoffman (<em>The Walking Dead, House, Prison Break<\/em>) joining as showrunner. Hoffman marks\u00a0his return to the <em>Walking Dead<\/em> Universe having spent three years as co-executive producer and writer on <em>The Walking Dead<\/em>, where he wrote iconic episodes such as &#8220;Too Far Gone,&#8221; &#8220;JSS,&#8221; and &#8220;No Way Out,&#8221; among others. Production on <em>The Walking Dead: Dead City<\/em> season three is set to begin in Boston, MA this Fall.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re thankful to Eli Jorn\u00e9 for two seasons of <em>Dead City<\/em> 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,&#8221; said Dan McDermott, president of entertainment and AMC Studios for AMC Networks. &#8220;As we continue to create new stories for a passionate TWD fanbase, we&#8217;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&#8217;s conflicted relationship.&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"morty-2015241700\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m excited to have the chance to dive back into <em>The Walking Dead<\/em> Universe and work to deliver another dynamic season&#8217;s worth of stories to this epic franchise. It&#8217;s a true honor to chart out the next chapter for Maggie and Negan&#8217;s iconic adventures in\u00a0<em>Dead City<\/em>,&#8221; said Hoffman. &#8220;Lauren, Jeffrey, and Scott are incredible creative partners, and I&#8217;m thrilled to collaborate with them to bring this story to life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>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?<\/p>\n<p><em>The Walking Dead: Dead City<\/em> concluded its second season on June 22 on AMC and AMC+. In addition to showrunner Hoffman, executive producers include Scott M. Gimple, chief content officer of <em>The Walking Dead<\/em> Universe, Cohan, Morgan, Brian Bockrath, and Colin Walsh.<\/p>\n<p>Hoffman is repped by Lauren Fox and Mina Ross at CAA and Ken Richman and Robby Koch at Hansen, Jacobsen.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2042921479\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>\r\n      <table id=\"tmdb-pro\">\r\n        <tbody>\r\n          <tr>\r\n            <td class=\"tmdb-pro-poster\" width=\"20%\" rowspan=\"3\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/image.tmdb.org\/t\/p\/w300_and_h450_bestv2\/\/wq3vuQzQgbS83zX3malAFWMsSwX.jpg\"><\/td>\r\n            <td>\r\n              <h3><b>The Walking Dead: Dead City<\/b><\/h3>\r\n            <\/td>\r\n          <\/tr>\r\n          <tr><td><span><b>Network:<\/b> AMC<\/span><span><b>Genre:<\/b> Action &amp; Adventure<\/span><span><b>Seasons:<\/b> 2<\/span><span><b>Episodes:<\/b> 14<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><h5><b>Overview<\/b><\/h5><p>Maggie and Negan travel to post-apocalyptic Manhattan - long ago cut off from the mainland. 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