The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead Daryl Dixon Season 2 Super-Sized Premiere Date

Cameron Bonomolo — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 17:05:00 +0000

How do you say "super-sized" in French? AMC Networks announced that The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - The Book of Carol, the upcoming second season of the France-set Walking Dead spinoff starring Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride, will premiere as part of a super-sized event on AMC and AMC+ on Sunday, Sept. 29th from 8pm ET/PT to 10pm ET/PT. The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - The Return, an hour-long special looking ahead to the new season, will precede the "La gentillesse des ?trangers" season premiere, which follows Reedus' Daryl and McBride's Carol on their separate journeys thousands of miles apart.

AMC+ subscribers will also have exclusive access to The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon at San Diego Comic-Con special -- featuring this year's Comic-Con panel with Reedus and McBride, where the network announced a season 3 renewal set and shot in Spain -- starting on Sept. 22nd.

The Walking Dead: Best of Daryl and The Walking Dead: Best of Carol, two custom collections featuring Daryl and Carol's best episodes from The Walking Dead, are exclusive to AMC+ and include the following episodes:

The Walking Dead: Best of Daryl

Daryl's Story: Best of Daryl Edition
Chupacabra: Best of Daryl Edition
Still: Best of Daryl Edition
The Cell: Best of Daryl Edition
The Obliged: Best of Daryl Edition
Acts of God: Best of Daryl Edition

The Walking Dead: Best of Carol

Carol's Story: Best of Carol Edition
Pretty Much Dead Already: Best of Carol Edition
The Grove: Best of Carol Edition
No Sanctuary: Best of Carol Edition
JSS: Best of Carol Edition
What's Been Lost: Best of Carol Edition

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon season 2 picks up where October's first season finale left off. Carol and Daryl both confront old demons while she fights to find her friend and he struggles with his decision to stay in France, causing tension at the Nest. Additionally, Genet's movement builds momentum, setting the Pouvoir on a violent collision course with the Union of Hope in the fight for France's future.

Along with series regulars Reedus and McBride, the new season stars Cl?mence Po?sy (Isabelle), Louis Puech Scigliuzzi (Laurent), Laika Blanc Francard (Sylvie), Anne Charrier (Madame Genet), Romain Levi (Codron), Eriq Ebouaney (Fallou), and Manish Dayal (Ash).

"We are so proud of these shows and incredibly grateful for the way this new chapter in The Walking Dead Universe has been embraced by the fans," said Dan McDermott, president of entertainment, AMC Studios for AMC Networks. "Sending Daryl, and then Carol, to France was such an inspired and visually striking move for this franchise, a chance to do something truly different. We can't wait to continue the travels of this iconic duo with a third season produced and set in Spain, another beautiful country with a passionate TWD fanbase that is already buzzing with anticipation."

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - The Book of Carol premieres Sunday, Sept. 29th on AMC and AMC+. Stay tuned to ComicBook/TWD and on Facebook for more TWD Universe coverage.

The Walking Dead Changed Negan's Name at the Last Minute

Cameron Bonomolo — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 01:19:00 +0000

The Walking Dead #95 marked the first time anyone uttered the name "Negan." While the bat-swinging Savior wouldn't appear in the flesh until issues later -- in the brains-bashing issue #100 -- the line was a hint of what was suggested by the title of volume 16: "A Larger World." But the name-dropping panel, which happens when Paul Monroe, a.k.a. Jesus, leads Rick Grimes' group to the Hilltop colony, underwent a last-minute alteration to change Negan's original name: "Naygus," inspired by the similarly-named Grand Nagus who lived in the Nagal Residence on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

"Negan, if in name only, is introduced in this issue," writer Robert Kirkman notes in The Cutting Room Floor feature included in The Walking Dead Deluxe #95. "It's cool seeing the characters mention him without him actually being introduced."

(Photo:

The Walking Dead Deluxe #95

- Image Comics)

Kirkman continued, "Originally he was named Naygus, but it turns out that's the leader of the Ferengi people from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. So his name was changed before it saw print, thankfully, when I realized I wasn't coming up with a cool sounding name from scratch as I thought, and was actually just recalling something that lived deep within the recesses of my superhero, horror, and sci-fi addled brain."

The colorized reprint isn't the first time Kirkman disclosed this tidbit of Walking Dead trivia. (If anyone ever asks, "What was Negan originally named in The Walking Dead?" Now you know the answer.)

On a 2016 episode of Talking Dead, Kirkman explained he "wanted the name to sound negative in some way, so I was calling him 'Naygus' for a long time, which is just a word I thought I pulled from thin air." After realizing "Nagus" was a Star Trek term, however, Kirkman recalled, 'I can't call him Nagus. So then I was like, 'Okay, Negan. That sounds fine.'"

The Walking Dead Deluxe #95 is on sale now from Image Comics.

The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live Blu-Ray and DVD Gets Release Date

Cameron Bonomolo — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 18:45:00 +0000

Rick and Michonne are coming home. AMC announced that it will release The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live in a two-disc Blu-ray steelbook set, which contains all six episodes of the hit series reuniting Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and Michonne (Danai Gurira). The RLJE Films release will be available to own on both Blu-ray and DVD and includes a limited-edition collectible CRM embroidered patch -- a replica of the Civic Republic Military consignee badge worn by Rick and Michonne on the Walking Dead spinoff -- exclusive to the steelbook version.

The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live will make its disc debut on September 10th with special features, including a preview and the hour-long making-of AMC special Show Me More: The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live. The Blu-ray steelbook (priced at $29.99) and the DVD version ($23.99) are available for pre-order on Amazon.

The Ones Who Live presents the epic love story of two iconic characters changed by a changed world. Kept apart by distance, by an unimaginable power, and by the ghosts of who they once were, Rick (Lincoln) and Michonne (Gurira) are thrown into a dangerous new land, built on a war against the dead and ultimately, a war against the living. Despite new threats unlike they've ever seen, Rick and Michonne will stop at nothing to find each other and together, fight their way home.

Lincoln and Gurira co-created and executive produced the limited series with showrunner and Walking Dead Universe chief content officer Scott M. Gimple. Along with the long-awaited reunion between the couple -- who were separated when Rick was helicoptered away in season 9 of The Walking Dead in 2018 -- the spinoff featured the return of Jadis (Pollyanna McIntosh) and introduced new characters Pearl Thorne (Lesley-Ann Brandt), Lt. Col. Donald Okafor (Craig Tate), fan-favorite Nat (Matthew August Jeffers), and CRM Major General Beale (Terry O'Quinn).

The show's "Years" premiere set an all-time viewership record for streamer AMC+ and debuted as the #1 cable drama premiere of the 2023/2024 television season in key demos when the Rick-centric first episode aired in February on AMC and AMC+. The episode delivered nearly three million premiere night viewers in Nielsen live+3 ratings -- the biggest premiere night audience for a new AMC series since 2018.

All six episodes are currently available to stream on AMC+ and via Sky's NOW in the U.K.; The Ones Who Live will join other Walking Dead spinoffs on Netflix starting in January 2025.

Alien Romulus Review & D23 Recap

Kofi Outlaw — Sat, 17 Aug 2024 19:25:00 +0000

The ComicBook Nation crew looks back on the entire Alien movie franchise as they review Alien: Romulus. There's also a recap of D23's biggest reveals for Marvel, Star Wars, Disney, and Pixar!

PLUS: Is Rick and Morty: The Anime the best of both worlds? Finally, "Matt's Agenda" Includes Gaming news for Dragon Age, Big Comics reveals, and MORE!

Alien: Romulus Review

(Photo: 20th Century Studios)

ComicBook Nation host Kofi Outlaw didn't love Alien: Romulus' heavy reliance on franchise nostalgia, giving it 2.5. out of 5 stars in his review:

Alien: Romulus should be a big step forward for the franchise, but instead it's just a long look backward. It also may be the final proof needed that only Ridley Scott knows the core of what makes Alien a classic horror tale, and may be the only one suited to move things forward.

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The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live Was Inspired by This Comic Line

Cameron Bonomolo — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 18:55:00 +0000

"We're the ones that live, Rick," Andrea told Rick Grimes in issue #94 of The Walking Dead comic book. "We're the ones who survive... time after time, it's us." The 2012 issue of Robert Kirkman's zombie comic inspired a season 5 episode of the AMC television series, where it was Andrew Lincoln's Rick who first said the line "we're the ones who live." In turn, the phrase repeated by Rick and Danai Gurira's Michonne inspired the title of their spinoff series, The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live.

"This issue also features Andrea's line, 'We're the ones that live.' Which I believe eventually evolved into 'We don't die' if I'm not mistaken," Kirkman writes in this week's Walking Dead Deluxe #94, a reprint presenting the issue in full color for the first time. "It sealed the bond for these two characters and really solidified their connection."

Part of Volume 16: A Larger World, the issue sees Alexandrians Rick, Andrea, Michonne, and Glenn joining Jesus on a trip to the Hilltop community. (It was around this point that the Rick/Michonne coupling became Richonne official on the TV show -- a romantic development that almost happened in the comics.)

"As Andrea's storyline got adapted to Michonne in the TV series" following her TV counterpart's premature death in season 3, Kirkman adds, "that line was also the inspiration for the spin-off show titled The Ones Who Live."

"They went with the more grammatically correct choice, a decision I cannot abide," Kirkman joked. "Shame on them."

"It was always this phrase that was pretty wild," showrunner Scott M. Gimple previously told Entertainment Weekly of The Ones Who Live title. "As much as there were so many people dying and being able to say, 'We're the ones who live.' But I never took it as just applying to the living people, because that seemed a little much to be like, 'Hey, we're the ones that live, too bad about all those people we love.'"

"No, to me, it felt like there's a continuum of a relationship and love that cannot be extinguished," Gimple explained. "And that is what is forged in this hell that we've lived through together. And the triumphant thing is that we forever lived through each other and beyond. That, to me, seems the message of the whole thing."

The Walking Dead Deluxe #94 is on sale now from Image Comics.

Deadpool & Wolverine Discussion, Comic-Con Recap (ComicBook Nation)

Kofi Outlaw — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 16:03:00 +0000

The ComicBook Nation crew gives a spoiler-free review of Deadpool & Wolverine, and then dips into all of the breaking news from San Diego Comic-Con so far! We also review Kite Man: Hell Yeah! And then talk Transformers, Joker 2, Absolute Power, and comics, along with a preview of this year's Gen Con!

PLUS: Two Bonus Episodes - one LIVE from Comic-Con! ComicBook Nation host Kofi Outlaw teams with Phase Zero hosts Brandon Davis and Jenna Anderson, and ComicBook.com's Chris Killian to break down the biggest reveals, wild happenings, and crazy behind-the-scenes stories from Thursday and Friday at San Diego Comic-Con!

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Deadpool & Wolverine Review

Phase Zero host Jenna Anderson said this in her 4.5. out of 5-star Deadpool & Wolverine Review:

Amid the never-ending conversation around superhero fatigue, too many spoilers, and not enough effective storytelling, it feels rare to be truly surprised by a new superhero adaptation. Deadpool & Wolverine is such a pleasant surprise - both in its jaw-dropping elements and in the sentimental reason for those elements even existing - that it almost feels like a miracle. The movie's handful of flaws are outweighed by its pure blockbuster storytelling and the gleeful rapport of its two protagonists. Through its no-holds-barred execution and the wildly entertaining performances of its ensemble cast, Deadpool & Wolverine serves as the most unlikely reminder of why we care about superhero movies in the first place.

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