The Walking Dead: World Beyond Second and Final Season Now in Production Production has started on the second and final season of Walking Dead spin-off will consist of another ten episodes under returning showrunner Matthew Negrete, who co-created the series with Scott Gimple. World Beyond's first season, about a group of younger zombie apocalypse survivors who embark on a cross-country quest from Nebraska to New York, filmed throughout Central Virginia, including locations in Richmond and Hopewell. Filming returns to Richmond for Season 2, where the stories of Hope (Alexa Mansour), Iris (Aliyah Royale), Elton (Nicolas Cantu), and Silas (Hal Cumpston) are far from over.