After dying in the emotional season 2 finale of Primal, it seems Spear will return as a zombie in Primal season 3.
The shocking reveal was unleashed at New York Comic-Con this past weekend, along with a first look at the continuation of the award-winning adult animation series.
In a previous interview, series creator Genndy Tartakovsky teased, "It's a new level. Everything that we did in the first season, we upped a bit in the second season, and the third season is even more. I can't say anything without giving everything away, but it's just more, and it's shocking, and it's unstoppable. At some point, you're like, 'I can't believe I'm watching this.' "
He added, "Quality-wise, animation-wise, story-wise, emotionally, I don't want to oversell it, but rarely have I been proud of a project like this. At the end of the day, we'll have these 30 episodes, and thinking back to Dexter and Powerpuff Girls and even Samurai Jack, how much our quality wavered just because of the process and everything, this is just so solid. And to have 30 solid, incredible [episodes] for a modest budget, I'm really proud of it."
In a more recent interview, Tartakovsky divulged on his change of heart regarding season 3 of Primal being an anthology series, instead opting to focus on a Zombie Spear story.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Tartakovsky shared, "Yeah! He's a zombie. I'm not gonna talk about how he became one. We'll obviously reveal it in the show. I finished the [season 2] story and I was moving on. Then I started to have second thoughts. I just spent 20 episodes having people care, and then I kill off the main character, which is okay, but then, what are my options?"
He went on to share that something felt off about continuing to work on the show as an anthology concept. "The other stuff I was doing wasn't feeling quite right, maybe because I hadn't finished the story. And because we had that "Plague of Madness" episode in the first season where it was a zombie dinosaur, this is part of our world. It's pulp. It's the ultimate pulpy thing, the undead."
As evidenced by the teaser trailer, even though Spear is now a zombie, the third season will still maintain the show's trademark visceral violence, dialogue-free storytelling and award-winning sound design.
In terms of the questions that remain, Tartakovsky was vague on what transpires in season 3, but confirmed that the children of Spear and Fang will also appear and play a significant role.
Stay tuned to Toonado for future updates as we look forward to the confirmation of an exact release date for Primal season 3's January 2026 premiere.