The president of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, said that the filming of ‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’ in Ciudad de la Luz ” consolidates the position of the Alicante film complex as one of the best studios in the world.”
This was stated after visiting the facilities in Ciudad de la Luz 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 Ánima Stillking, Silvia Araez, Tate Áraez, the location supervisor for the series, and the regional minister for Innovation, Industry, Trade and Tourism, Nuria Montes.
Carlos Mazón highlighted the reactivation of the studios and the potential of the complex to attract major national and international productions “with modern and innovative facilities that perfectly combine sets, exteriors and water areas”, while noting the efforts of the Consell to turn Ciudad de la Luz “into a benchmark in the film industry”.
He announced that some scenes from the series will be filmed in the toilet tank of the Alicante complex and that the shoot will last around 10 days in Ciudad de la Luz.
He said that “scenes of great interest due to their special and visual effects are filmed in our water tank, as it is one of the few facilities in the world that allows filming of this type of scenes.”
He also stressed that an average of 100 people work on a daily basis in the Alicante studios for the filming, a figure that reaches around 250 people at the time of filming and 20 companies from the area have been hired “which represents a significant economic impact for the province, its productive sectors and the audiovisual industry, as well as the promotion of tourism in our territory.”
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.
