During the drama's presentation at WonderCon today, AMC announced the premiere date for its upcoming original drama series The Walking Dead: Dead City starring Lauren Cohan and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
The 6-episode first season will launch on Sunday, June 18 at 10/9c.
The spinoff of AMC's The Walking Dead follows Maggie (Cohan) and Negan (Morgan) as they travel 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.
In addition to Cohan and Morgan, the drama stars Gaius Charles, Jonathan Higginbotham, Mahina Napoleon, Trey Santiago-Hudson, Charlie Solis, Karina Ortiz and Zeljko Ivanek.
Eli Jorné created the drama. He executive produces with Cohan, Morgan, Scott M. Gimple and Brian Bockrath. AMC Studios produces.