The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon season 3 changes location and adds new cast members
By Renee Hansen
The highly anticipated debut of season 2 of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - The Book of Carol is coming soon. Fans eagerly await the continued story of Daryl's (Norman Reedus) adventures in France and the return of Carol Peletier (Melissa McBride) in the upcoming season. AMC and AMC+ will premiere season 2 on Sunday, September 29, at 9 p.m. ET. While this is exciting news, the renewal of the series for a third season is also a trending topic.
Production for the third season of Daryl Dixon began in August and the third installment of the series bring about many changes. The first of these is the filming location and setting for the story will be in Spain. Filming will take place in and around Madrid in Galicia, Aragón, Catalonia and Valencia regions. This will allow the series to further expansion of The Walking Dead universe which is the first to take the story overseas.
Season three will follow Carol and Daryl in their efforts to return home. Their travels will take them to foreign lands, giving a broader view the effects of the apocalypse has had around the world. The path they take sees the duo experience many struggles and leads them further astray.
The third season will debut in 2025 with David Zabel continuing as showrunner and exective producing with Scott M. Gimple, Reedus, McBride, Greg Nicotero, Brian Bockrath, Angela Kang, Jason Richman, Dan Percival and Steve Squillante. This season Silvia Aráez and Jesús de la Vega from Ánima Stillking join as executive producers.
Daryl Dixon season 3 new cast
This week AMC announced new cast members for the third season of Daryl Dixon in FesTVal, a national television festival celebrated annually in the city of Vitoria in Spain.
- Eduardo Noriega - a Spanish actor and two-time nominee for Best Actor in the Goya Awards who is known for his roles in Thesis, Open Your Eyes, The Wolf, The Devil’s Backbone and Vantage Point.
- Óscar Jaenada - Award-winning Spanish actor known for his roles in Camarón: When Flamenco Became Legend, for which he won the Goya Award for Best Actor, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Luis Miguel, Hernán and Cantinflas, for which he won the Platino Award for Best Actor.
- Alexandra Masangkay
- Hugo Arbués - an actor who has made a name for himself through his performances in The Warning and Through My Window and Madres. Amor y vida and Cathedral of the Sea.
- Candela Saitta - an Argentine actress well known for Máxima, El primero de nosotros, and Último primer día, for which she was nominated for Best Actress in the Produ Awards.
is a Spanish actress who made her film debut in 1898: The Last of the Philippines and The Platform, and her stand-out performances in Código Emperador and, most recently, Valley of Shadows.
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