The Walking Dead Star Now Has A Perfect Franchise Replacement After Their Character Was Unfairly Killed Off In 2024

Cleménce Poésy is no stranger to big franchises and adaptations, playing Fleur Delacour in the Harry Potter ​​​​​​franchise and Isabelle in The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon. After her work in season 2 of Daryl Dixon, Poésy has been cast in Neuromancer, Apple TV+'s newly announced adaptation. Led by Callum Turner, the series is based on William Gibson's novel of the same name, following a hacker who gets drawn into a world of espionage. Slated for ten episodes, the series will hopefully release late 2025 or early 2026.

Most production details surrounding Neuromancer have been kept under wraps. The adaptation of the 1984 novel has begun filming, with Callum Turner praising the Neuromancer script and casting updates being announced. Currently, Turner, Poésy, Brianna Middleton, Joseph Lee, and Mark Strong are all officially attached to the project. Poésy has been announced to play Marie-France Tessier, an information broker and relays important info to Turner's Case.

Cleménce Poésy's Neuromancer Is A Perfect TWD Replacement After Daryl Dixon Season 2 Killed Off Isabelle

Poésy Replaces An Old Franchise With A New One

In 2022, Clémence Poésy was announced as part of Daryl Dixon's cast, joining the TWD universe. At that point, the Walking Dead franchise had three TV shows and been on air for 12 years. With the main show ending, Poésy was joining at an uncertain time for a franchise that was banking on several spinoffs to succeed. With Isabelle dying in season 2, however, Poésy is able to move on to other projects, like Neuromancer. While her character didn't have a major role in the original novel, there are also two sequel novels, paving the way for the upcoming show to span several seasons.

Neuromancer was largely credited with saving the cyberpunk genre, becoming a very important piece of literature. Apple TV+ has shown that it is dedicated to bringing science-fiction works to the screen properly, with The Foundation being a stellar example. After several studios tried and failed to get a Neuromancer adaptation to see the light of day, Apple TV+ seems to have cracked the code, finally bringing the classic cyberpunk story to life.

Why Daryl Dixon Season 2 Was Wrong To Kill Off Cleménce Poésy's Isabelle

Isabelle and Daryl Deserved More Time Together

Throughout The Walking Dead, Daryl is shown to have many female friends, but only had a relationship with one: Leah. Despite questions about Daryl's relationship with Carol being romantic love in The Walking Dead, his only established relationship was with Leah. It didn't last very long, with Daryl struggling to choose between her and his community and Leah eventually dying. Isabelle was Daryl's first relationship since, allowing the character to move on. Isabelle even told Daryl she loved him in season 2, giving him a serious relationship for the first time.

Isabelle's death in The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon felt lackluster, with Losang stabbing her and leaving her to bleed out. Despite getting a chance to say goodbye to Daryl, her death didn't seem to affect Daryl that much, with the character quickly moving on to protecting Laurent. Killing her off ends any chance of Daryl being happy with her and feels like a waste of her character. Despite her dying to protect Laurent, her demise felt rushed and could've had a more serious impact in future episodes. Hopefully, her new role in Neuromancer will handle her character in a fairer fashion.