2023-10-28 12:17:20
The end of the great success that ‘The Walking Dead’ has been for eleven seasons has been used to plant the seeds for a series of sequels starring its most important characters to continue keeping the zombie business at full capacity. The best of all has been ‘Daryl Dixon’, starring one of the most popular characters in the saga created by Robert Kirkman.
Daryl Dixon appears in a place like France, very far from his usual surroundings, to begin his particular pilgrimage for reasons that we will learn about. The result has been excellent thanks to the fact that the new oxygen of the French air has been wonderful for it, becoming the best series in that zombie universe since the initial season of ‘The Walking Dead’.
The plot. ‘Daryl Dixon’ is presented from the first as a double mystery, firstly knowing how Daryl ended up floating on the French coast, something that the viewer does not know, but that little by little will be revealed in flashbacks of Daryl’s past in the United States. USA
Secondly, we have his French odyssey, with a language he does not know, so he needs to find people who can communicate in English with him to try to reach a French port where he can embark back to America.
‘Daryl Dixon’ achieves from the first moment an independence and a narrative force that was greatly lacking in the franchise, by taking us hand in hand with Daryl Dixon through unknown terrain in which we will discover variations of zombies of all kinds as we Daryl progresses through French territory.
His arrival in an isolated religious community allows him to find a basis to understand what is happening in France and to continue his journey with the help of Isabelle, a nun with a turbulent past and above all with the presence of Laurent, a young teenager, who may play a key role in the future of the human race.
In France not only do you have to face zombies but there are also armed groups fighting for control of scarce resources, so Daryl is going to quickly take sides to defend his new friends from all these outside threats.
‘Daryl Dixon’ very cleverly uses the seed they planted at the end of the horrible sequel ‘World Beyond’ with a post-credits scene that said that the origin of the zombie virus was in a French laboratory, so this French trip is directly related to the creation of the virus, a taboo subject in the series and the original comic.
‘Daryl Dixon’ will have a 2T, with the confirmed incentive of the return of Carol Pelletier’s great character to continue interacting with Daryl Dixon.
Creators. The end of the flagship ‘The Walking Dead’ was the starting point for various sequels focused on the most popular characters, such as Daryl Dixon and Carol Pelletier. The initial idea was to send them together to France, the origin of the virus, but logistical problems for actress Melissa McBride in filming in France forced her to focus exclusively on Daryl Dixon.
The Walking Dead. Daryl Dixon
Platform: AMC+ (E)
Season: September 2023
Episodes: 6 of 60 minutes
Creator: David Zabel
Protagonists: Norman Reedus, Clémence Poésy
The person in charge of creating the sequel was David Zabel, a veteran screenwriter who spent many years as showrunner of ‘ER’ and who has found the right key in both rhythm and character development to create a great story.
Protagonist. Norman Reedus is the only original character from ‘The Walking Dead’ who has not left the series at any time, and in this transfer to France his character is much more insecure and doubtful than in the US, which makes him much more vulnerable and greatly enriches one of the series’ fan-favorite characters.
The brilliant Cleménce Poésy (‘The Tunnel’) is the French actress who plays Isabelle, the nun and main collaborator of Daryl Dixon on his French journey, being a key character in understanding the evolution of the zombie plague from the exact moment in which that the virus began to spread in Paris.
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