The Walking Dead may be losing two main cast members in its ninth season but that hasn’t stopped the writers from plotting the comeback of one of its original stars.
This means Shane can only come back in a flashback or hallucination like he did in season three.
Shane was an original character who was killed by Rick in season two, a moment in which he became the first viewers saw come back as a walker despite having not been bitten.
Following reports that Jon Bernthal had been spotted in photos taken around the Senoia, Georgia set alongside Andrew Lincoln and Norman Reedus, Entertainment Weekly has now confirmed that the actor will return as Shane Walsh in one episode.