The Walking Dead's Greg Nicotero reveals if The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon season 3 will introduce Rick's forgotten family member from the comics. Daryl Dixon season 3 will see Daryl and Carol surviving in Spain. While they'll encounter new faces, the country was also featured in The Walking Dead: The Alien, a spinoff comic focused on Jeffrey Grimes, Rick's brother.
In an interview with ScreenRant's Ash Crossan during San Diego Comic-Con, Nicotero revealed Rick's brother had been talked about while developing Daryl Dixon season 3. However, the executive producer explained there hasn't "been any real interest" in seeing him appear yet. However, he doesn't rule out the possibility in the future. Check out what Nicotero had to say below:
Ash Crossan: The Walking Dead Universe is vast, and I feel like honestly a staple of Comic-Con, like every elevator I've gotten in for the last 13 years, there's a walker in there. But there is a comic that talks about Rick's brother and he's in Spain. Have you thought about where he's at and whether that could ever happen?
Greg Nicotero: It has come up in discussions. I think that the intention always was to keep Daryl sort of pure, while still sort of alluding to the other people that are out there every once in a while, like with Carol, when we brought Carol in on season 2. But I don't believe that there's been any real interest in that as of yet. But you never know. I mean, like you said, The Walking Dead universe is vast, and I think the goal really is to continue to explore it, but you always need to keep those threads alive.