Dead City : Spoilers & Speculation

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Im not sure if this is still classed as spoilery, but as we don't have a spoiler thread.........

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Official NYCC Teaser | The Walking Dead: Dead City | Ft. Lauren Cohan & Jeffrey Dean Morgan
The Walking Dead   Oct 18, 2024

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.NYCC 2024: ‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’s’ Jeffrey Dean Morgan: Negan’s evolution is “really kind of coming to a head this year.”
Michael Rosch   October 19, 2024
https://aiptcomics.com/2024/10/19/nycc-2024-the-walking-dead-dead-city-jeffrey-dean-morgan-lauren-cohan/ 

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“I think after all the years of playing one character, it’s the amount of growth that I think Negan has, just inside of Negan, that we’ve been able to show,” Morgan said. “But it has been interesting to track him from when he first came out of the trailer to the clearing to where he is this season. It’s been a lot of a rollercoaster ride for Negan, and I think it’s really kind of coming to a head this year. I mean not done growing but some stuff that we’ve never seen Negan do we will see this year, some stuff that I think it will shock people.”

Morgan was quick to pull back a little and assure us Negan isn’t completely reformed. “And yet there’s always that old Negan in there. He doesn’t lose track ever of who he is and where he came from.”
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The Walking Dead: Dead City executive Producer and star Lauren Cohan discussed the allyship between Negan and her character, Maggie Rhee. “There’s something that has gotten to be revealed over the course of a long time that is a shared value set that they both have,” she said, “this recognition that is, despite these things we employ to survive, that there’s A) the potential for growth and B) a lot more in common than we know. And I love exploring that because that’s a nice thing to realize in general.”

Cohan continued that Maggie and Negan just knowing each other for so long now is an important element in their dynamic. “There’s something in that. You know, there’s a reflection in it. ”

“I think, at this point, after so many years together,” Jeffrey Dean Morgan added, “and especially the last couple of years — though they would never admit it — I think there’s a respect and a kind of weird trust that they have. I think, if Negan is in trouble that he thinks Maggie may come for him. And that’s odd considering, you know, how they met and the hatred that’s always been there. But within that hatred, there’s a lot of shared shit that has led, I think, to them having a sort of respect for each other, though I don’t know if they would ever voice that.”

“There’s also something Negan can give Maggie and, I think, Maggie can give Negan that I think is — that there’s a forgiveness and there’s a recognition in each other that is, I don’t know, has kept them–” Cohan said, struggling to find the right word.

“Connected,” Jeffrey Dean Morgan said, finishing her thought.

“–connected,” Cohan agreed.

“I don’t know if they can be apart,” Morgan concluded, “as fucked up as that is.”

Edited October 19, 2024 by tv echo

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Lauren Cohan Reveals What We Can Expect From 'The Walking Dead: Dead City' Season 2 [Exclusive]
Erick Massoto   Oct 19, 2024
https://collider.com/the-walking-dead-dead-city-season-2-what-to-expect/ 

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... In a conversation with Collider, series stars Lauren Cohan, Gaius Charles (Grey's Anatomy) and The Walking Dead Universe Chief Content Officer Scott Gimple teased what fans can expect to see in Season 2.

During the interview in the Collider Studio, Gimple told our Editor-in-Chief Steve Weintraub that Season 2 of The Walking Dead: Dead City is "an expansion" and teased that the new episodes "cranks it up in every way." The CCO revealed that we can expect to see new characters and more of the post-apocalyptic New York City that we didn't get to see the first time around. Cohan — who executive produces the series and directs an episode this season — also had a lot to tease for Season 2. She stated:

"We see some pretty greedy, grounded dynamics. We see some hard storylines, some real character, and the world that we got to start developing in Season 1. We really dig deep. We have the introduction of a bunch of groups that we sort of tease and allude to. We really go there in Season 2."
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Additionally, Charles commented that the show is giving what fans wanted in the sense that a lot more of New York will be revealed, and Gimple capped it off by revealing that there is a John Carpenter (Escape From New York) vibe to the season. He added that "we go deeper with these characters. These characters went through the ringer in Season 1, but we go much deeper with them in Season 2. They have to face certain things about themselves and each other. It's just turned up in so many ways."
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The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2 will feature a much-awaited pairing: Negan will finally reunite with Lucille, the famous bat that terrified The Walking Dead characters ever since Jeffrey Dean Morgan entered the series. Earlier this year, Morgan teased that the new season would also double down on the love-hate relationship between Negan and Maggie. At the time of its debut, Dead City quickly rose to become AMC+'s most-watched series ever, and the new season will welcome Keir Gilchrist (Atypical), Dascha Polanco (Poker Face), Jake Weary (How to Blow Up a Pipeline) and Pooya Mohseni (Law & Order: SVU) to the cast.

Edited October 20, 2024 by tv echo

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Kim Coates Says His 'Walking Dead: Dead City' Villain Is One of the Most "Vicious" Yet
James Melzer   Jan 9, 2025
https://movieweb.com/walking-dead-city-villain-brugal-kim-coates/ 

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MovieWeb caught up with Coates to discuss his new Netflix series American Primeval, and the subject of Dead City Season 2 came up. When asked to share a little about his villainous role in the sophomore outing, Coates teased that the character of Brugal was definitely written for him.

"Eli Jorné, the showrunner, picked me and said 'You have to play this guy,' and I said 'Send me some of the scripts,' and they did. I gotta tell you, this guy was written for me. He's a dink. He's just a bad person, he's super smart, he's a billionaire. He lived in this incredible enclave during the zombie apocalypse in Manhattan, and when he came out, zombies were running Manhattan, he got his own little gang together. There's three or four gangs in Season 2, and Brugal is my name, and I'm certainly the biggest gang member of my squad. I kill a lot of zombies."
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"Jeffery Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohen, massive love for those two and the entire cast and crew. Honestly. We shot it in Boston. It has eight episodes this season. It was only six in the first season. So it's on. It is so funny, and violent, and crazy, and zombied out. I was invited to the party, and it's a character I've never played before. He's funny and vicious, and he's a baby. I can't wait for people to see it."

Edited January 9 by tv echo