“The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon” is the fifth spin-off TV series from “The Walking Dead” franchise starring the character of the same name.
So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the post-apocalyptic horror show.
- The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon is an American post-apocalyptic horror drama television series
- It is created by David Zabel for AMC
- The series is based on The Walking Dead character of the same name
- It is the fifth spin-off
- It is the sixth overall television series in The Walking Dead franchise
- Sharing continuity with the other series
- It is set after the conclusion of the original The Walking Dead television series
- Norman Reedus reprises his role as Daryl Dixon from the original television series
- Alongside Clémence Poésy, Louis Puech Scigliuzzi, Laïka Blanc-Francard, Anne Charrier, Romain Levi and Adam Nagaitis in starring roles as new characters
- Development of the series began in September 2020 with the title of the series being announced in October 202
- Filming began in Paris that month
- With additional casting taking place starting in November
- The first season was originally planned to feature the character Carol Peletier
- She was written off due to logistical issues involving actress Melissa McBride
- However, it was reported in June 2023 that McBride would appear in the series in some capacity
- With her making a guest appearance in the first season’s finale
- The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon premiered on September 10, 2023
- The first season consists of six episodes
- In July 2023, ahead of the first season’s release, the series was renewed for a second season
- The second season will be subtitled The Book of Carol
- It will feature McBride returning as a series regular
- Daryl washes ashore in France and struggles to piece together how he got there and why
- France is the origin country of the zombie virus
- The series tracks his journey across a broken but resilient France as he hopes to find a way back home
- As he makes the journey, though, the connections he forms along the way complicate his ultimate plan
- The series was announced in September 2020 by Angela Kang and Scott M. Gimple. Reedus and McBride signed on to reprise their respective roles from the television series
- In April 2022, McBride exited the series due to logistical reasons as the show was set to film in mid-2022 in Europe and it wasn’t possible for McBride to be with the show with this setup
- The series was reworked as a sole Daryl project
- Days later, Kang had left the role of showrunner and was replaced by David Zabel
- The deal had reportedly been sealed in recent weeks before McBride’s exit from the show
- In October, the series was given the title Daryl Dixon
- In January 2023, it was announced that the series would be titled The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon and premiere later in 2023
- In September 2020, Kang was hired as showrunner after she had helmed the final three seasons of The Walking Dead.[10]
- In April 2022, Kang stepped down due to other commitments and Zabel took the role
- Scripts were already being written by this time but needed to be reworked following McBride’s departure
- In September, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Reedus explained that the series would be going an opposite direction from the main series having it being a completely different story from what we have already seen with Daryl
- The following month, Reedus said that there would be familiar faces from the main series in the spin-off
- In November 2022, Clémence Poésy and Adam Nagaitis were added to the main cast
- In February 2023, Anne Charrier, Eriq Ebanouey, Laïka Blanc-Francard, Romain Levi and Louis Puech Scigliuzzi were announced as additional cast members
- Actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan indicated in a tweet in June 2023 that Melissa McBride will return to portray Carol in some capacity
- At the 2023 New York Comic Con, McBride was confirmed to return for the second season
- As well as appearing the first season finale
- Principal photography began on October 24, 2022, in Paris, France
- Filming on the second season had begun in Europe
- Continuing during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike due to an agreement between AMC and SAG-AFTRA to continue filming on the series
- The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon has received critical acclaim from critics
- With several calling it the best Walking Dead content in years
- Although some noted its similarities to The Last of Us television series
- On Rotten Tomatoes, it has an approval rating of 81%
- Based on 37 reviews
- With an average rating of 7.2/10
- The website’s critics consensus is, “Centering Norman Reedus’ fan favorite character in a fresh setting, Daryl Dixon can be a wobbly shot across the crossbow but still gives The Walking Dead faithful plenty more to chew on”
- Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 70 out of 100
- Based on 14 critics
- Indicating “generally favorable reviews”
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