It was an enormous night time for The Strolling Lifeless followers on Sunday (June 18), as not solely did AMC air the premiere of the Maggie and Negan spin-off Lifeless Metropolis and the midseason finale of Concern of the Strolling Lifeless, however they gave viewers their first glimpse of the upcoming Daryl Dixon sequence.

Within the 20-second trailer for The Strolling Lifeless: Daryl Dixon (under), we pan up from beneath the water to disclose a seemingly unconscious Daryl (Norman Reedus) laid out on prime of an overturned lifeboat drifting throughout the ocean. The clip additionally confirms that the sequence will premiere this fall.

In line with the present’s official synopsis, The Strolling Lifeless: Daryl Dixon will comply with Daryl as he washes ashore in France and struggles to piece collectively how he acquired there and why. The sequence tracks his journey throughout a damaged however resilient France as he hopes to discover a means again residence. As he makes the journey, although, the connections he varieties alongside the way in which complicate his final plan.

Daryl is about to be a fish out of water…

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“It’s going to be means completely different. The story’s means completely different. The characters are means completely different. There’s a special tone, there’s completely different mild, there’s a special sound. It’s an entire completely different vibe,” Reedus beforehand instructed Leisure Weekly in regards to the much-anticipated spinoff.

Along with Reedus, the forged additionally consists of Clémence Poésy (In Bruges) as Isabelle, Anne Charrier (The Final Lethal Mission) as Genet, Eriq Ebanouey (Fox Hunt) as Fallou, Laika Blanc Francard (My Night time) as Sylvie, Romain Levi (The Tunnel) as Codron, and Louis Puech Scigliuzzi as Laurent.

The spinoff was initially purported to characteristic Reedus’ Strolling Lifeless co-star Melissa McBride, who performed Daryl’s ride-or-die, Carol. Nonetheless, McBride exited the undertaking in April 2022.

On the time, an AMC spokesperson stated the choice was a logistical one primarily based on the sequence filming in France. “Relocating to Europe grew to become logistically untenable for Melissa right now,” the AMC rep stated. “We all know followers will likely be dissatisfied by this information, however The Strolling Lifeless Universe continues to develop and increase in attention-grabbing methods and we very a lot hope to see Carol once more within the close to future.”

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