Jon Bernthal only appeared on the first two seasons of The Walking Dead, but he made a big impression on the show. As Shane, the series’ first major antagonist and the likely biological father of Judith, he’s cast a long shadow over the rest of its run. Obviously, with him having died in the season 2 finale, it’s difficult to bring the character back, but Andrew Lincoln’s final episode did get Bernthal involved thanks to Rick Grimes hallucinating his former best pal/enemy.
And it’s possible that this was setting up a further return for the actor in Lincoln’s movie trilogy. Fans have been awaiting the first of these (supposedly) theatrically-released TWD films since they were announced in fall of 2018, but official news on it has been thin on the ground for a while. It’s very much still in development, however, and we’ve now heard something pretty exciting about what to expect.
According to sources close to WGTC – the same ones who told us Karen Gillan is being eyed for Pirates of the Caribbean 6 and that Ahsoka Tano will cameo in The Mandalorian, both of which were correct – there are plans for Shane to appear in one of the TWD movies, probably the first one. We’re told that flashbacks will be used to jump back in time, meaning Bernthal will be invited on board to reprise his role. We don’t know how large his part will be in the movie, but presumably it would amount to an extended cameo at most.
You might’ve heard that Danai Gurira and Norman Reedus have been linked to the trilogy, but WGTC has been informed that both Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Cailey Fleming may appear in one of the movies, too. So it sounds a lot like there are plans for Rick to be reunited with pretty much all the most important people in his life – including his old enemies – in the films.
AMC originally suggested the first movie was intended to drop this year, though that looked unlikely even before the COVID-19 outbreak, which has obviously delayed things further. But, rest assured, Andrew Lincoln’s The Walking Dead career is not yet over – and maybe neither is Jon Bernthal’s.
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