Tragically, Supernatural might be coming to an end in 2020, however not less than Jared Padalecki will nonetheless be exhibiting up on The CW each week! Padalecki has been solid because the lead within the community’s upcoming Walker, Texas Ranger reboot — Walker — and we are able to hardly wait to see this reimagining of an previous basic.
Clearly, nobody will have the ability to recreate the pure magic that was the beloved Chuck Norris unique sequence, however Padalecki is definitely going to strive. To get you on top of things on all of the information and spoilers we’ve to date, this is the whole lot we all know concerning the new sequence.
The sequence will arrive in 2021. The CW introduced that Walker will arrive in January 2021. We do not but have a precise premiere date however we do know that the sequence will take over for Supernatural and air Thursday nights at 8/7c, adopted by Legacies at 9/8c.
The sequence will merely be referred to as Walker. Fairly than simply ripping off the unique title, this reboot has opted to go simply by Walker, and it’s being billed as “a reimagining of the long-running motion/crime sequence Walker, Texas Ranger.”
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Jared Padalecki will star and executive-produce. Padalecki will play Cordell Walker, a widower and father of two. After being undercover for 2 years, Cordell returns residence to Austin in an try to reconnect together with his youngsters whereas dodging dust-ups together with his conservative household. Padalecki will not simply star because the titular character of the sequence, although; he’ll even be executive-producing alongside Anna Fricke, Dan Lin, and Lindsey Libertore.
A couple of supporting characters have already been solid. One of many hurdles Walker will face after transferring again to Austin is having to take care of a brand new accomplice, Micki, who simply so occurs to be one of many first ladies in Texas Rangers’ historical past. The 100‘s Lindsey Morgan has been cast as Micki, whose character description reveals she was raised in San Antonio, and her household has been in Texas since earlier than it was Texas. She’s described as “targeted and perceptive,” and her background within the Military and on the police power has given her first-hand data about what it is prefer to be singled out and discriminated in opposition to due to her gender.
Variety studies that Once Upon a Time‘s Jeff Pierre has additionally joined the solid as Trey Barnett, Micki’s boyfriend, who’s described as heat and loving, but haunted. He is an Military medic lately again from deployment and struggling to regulate to life again residence.
In the meantime, Pretty Little Liars alum Keegan Allen has been cast as Liam, Cordell Walker’s homosexual, conservative youthful brother, who can be an assistant district lawyer. He’s described as “sensible, barely smug, however with a robust ethical compass,” and he is vulnerable to sacrificing his private life in favor of household obligations. A type of obligations was caring for Cordell’s children throughout their father’s absence.
Deadline studies different additions to the solid embrace Mitch Pileggi as Bonham Walker, Cordell’s sturdy, conservative and difficult as nails father, and Molly Hagan as Abeline Walker, Cordell’s mom who’s described as “an unstoppable power of nature.”
There is a thriller on the middle of the present. You might need observed that “widower” bit in Padalecki’s character description, and there is positively extra to that story. Along with household and office drama, Cordell Walker will even be digging into the suspiciously murky circumstances surrounding his spouse’s loss of life.
Jensen Ackles is completely keen to direct. Padalecki’s longtime co-star has stepped behind the digital camera on Supernatural a number of occasions, and when TV Information requested whether or not he’d be keen on directing his BFF’s new sequence, he stated he’d completely “come over and boss him round a bit of,” if Padalecki requested.
Extra reporting by Keisha Hatchett.
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