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Mar 14, 2023
New 'Walking Dead' Spinoff Filmed In West Orange: Here's Where
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Zombie fans in New Jersey have an extra reason to check out
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Zombie fans in New Jersey have an extra reason to check out the latest "Walking Dead" spinoff show: a ton of footage was filmed in the state.
That includes West Orange, where filming for "The Walking Dead: Dead City" took place at South Mountain Reservation (the Turtle Back Rock Picnic Area). The production crew also rented space at Essex House in West Orange for use as basecamps and crew parking, according to the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission.
West Orange isn't the only Garden State town to get a visit from the production crew, the commission added:
Nearby in Newark, filming for the show took place on Academy, Commerce, Halsey, James and Washington Streets, in Military Park, at the NJT subway, the National Newark Building, Express Shoe Repair, Newark Symphony Hall, Dayton Street School, and an apartment on Lake Street.
Additional scenes were filmed on location in Central Jersey at Settler Ridge Farm and the Great Swamp National Refuge in Basking Ridge, and at the Holmdel Motor Inn, Paradigm Hedge in Holmdel, and Clean Land in Kenilworth.
Filming also took place on locations in Plainfield and Rahway, state officials said.
In addition to West Orange, the production crew rented space at Temple Emanuel in Franklin Lakes, iPark in Hoboken, NJPAC in Newark, St. Mark's Episcopal Church and First Park Baptist Church in Plainfield, Boys & Girls Club in Union, Pilgrim Shopping Plaza in Verona, and Wagner Farm Arboretum in Warren.
The show is the fourth spinoff in The Walking Dead universe and will follow the characters of Maggie and Negan as they explore a postapocalyptic New York City cut off from the mainland. Eli Jorné, who wrote and co-executive produced the original series, serves as the showrunner, while Scott M. Gimple, chief content officer of The Walking Dead franchise, oversaw the series.
Lauren Cohan and Jeffrey Dean Morgan reprise their roles as Maggie and Negan from the original television series, with Gaius Charles, Jonathan Higginbotham, Mahina Napoleon, Trey SantiagoHudson, and Charlie Solis co-starring.
Secretary of State Tahesha Way said the production required an "extraordinary array of challenging locations," but New Jersey was able to give the show's creative team just what they needed.
"This is proof, once again, that New Jersey is ‘Film Ready,’" Way said.
In all, AMC reported hiring 100 crew members and 1,100 cast members and extras for the filming of The Walking Dead: Dead City, spending over $72 million in New Jersey for labor, goods and services.
The six-episode season will premiere on Sunday, June 18 at 9 p.m. on AMC and AMC+. Watch a video of the trailer online here.
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Eric Kiefer "Much of the filming took place on the soundstage inside the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, formerly known as the Izod Center and once home to the New Jersey Devils and New Jersey Nets. Various North Jersey locations were used for filming of the series including 51 Port Terminal in Bayonne, the Mushroom Tunnels in Cedar Grove, the Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve, Kearny Warehouse in Kearny, The Ivy in Weehawken, Franklin Avenue in Midland Park, and at the Art Factory and in the City Hall area in Paterson. Interior and exterior shots of Hoboken Terminal and Union Dry Dock in Hoboken required the use of special equipment such as a techno crane, jib arm, 125-foot condor, 80-foot lift and two scissor lifts."