The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon season 3 release date speculation and news
The duo are leaving France for their next chapter
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon season 3 release date speculation and news
The duo are leaving France for their next chapter.
Daryl and Carol sit next to each other, looking downtrodden
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David Craig, Louise Griffin
Published: Friday, 14 February 2025 at 1:36 pm
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Daryl Dixon season 3 has officially wrapped production!
Norman Reedus’s character has become one of the most important and best loved characters in the whole of The Walking Dead universe, with his spin-off series proving wildly popular – especially after his long-awaited reunion with Melissa McBride’s Carol in season 2’s The Book of Carol.
Plus, we now have a release date window, a teaser, and a first look at Stephen Merchant, who will be making his The Walking Dead debut in the new instalment.
Here’s everything we know so far about the upcoming episodes, following season 2’s finale.
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon season 3 release date speculation
We’d expect Daryl Dixon season 3 to land in autumn 2025. It’s definitely coming sometime this year, with AMC confirming a 2025 release window – we just don’t have a specific release date just yet.
While this is a release window specifically for AMC in the US, season 2 has been airing four days behind the US on Sky and NOW in the UK – so we’d expect season 3 to follow suit (although this hasn’t been confirmed yet).
What we do know is that production has officially wrapped!
The official social media accounts for The Walking Dead shared a couple of behind-the-scenes pictures, with the caption: “Season 3 production has officially wrapped! From France to Spain, the journey continues… and we’re getting closer.”
Indeed, Daryl Dixon was back on our screens with season 2 less than a year after the season 1 finale, with the abbreviated six-episode run helping to keep the show on an annual schedule. If all goes to plan, it seems likely that the spin-off will stick to this path.
Daryl Dixon was renewed for a third season in July 2024 and has been filming in Galicia, Aragón, Catalonia and Valencia in Spain.
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon season 3 cast
After largely sitting out the first season (besides one guest appearance), it has been confirmed that Melissa McBride will be returning as Carol for season 3, alongside Norman Reedus as the titular fan favourite Daryl Dixon.
The show will be welcoming some new faces as it changes location, with comedy icon Stephen Merchant being the most high-profile name to join the Daryl Dixon cast.
Stephen Merchant in The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon season 3 with a backpack and gun
Stephen Merchant in The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon season 3. AMC
While best known for the likes of Extras and The Outlaws, Merchant has taken on dramatic roles before in gritty Marvel blockbuster Logan and BBC One’s hard-hitting true crime drama Four Lives.
#DarylDixon Season 3 production has officially wrapped! 🎬 From France to Spain, the journey continues… and we’re getting closer. 👀 pic.twitter.com/ecsfqNN3Iv
— The Walking Dead (@WalkingDead_AMC) February 13, 2025
Fitting with its new locale, the show has also cast a number of Spanish actors for regular season 3 roles, including Eduardo Noriega (The Devil’s Backbone), Oscar Jaenada (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) and Alexandra Masangkay (The Platform).
Meanwhile, up-and-comers Candela Saitta and Hugo Arbues will have recurring roles in the next set of episodes.
Their journey continues. Together.
Daryl and Carol return in a new season of #DarylDixon coming 2025 exclusively on AMC and AMC+. pic.twitter.com/jVtlfCEtmY
— The Walking Dead (@WalkingDead_AMC) November 4, 2024
What could The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon season 3 be about?
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon season 3 will see Daryl and Carol leave post-apocalyptic France behind as they make the journey to Spain, where they hope to find more survivors and a viable path home.
A teaser for the new season shows the pair of them traversing different regions of Spain, with Daryl saying, “I was ready to give up. I thought it was all over,” as Carol answers, “You and me both.”
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon season 3 is coming soon. Watch seasons 1-2 on Sky and NOW.
