Those who’ve read The Walking Dead comic series know that Jon Bernthal’s character on The Walking Dead television show (Shane) has stayed past his original character’s amount of time.
Today, many are wondering if he plans to leave the show with news that he’s in talks to join Frank Darabont’s L.A. Noir.
Darabont left The Walking Dead in the middle of 2011 following differences with AMC and the show’s budget. L.A. Noir became his next project, so Bernthal joining his new show would be a very interesting move.
Sources close to the situation emphasized that discussions have barely begun and there’s no certainty a deal will come together. But it would mark a reunion for Bernthal and Darabont, who developed and exec produced the first season of AMC’s “Walking Dead” before parting ways with the show last year.
Sources close to the situation emphasized that discussions have barely begun and there’s no certainty a deal will come together. But it would mark a reunion for Bernthal and Darabont, who developed and exec produced the first season of AMC’s “Walking Dead” before parting ways with the show last year.
TNT declined comment.
In “L.A. Noir,” Bernthal would play Joe Teague, the Los Angeles cop at the center of the show that examines corruption in the LAPD and ties between police and underworld figures in the 1940s and ’50s. TNT greenlit the pilot earlier this month (Daily Variety, Jan. 10). Darabont wrote the script, based on the book by John Buntin, and will helm for TNT Original Prods. Michael De Luca and Elliott Webb exec produce with Darabont.