"Who?" is a short film and long-form commercial for AMC's The Walking Dead produced by Fox Premium Latin America.
Synopsis
A down-on-his-luck hitman hired to assassinate Norman Reedus from AMC's The Walking Dead.
Plot
A man named Michael is playing sudoku, when the lights go out. Michael looks over his electric bill and finds it is past due. He then goes to sleep that night in the dark.
The next morning, while working his job at the dry cleaners, Michael gets a call from a man and meets them at a diner. The dealer hires him to assassinate Norman Reedus from The Walking Dead, with the reasoning being his wife portrays a zombie extra in the show and has been trying to eat Daryl since season one, leading him to believe that she's in love with him. He offers Michael $40,000 and his car to do the job.
Michael drives to Mexico, where Norman will be having a fan premiere in one week. In order to prepare, he binge watches The Walking Dead. At first, he is disinterested, even falling asleep during the beginning, but after Reedus' character Daryl comes on screen, he slowly starts to become invested in the series.
Michael begins prepping for the assassination, planning his position and buying a sniper rifle, however he also takes a Daryl coat pin and a miniature crossbow. Michael then goes to a hotel where he finds Norman signing autographs for fans. He follows him to the bathroom and has a friendly interaction with him.
After getting emotional from watching Daryl's emotional breakdown in "Coda", Michael prepares the next morning to take out Norman. He heads to the vantage point and aims his rifle at Norman as he steps out of vehicle, however when Norman looks back at him, he can't bring himself to pull the trigger.
He meets with the dealer at the diner and refuses to do the hit, handing him back his money and keys and shoots the dealer in the foot with the mini crossbow he bought, warning him to stay away from Daryl Dixon.
Other Cast
Uncredited
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Trivia
- Darin Cooper previously portrayed Wade in "Always Accountable" in Season 6 of the TV Series.
- In the comments of the short film, Cooper revealed Scott Gimple promised to bring him back in Season 7, but this didn't end up happening.[1]
- As Michael leaves the dinner after shooting the dealer in the foot, he says the line "waste of an arrow", a line Daryl said to Andrea in "Save the Last One".
- This film won two Lion Awards at the Cannes International Film Festival in the advertising division.
- There exists two versions of this short film, one normal and one extended. The extended version adds one full minute and has some slight changes.[2]
- There is an additional scene of Michael playing sudoku.
- The scene of Michael looking at his past due electric bill is shot differently and he has a slightly different reaction.
- The music used in several scenes is different.
- The opening logo is different.
- There is an additional scene of Michael watching Rick and Daryl scenes from "A" and "No Sanctuary".
- In the normal version, when Michael walks by the theater, his passes by fans cosplaying as zombies. This part is cut in the extended version and is shot differently.
- In the normal version, after Daryl shoots Dawn Lerner in retaliation for Beth's death, Amanda Shepherd's lines of telling everyone to stand down are heard, however in the extended version, Amanda's lines are cut to focus on Daryl's emotional reaction.
- There is a scene where Michael wakes up the morning before his assassination attempt. This is cut in the extended version.
- This is one of the three related media to take place outside the world of The Walking Dead. The others being Solid Blood and Crossover.
References
Walking Dead Video Games
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| Consoles | Telltale Series • Survival Instinct • Michonne • The Escapists • Saints & Sinners • Destinies • Streets of Survival |
| Collections | Ultimate Steam Bundle • Telltale Series Collection • Definitive Series |
| Online | Social Game • Left Behind • Atlanta Run • Chop Shop • Bridge Constructor • Pathways • Life • Vox • Betrayal • Empires • The Sandbox • Lands • Solve to Survive • Backstory Recreator • Story Builder |
| Mobile | Aftermath • Dead Yourself • Assault • Dead Reckoning • Pinball • No Man's Land • Road to Survival • All-Stars • March To War • Survivors • Our World • Casino Slots • Endless War • Match 3 Tales • Dead Run • Collect • Encounter • ZombiECards |
| Deluxe TV Games | Zombie Hunter • Battleground |
| Arcade | Pinball Machines • Arcade • Slot Machine |
| Companies | Skydance Interactive • Telltale Games |