'TWD: Dead City' Star "Manifesting" Series Reunion & Season 3 After Death-Filled Finale

The Walking Dead star Lauren Cohan hopes to reunite with her former co-stars in an epic crossover. Despite The Walking Dead ending in 2022, the franchise has continued on through various spin-offs that have seen the multiple characters spread across the globe. Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) leads his own series set in France and is joined by Carol (Melissa McBride), while Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and Michonne (Danai Gurira) starred in the limited series The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, which was set in Pennsylvania. In The Walking Dead: Dead City, a spin-off series set in Manhattan, Lauren Cohan and Jeffrey Dean Morgan reprise their roles as Maggie Green and Negan.

With the various characters far removed from each other, and the original southern-set original series, Cohan still hopes to one day reunite with her fellow co-stars. Speaking with Collider, Cohan does one day hope that The Walking Dead spin-offs can cross over and act as a mini-reunion for the original series. Something fans have long waited for. Cohan suggests this crossover could be the potential final story for the franchise, bringing the franchise full circle:

"We’ve talked about taking these characters to somewhere where they we eventually do all get back together again and there’s some intersection of the super group. I think it would blow people’s minds. It would blow our minds. It would be the ultimate reunion and the ultimate finish."

The Future of 'The Walking Dead' & 'Dead City' Season 3

It has been 15 years since The Walking Dead debuted on AMC on Halloween night of 2010. The original series ran for 11 seasons and was at one point one of the biggest series on television. Despite the fact that reviews and viewership have fallen, the series has remained a consistent presence on AMC with its various spin-off projects. However, the franchise is at a crossroads. The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon is confirmed to return for Season 3 and will air on Sept. 7, 2025. However, The Walking Dead: Dead City is currently awaiting a Season 3 renewal, and it just concluded its Season 2 finale on Jun. 22, 2025.

With the series' future up in the air at the moment, Cohan told Collider about her hopes for what will come next for a potential Season 3. The big question is what will come between Maggie and Negan, two characters who have been at odds since he debuted on The Walking Dead and killed Maggie's husband, Glenn (Steven Yeun). Cohan said:

"I don’t want to call it a truce, but they have basically beaten each other into submission, so I’d like to see some sort of agreement where, if it’s not to the death, then there is something livable here. That then allows for the show, because they’ve made this decision and they’ve gone to the absolute limit of what you can do in this dynamic, to just shatter open, and everything that we’ve expected and everything that these characters can expect of themselves or of others can be turned on its head. That is what I would like to see. That’s what I hope to do next.”

 

As for Season 3, Cohan seems confident that her time with Maggie isn't done. She offers a few brief teases of what fans can expect if AMC officially moves forward with Dead City Season 3, saying:

"In terms of how long we spend on our story in Dead City, even things we talk about that could happen in another season, it’s such a new take and a new direction that as long as those things get to keep happening then the story is not done. There’s a big light coming for Maggie, that we have in this long-term arc that’s planned for her. So, I definitely want to stay until the light comes."

Whatever the future holds for The Walking Dead, it can't be said that the franchise has crafted one of the largest and most impressive shared universes, filled with beloved characters that have supported many different spin-offs that have expanded the story's scope. The Walking Dead: Dead City was the first spin-off after The Walking Dead concluded, and hopefully for its fans, it won't be ending anytime soon.