The Hollywood Reporter states that Jon Bernthal will be playing Rick's ex-police partner Shane. Bernthal is known for his roles in "The Ghost Writer", "Eastwick", and for playing Al Capone in "Night at the Museum".
AMC recently ordered a pilot for the much anticipated "The Walking Dead" TV series. The Walking Dead, of course, is a popular comic series written by Robert Kirkman about survival after a zombie holocaust ravages the world.