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Carlos Mazón: "The filming of 'The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon' in City of Light confirms and consolidates its position as one of the best studios in the world"

 

 

• An average of 100 people work daily in the Alicante studios and 20 companies from the area have been hired "which means a significant economic impact for the province, its productive sectors and the audio visual industry"
• It highlights the potential of the complex to attract large productions on a national and international scale and underlines the reactivation of the studios
• The president has visited the filming of the third season of this popular series that will film several scenes for 10 days in the Alicante cinema complex

The president of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, has emphasized that the filming of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon in Ciutat de la Llum "accredits and consolidates the position of the Alicante cinema complex as one of the best studios in the world".

This is what he pointed out after visiting the facilities of Ciutat de la Llum where part of the third season of the popular series, starring Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) and Carol Peletier (Melissa McBride) is currently being filmed. . The president was accompanied by the international producer of the series, Steven Squillante; the Spanish producer of Anima Stillking, Silvia Áraez; Tate Áraez supervisor of locations for the series, and the Minister of Innovation, Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Nuria Montes.

Carlos Mazón has thanked the producers of the series for choosing the Alicante studios as one of the locations to film several scenes of the third season.

In this sense, he has made use of the reactivation of the studios and the potential of the complex to attract large productions on a national and international scale "with modern and innovative facilities that perfectly combine sets, exteriors and water areas". at the same time that he highlighted the Council's effort to turn the City of Light "into a benchmark in the film industry".

The president has advanced that some scenes of the series will be filmed in the water tank of the Alicante complex and the filming will be extended in the City of Light for around 10 days.

On this subject, he pointed out that "scenes of great interest for their special and visual effects are filmed in our water tank, since it is one of the few facilities in the world that allows this type of scenes to be filmed ".

In addition, he emphasized that for the filming an average of 100 people work daily in the Alicante studios, a figure that reaches around 250 people at the time of filming and 20 companies from the area have been hired, "which means a important economic impact for the province, its productive sectors and the audiovisual industry, in addition to the tourism promotion of our territory".

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
The production of the third season of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon is based in Madrid and will extend to locations in Galicia, Aragon, Catalonia and the Valencian Community.

It will be released in 2025 and is produced by Scott M. Gimple, creator producer David Zabel, Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Greg Nicotero, Brian Bockrath, Angela Kang, Jason Richman, Dan Percival and Steve Squillante, in addition to Silvia Áraez and Jesús de la Vega, who also serve as executive producers this season. Peregrinos SP24 provides production services in Spain for the third season.

The third season follows Daryl Dixon and Carol Peletier as they continue their journey back home and reunited with their loved ones. In their struggle to find their way, the journey leads them further astray and takes them to distant lands of adverse conditions and constant change, and they witness the various effects of the walker apocalypse.