Daryl Dixon’ Season 2 Trailer Debuts at Comedian-Con 2024

Norman Reedus is returning, and this time Melissa McBride is by his aspect!

On Friday, July 27, AMC revealed a model new trailer for season 2 of The Strolling Lifeless: Daryl Dixon—The E-book of Carol at San Diego Comedian-Con 2024. And, a lot to followers’ delight, the trailer noticed Reedus, 55, and McBride, 59, collectively on display for the primary time for the reason that unique sequence wrapped after 11 seasons in 2022.

The reunion of dynamic duo Daryl Dixon (Reedus) and Carol Peletier (McBride) — who first stole hearts with their unlikely, slow-burn friendship within the unique present — was a long-time coming, as McBride was really alleged to star in Daryl Dixon from the get-go.

Amongst photographs of him wandering the French countryside and dispelling rumors about his loss of life, Daryl admits, “I do not know if that is the place the place I am alleged to be.”

Carol, then again, is “searching for a pal” and enlists the assistance of one other kindred spirit so as to find Daryl, her lengthy misplaced companion.

“We’re speaking about flying a airplane throughout the ocean,” her pal sighs incredulously.

With France in her sights, she units out to make the journey till she will get surrounded by walkers who creep out of the wooden work. After smashing heads and working for the airplane that may take her overseas, she places on her headset and flys into the unknown whereas Daryl contemplates returning to America.

The trailer then options photographs of the Lourve Museum in ruins, Carol getting attacked by camouflaged walkers and Daryl flexing his fight prowess and taking down a staff of troopers.

As he kills his fair proportion of zombies and dodges mines, Daryl admits he retains “fascinated by the individuals I left behind” and “questioning in the event that they’re fascinated by me.” Finally, a mysterious determine who intently resembles Carol comes up behind him.

AMC first introduced that McBride wouldn’t be starring within the apocalypse spinoff in April 2022, over a yr earlier than its September 2023 premiere, stating that “relocating to Europe turned logistically untenable for Melissa at the moment.” However in October 2023, at New York Comedian-Con, the community confirmed that McBride could be becoming a member of The Strolling Lifeless: Daryl Dixon—The E-book of Carol in an everyday function for season 2.

Per an official synopsis for the present, The Strolling Lifeless: Daryl Dixon – The E-book of Carol “picks up the place season 1 left off, following fan-favorite characters Daryl Dixon (Reedus) and Carol Peletier (McBride). They each confront outdated demons whereas she fights to search out her pal and he struggles along with his choice to remain in France, inflicting stress on the Nest. Moreover, Genet (Anne Charrier)’s motion builds momentum, setting Pouvoir on a violent collision course with the Union of Hope within the battle for France’s future.”

In the course of the 2024 Comedian-Con panel in San Diego — which featured Reedus and McBride in addition to forged member Louis Puech Scigliuzzi, showrunner David Zabel and government producer and director Greg Nicotero — Reedus introduced that The Strolling Lifeless: Daryl Dixon — The E-book of Carol had been renewed for a 3rd season and could be persevering with Dixon’s story in Spain.

Manufacturing of season 3 is scheduled to start subsequent month and shall be based mostly in Madrid, together with in depth location capturing deliberate within the Galicia, Aragon, Catalonia and Valencia areas.

Although Reedus joked that “you would be filming in Costa Rica if I had my method,” he mentioned, “Spain is superior and we choose up the place we left off.”

“It is attention-grabbing capturing this present exterior of Georgia, and the way in which that we filmed it for thus lengthy,” he admitted, noting how The Strolling Lifeless crew has been coming to San Diego Comedian-Con for 13 years. “It turns into big machine. We kind of picked up these two characters and David put them in a spot, and we recreated the world round these characters.”

He additionally opened up about how excited he was for McBride’s return to TWD universe and confessed that he “could not watch for Melissa to indicate up” to reconcile the 2 “companions in crime.”

“To observe Melissa come to Europe and kick ass … that is been an actual pleasure for me to look at,” he mentioned.

In line with the community, season 3 is about to comply with Carol and Daryl “as they proceed their journey in the direction of residence and those they love. As they wrestle to search out their method again, the trail takes them farther astray, main them by way of distant lands with ever-changing and unfamiliar situations as they witness the assorted results of the Walker apocalypse.”

Within the press launch, Reedus raved about his partnership with McBride, saying: “I couldn’t be extra thrilled to announce a 3rd season and to be working aspect by aspect with the sensible Melissa McBride. Season two is a few of my favourite storytelling of this sequence. Watching Melissa shine together with our sensible forged and crew has been one in all my fondest recollections enjoying this character. I hope you get pleasure from it as a lot as we did making it and we are able to’t wait to maintain the story going.”

McBride echoed her costar, saying in her personal assertion: “I’m actually appreciating the brand new challenges for Daryl and Carol being so removed from all they’ve ever recognized… what it means for them, what it brings for every of them, aside and collectively. There’s nonetheless a lot forward to unpack in France for the approaching season 2, and a wide ranging finale. And now Spain! I already know that David Zabel’s storytelling is benefiting from all that’s so lovely and distinctive to Spain. We begin capturing there in just some weeks… such pleasure trying ahead!”

Elsewhere within the Comedian-Con panel on July 26, Zabel revealed that The Resident alum, Manish Dayal, wouldn’t solely be becoming a member of the forged however would even be an integral a part of the second installment.

“We get to deepen loads of the characters who’re solely evenly launched in season one, however one new character who’s very essential is a personality named Ash, performed by Manish Dayal, who’s from the present The Resident. And he is fabulous… And he performs a personality that, for causes that, if that is potential, is each altruistic and self serving, [and who] Carol turns into pleasant with and varieties a bond with.”

“When she meets him, he is kind of holed up, dwelling like a hermit in what was his summer time residence in Maine. And the story kind of goes from there as Carol encounters it.”

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The Strolling Lifeless: Daryl Dixon—The E-book of Carol is about to premiere on Sept. 29 on AMC and AMC+.