Video TV Review: THE WALKING DEAD: DEAD CITY: Season 1, Episode 1: Old Acquaintances [AMC, Tribeca 2023]

The Walking Dead: Dead City Old Acquaintances Review Video

AMC‘s The Walking Dead: Dead City: Season 1, Episode 1: Old Acquaintances video TV show review from the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival.

Cast and crew

The Walking Dead: Dead City trailer stars Lauren Cohan, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Gaius Charles, and Zeljko Ivanek.

“Eli Jorné, who has been a writer and co-executive producer on The Walking Dead for multiple seasons serves as showrunner and executive producer on the series, which is overseen by Scott M. Gimple, chief content officer of The Walking Dead Universe. Cohan and Morgan also serve as executive producers, along with Brian Bockrath.”

Series Plot Synopsis

The Walking Dead: Dead City‘s plot synopsis: “The Walking Dead: Dead City follows the popular Maggie (Cohan) and Negan (Morgan) characters traveling into a post-apocalyptic Manhattan, long ago cut off from the mainland.

The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made New York City their own world full of anarchy, danger, beauty, and terror. The series also stars Gaius Charles and Željko Ivanek, amongst others.”

On Tribeca Film Festival

The Tribeca Festival, presented by OKX, brings artists and diverse audiences together to celebrate storytelling in all its forms, including film, TV, music, audio storytelling, games, and XR. With strong roots in independent film, Tribeca is synonymous with creative expression and entertainment.

Tribeca champions emerging and established voices, discovers award-winning talent, curates innovative experiences, and introduces new ideas through exclusive premieres, exhibitions, conversations, and live performances.

The Festival was founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff in 2001 to spur the economic and cultural revitalization of lower Manhattan following the attacks on the World Trade Center.

The annual Tribeca Festival will celebrate its 22nd year from June 7–18, 2023 in New York City. In 2019, James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems bought a majority stake in Tribeca Enterprises, bringing together Rosenthal, De Niro, and Murdoch to grow the enterprise.

The 2023 features program includes 109 feature films from 127 filmmakers across 36 countries. The lineup includes 93 world premieres, one international premiere, eight North American premieres, one U.S. premiere, and six New York premieres.

There are 43 first-time directors and 29 directors returning to Tribeca with their latest projects. 41% (45) of all feature films are directed by women and, for the first time, more than half of competition feature films are directed by women at 68% (19).

Additionally, 36% (39) of feature films are directed by BIPOC filmmakers, including two indigenous filmmakers.

On this Review Video

The review for this video TV show review was written by FilmBookCast host Chris Banks and put together by FilmBook Editor-in-chief Rollo Tomasi.

The Review Video

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