Lifeless Metropolis Season 3 May Be Delayed

The Strolling Lifeless universe continues to thrive beneath AMC’s steering, however a latest report might spell dangerous information for the spinoff, The Strolling Lifeless: Lifeless Metropolis.

AMC just lately launched its fourth-quarter 2025 earnings report, and it involved Strolling Lifeless: Lifeless Metropolis followers. Though each Daryl Dixon and Lifeless Metropolis have been renewed, solely the previous confirmed up on the corporate’s 2026 slate. This involved many viewers as a result of season 3 of the zombie spinoff collection accomplished filming in late 2025. And, whereas AMC by no means formally acknowledged that the present could be launched this 12 months, many individuals have been anticipating it to.

This new replace is disappointing for lots of followers. Nevertheless, it might have an effect on the AMC and the collection negatively, too. Lifeless Metropolis season 2 concluded on June 22, 2025. If the upcoming installment does not air till 2027 on the earliest, it might doubtlessly decrease the collection’ viewership. Traditionally, exhibits which have lengthy gaps between seasons usually tend to lose their viewers’s curiosity throughout the wait. Nevertheless, this is not all the time the case (particularly for a franchise this massive), though the chance continues to be there.

Whereas the fourth-quarter report is disheartening, there’s a probability that Lifeless Metropolis season 3 may nonetheless come out this 12 months.AMC acknowledged that the slate within the doc is not the complete listing of tasks which are popping out this 12 months. So, the community may simply be attempting to determine when it will be most worthwhile to launch Lifeless Metropolis in 2026. Nevertheless, as of proper now, viewers can solely speculate what the present’s absence means.

The Strolling Lifeless: Lifeless Metropolis follows the journey of Maggie (Lauren Cohan) and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan). The 2 are compelled to work collectively regardless of their strained relationship and clear animosity in the direction of one another. That is largely as a result of Negan brutally murdering Maggie’s husband Glenn (Steven Yeun) within the unique Strolling Lifeless collection by bashing his head in. Each Cohan and Morgan reprised their roles from the flagship collection.

There may be at present no confirmed launch date for The Strolling Lifeless: Lifeless Metropolis season 3 on the time of this text’s publication. Seasons 1 and a pair of can be found to stream now on Netflix, AMC+, Sling TV, and The Roku Channel.