There’s a chance one major The Walking Dead character might be on his way out the door.

According to TheWrap, Jon Bernthal, who portrays Shane in the show, has just scored himself the lead in another upcoming TV series called “L.A. Noir.”

Guess who’s directing the pilot for the show?

Yep, that’d be Frank Darabont, who was booted from The Walking Dead for season two due to budget constraints.

The question is whether this new gig will interfere with his schedule for TWD and mean bad news for Shane.

Though the series has deviated quite a bit from the comics (spoiler alert!), it wouldn’t be too surprising if Shane met the same end his character did in the books . . . and soon. If that were to happen, say, when the season picks back up in February, it would make sense that Bernthal has been shopping around for new work. It’d still be cause and effect, just reversed from the prior speculation then.