After 11 seasons, AMC took its flagship show “The Walking Dead” to France for a spinoff, “Daryl Dixon,” and spent 160 days filming season 1 and 2 across the country, from Mont-Saint-Michel to the Louvre museum, shepherded by a pair of line producers, Raphael Benoliel (“Emily in Paris,””The Killer”) and Augustin de Belloy .

Speaking on a panel at the Deauville American Film Festival’s Industry Encounters event, Benoliel and de Belloy shared anecdotes about the shoot which marked AMC’s first time filming an entire series in Europe.

The U.S. network, which launched season 3 of “ The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon ” on Monday and is prepping season 4, was initially thinking of coming to France to shoot a few exteriors.

“‘The Walking Dead’ is really a tentpole in the U.S., so AMC wanted to

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