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Should 'Walking Dead' Actor Reunite With Developer for 'L.A. Noir'?

SodaHead TV 2012/01/23 21:34:07
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Frank Darabont, best known for directing "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Green Mile," was the main man behind ABC's "The Walking Dead" television series, until he was suddenly "dismissed" in July. In a TV Guide interview released on Wednesday, he revealed it was due to some budget-related tension between him and the network: "Oh, this is the most successful show in the history of basic cable. Let's gut the budgets now." Now he's working on a new series for TNT called "L.A. Noir," and "Walking Dead" star Jon Bernthal might come with him.

According to Variety, Bernthal is in talks with TNT about a starring role in "L.A. Noir," which Darabont suggested will resemble the Raymond Chandler aesthetic and might include real characters, like Mickey Cohen and Bugsy Siegel. Now, Bernthal is still a major character on "The Walking Dead," but when Zap2it interviewed executive producers for "The Walking Dead," they said to look out for some up-coming deaths.

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  • Mike Miller 2012/01/25 19:23:48
    Yes
    Mike Miller
    Yes he should. Never burn bridges with your past work relationships.
  • Happy_Evil_Dude 2012/01/25 12:27:02
    Yes
    Happy_Evil_Dude
    Why shouldn't he?
  • carlton999 2012/01/25 09:04:12
    Yes
    carlton999
    Bernthal's character is at the point in the show where he is going to have to leave the group or get killed off the show. He has crossed that line in the sand and is standing on the side of crazy and insane.

    Its bullet in the brain time for his character.
  • Ann 2012/01/25 03:59:05
    Yes
    Ann
    He is going to do what he wants anyways, he always does he sleeps with his BF wife, feeds a guy that helped him to Zombies, he opened...oh oops wait that's Shane not Jon!
  • raine 2012/01/25 01:59:08
    Yes
    raine
    +1
    YA who cares
  • BILL 2012/01/25 00:09:46
    Yes
    BILL
    What ever
  • william.stiles 2012/01/24 22:05:15
    No
    william.stiles
    The group would get along too good without him. Dale is turning soft and unless his brother shows up the show will be weak.
  • Tennessee3501 2012/01/24 21:11:20
    Yes
    Tennessee3501
    If they can all make some money, why not?
  • El Prez 2012/01/24 19:27:30
    Yes
    El Prez
    Why not. Walking Dead is a yawner and L.A Noir sounds like it might be good. However, he has to negociate his "death" on Waling Dead and get signed up by the new company. Sometimes these things are not as easy as they might seem.
  • janet 2012/01/24 19:09:06
    Yes
    janet
    +3
    I wish the show (The Walking Dead) would bring back the colored man and his son and the redneck who cut his hand off to get away from the dead.
    Also, those people who went off on their own when they split at the campsite and headed for the CDC offices.
    Bernthal character is kind of running out of ideas on what to do with him next besides letting his cop pal know that he did his wife, after that bit of info what is left for him.
    I am just saying.
  • Yaati janet 2012/01/24 19:51:29
    Yaati
    +1
    Yes! I want to know what happened to Morgan (?) and his kid :(
    I keep having a bad feeling that Morgan was killed and his kid escaped somehow and he finds Rick and the gang. I was afraid that was going to be written in as a way to "make up" for what happened to Sophie. Replacing the kid with another kid.
  • janet Yaati 2012/01/24 19:58:41
    janet
    +1
    WOW!!
    I like the way you think LOL

    I guess we will have to wait and see : )
  • Yaati janet 2012/01/25 01:16:00
    Yaati
    +1
    I know right?? GAAH FEBRUARY 12 BE HERE ALREADY @_@
  • janet Yaati 2012/01/25 03:42:56
    janet
    Hehehehe... not this Sunday but next Sunday and it will air.
    : )
  • Denis H... janet 2012/01/25 07:04:51
    Denis Higgins
    +1
    "Colored man?" Seriously?
  • janet Denis H... 2012/01/25 20:25:24
    janet
    +1
    ???? What ?????
  • David W... Denis H... 2012/01/27 05:25:45 (edited)
    David W.Levingston
    what's the big deal about her saying that, you weren't offended by it were you white boy? Sorry Janet i had to point out the obvious...this guy is ONE OF THEM bleeding hearts who goes around calling people racist for using the term colored people and those who he disagrees with politically and religiously..and he looks for anything that may be offending to anyone other then himself as he obviously did here...
  • homebytheC 2012/01/24 15:51:43
    Yes
    homebytheC
    I think his time on Walking Dead worring about who carrie a gone has been over done and time for him to get zombified.
  • baboula 2012/01/24 15:48:46
    No
    baboula
    +1
    I like the "Shane" character. He may not be very likeable but he is the only one that shows any sort of life
  • Yaati baboula 2012/01/24 17:10:24 (edited)
    Yaati
    Yea! I wanted him dead for a while, too, till a friend of mine pointed out that he does bring a lot of excitement and drama because of his unpredictability. Part of the reason why some people tune in, I bet, is just to see "What Shane does next."

    Admittedly, I haven't read the graphic novels and understand that Shane was suppose to be dead a while ago but...I just wonder how the show will carry on with the tension it's had without it's loose cannon.
  • kraftym... Yaati 2012/01/24 19:37:51
    kraftymomma1979
    +1
    He is the character who drives the story. Think about how much of the storyline originated with him. He also brings real issues to the forefront of the story.
  • baboula Yaati 2012/01/26 01:57:44
    baboula
    Graphic novels are not my style either. When you see "based on" or any variation, you know that the show will not follow the story word for word. If it was a mini-series, that's one thing.
    I wonder when or if they'll find out he shot that guy to get away from the zombies. All the rest of the characters are rather bland so they could get rid of the wife and not miss a beat. I got the idea that the redneck who cut his hand off is dead - his brother was imaging him when lost in the woods.
    Well it can't come soon enough
  • Yaati baboula 2012/01/26 05:21:35
    Yaati
    Me, too! Ugh, I want Otis's death to be avenged. I think Dale suspects him and kind of knows he had something to do with Otis's death because he wouldn't put it past Shane to do something like that (after seeing him point a gun at Rick, I don't think he trusts him at all..) and I'm a little afraid that Shane is going to find a way to kill Dale before he can tell anyone because Shane is a nutcase who just doesn't care about anyone's lives except his own, Lori's, and Carl because he's a nutcase.

    You don't know how nervous I was the last episode when they were alone in the woods x__x. I was like "Dale is going to die. DALE IS GOING TO DIE. NOO RUN DALE! CRAZY-EYES IS GONNA GET YOU. D:"
  • baboula Yaati 2012/01/26 15:43:35
    baboula
    Dale provides balance for them all although sometimes I'd like to shake him because he acts as though zombies are not part of their existence. I do like Darryl then when he first appeared; he's calmer but Crazy-eyes won't do anything to him because he KNOWS Darryl will track him down no matter where he is.
  • Yaati baboula 2012/01/26 21:14:06
    Yaati
    Ahhh true thing (what you said about Daryl). Oooh, exciting times

    I wonder what that Howard Huey whatever guy is going to do now that his family of zombies have been killed. Can't wait for the 12th!! :D
  • ryan.noh1 2012/01/24 15:30:48
    Yes
    ryan.noh1
    +1
    And just because Shane's character is "unlikeable" doesn't mean you kill him off, while a drama its not general hospital or Survivor Island, its not teen popularity show, its character drama, you need a character like Shane, I'm constantly going one way or the other on my emotions for Shane, afraid of what he might do and at the same time hoping he'll turn around somehow, but mostly seeing dark days ahead. What, you want them hop-skotching through the entire series? Go watch the "Sy-Fy" channel...
    Shane's character helps make the show watchable, (despite the lack of actual walking dead) along with Daryl, who is also in a struggle with himself and the others, and my favorite good guy, Dale.
  • Cathy 2012/01/24 15:13:07
    No
    Cathy
    Just sad to see Frank go!
  • synful90 2012/01/24 14:21:00 (edited)
    Yes
    synful90
    i don't care really. shane is a very unlikeable character in W.D.. he moves in on his "dead" best friend's wife and is all pissy contemplating shooting Rick once the family is reunited. He also thinks he controls the group, is violent, and thinks irrationally. his character i wanted dead for awhile especially after what he did to Otis. maybe shane will just become a "walker-meal" now lol boo hoo shane walking dead gif
  • Sexuall... synful90 2012/01/25 05:14:54
    Sexuallobster
    he's the best character on the show right now.

    not the best person.
  • synful90 Sexuall... 2012/01/25 08:23:57
    synful90
    That is a matter of opinion
  • Sexuall... synful90 2012/01/25 18:18:45
    Sexuallobster
    He's the most interesting.

    Most people agree with me on it though, the general consensus is that Shane is the best character in the show as of yet.
  • synful90 Sexuall... 2012/01/25 19:34:35 (edited)
    synful90
    There is no right or wrong like I said opinion. Judging by this page he isn't. Who cares ?? Don't get so hung up on being right 24/7
  • Sexuall... synful90 2012/01/25 20:08:16
    Sexuallobster
    ..I'm not. I'm trying to talk about it, not being right or wrong.

    I was going to ask who you found more interesting on the show to discuss it, not to disagree.
  • synful90 Sexuall... 2012/01/25 20:14:43
    synful90
    Fair enough. Well I used to like Glenn in the first season he was funny etc but now he's too hung up on that chick. I like Daryl and yeah Shane has his moments where I like him like in the finale he took care of all the walkers in the barn, he was the one with balls and sense lol I can't really place who I like best they all bring something to the show.
  • Sexuall... synful90 2012/01/27 02:09:53
    Sexuallobster
    YES about Daryl, didn't expect me to like him so much the first time I saw him, but his character developed a lot.
  • synful90 Sexuall... 2012/01/27 13:06:05
    synful90
    he really has. he's become way more complex.
  • eric olsen 2012/01/24 14:09:24
    No
    eric olsen
    I really do not think this reunion would work
  • SoLongFairLady 2012/01/24 05:11:42
    Yes
    SoLongFairLady
    Yes Bi
  • Lulu's Mom 2012/01/24 04:45:11
    Yes
    Lulu's Mom
    Shane is a jerk! I will not miss him at all!
  • Chris- Demon of the PHAET 2012/01/24 04:19:45
    Yes
    Chris- Demon of the PHAET
    Dammit, I love this show! But if Darabont's leaving and they're going to cut the budget that's the end. If I were Jon Bernthal I go with Frank.

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