The Walking Dead: Dead City Trailer Teases Maggie & Negan Like You've Never Seen Them Before

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The hatred between Maggie (Lauren Cohan) and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) runs deep.

That much we learned throughout their arc on The Walking Dead.

After making peace with one another at the end of The Walking Dead Season 11, it seems the pair are more at odds than ever, a couple of years on from their parting of ways.

Maggie vs. Negan - The Walking Dead: Dead City

Dead City follows Maggie and Negan traveling into a post-apocalyptic Manhattan long ago cut off from the mainland.

The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made New York City their own world full of anarchy, danger, beauty, and terror.

Maggie in the Big Apple - The Walking Dead

Maggie's journey to New York finds her searching for her son, Hershel, but the status of her relationship with Negan remains up in the air.

It's hard to imagine them ever being true friends, but it wouldn't be surprising if they joined forces for this mission to save Hershel.

Based on their body language, the pair hate each other more than ever, but it looks like Maggie needs Negan to find her son.

The trailer still doesn't account for Negan's wife and child's whereabouts, but the series finale of the original series didn't give any update.

Negan in New York - The Walking Dead: Dead City

Is it possible that Annie has also been captured by whoever steals Hershel?

The series also stars Gaius Charles as Perlie Armstrong, a devoted family man, Ċ½eljko Ivanek as The Croat, Jonathan Higginbotham as Tommaso, Mahina Napoleon as Ginny, Trey Santiago-Hudson as Jano, Charlie Solis as The Bartender, and Michael Anthony as Luther.

Unlike other shows that have aired in the franchise thus far, TWD: Dead City has a six-episode order, which should make for a lean series, assuming the plot is decent.

The visuals in the trailer are striking, largely because the other shows have kept most of the action away from the big cities because of the number of zombies.

Maggie's New Role - The Walking Dead

Even if the main plot between Maggie and Negan is a little bit tired, immersing ourselves in a new location, complete with some new characters and conflicts, should make the series worthwhile.

Check out the clip below and be sure to return for our coverage in the lead-up to the premiere and, of course, our reviews.

The Walking Dead: Dead City launches June 18, 2023.

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The Walking Dead: Dead City Quotes

Perlie: My name is Perlie: Armstrong. I don't drink. I don't smoke. I like a good hog stew. Just want to give you a sense of what kind of people I am. I'm not your enemy. I come from New Babylon. Capital city. It's more of a small town, tree-lined streets, families looking out for each other. I got a wife and three daughters. They're my everything. Now, I don't know why you with that man I'm looking for. Or why you've taken one of our marshals hostage. But I'm guessing you got your reasons. Heck, might even be a good one. I'm open to hearing it. And I mean that sincerely. But if I get to you first, I'm going to be a little less open, and I will get to you.

Negan: I hate to even ask, but how do I figure into this, Maggie?
Maggie: The man who's got Hershel, they call him the Croat. Bullshit. You know him. When he scaled our walls, had us surrounded in the dark, right before he took my son. Do you know what he did? [ whistles one high tone, one low tone ] That rings a bell, doesn't it? It did for me. That's the last thing I heard before I met you.
Negan: Oh, that Croat. All right, so what you're thinking is, since I knew this guy back in the day when I was running the show, that maybe I had some special insight into his modus operandi. Or, hell, maybe I could just sweet-talk him into giving you your boy back. We're talking about the same Croat? Let's just say there were a lot of psychos in my crew back then. But he always stood out as being an exceptionally insane son of a bitch. So the odds are if it's the Croat that's got him... No. All right, tell me this. Why would I help you? Maggie: Because you owe me...
Negan: Because I owe you, right.
Maggie: You're the last person that I wanted to ask for help. It doesn't look like you got too many options yourself. Because if I found you here, the marshals will too. Far as I can tell, you have exhausted every shithole.
Negan: Still got a decent setup at Hilltop? Kids? School?
Maggie: I'll put up that girl. You, we see how things play out.

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