Now that Supernatural has formally wrapped filming on its final season, you may be feeling a bit of down within the dumps about The CW’s signature present coming to an finish. By no means worry although as a result of our beloved Jared Padalecki will nonetheless be displaying up on The CW each week! Padalecki has been forged 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 traditional.
Clearly, nobody will have the ability to recreate the pure magic that was the beloved Chuck Norris authentic collection, however Padalecki is actually going to attempt. To get you in control on all of the information and spoilers we now have up to now, here is all the things we all know in regards to the new collection.
The collection will arrive in 2021. The CW introduced that like the remainder of the community’s regular fall lineup, Walker‘s debut has been pushed to January 2021. We do not but have a precise premiere date however we do know that the collection will take over for Supernatural and air Thursday nights at 8/7c, adopted by Legacies at 9/8c.
The collection 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 collection 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 house to Austin in an try and 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 collection, although; he’ll even be executive-producing alongside Anna Fricke, Dan Lin, and Lindsey Libertore.
A couple of supporting characters have already been forged. One of many hurdles Walker will face after shifting again to Austin is having to cope with a brand new associate, Micki, who simply so occurs to be one of many first girls 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 “centered and perceptive,” and her background within the Military and on the police pressure has given her first-hand data about what it is prefer to be singled out and discriminated towards due to her gender.
Variety reviews that Once Upon a Time‘s Jeff Pierre has additionally joined the forged as Trey Barnett, Micki’s boyfriend, who’s described as heat and loving, but haunted. He is an Military medic not too long ago again from deployment and struggling to regulate to life again house.
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 legal professional. He’s described as “good, barely smug, however with a robust ethical compass,” and he is liable to sacrificing his private life in favor of household obligations. A kind of obligations was taking good care of Cordell’s children throughout their father’s absence.
Deadline reviews different additions to the forged 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 pressure of nature.”
There is a thriller on the heart 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 may even be digging into the suspiciously murky circumstances surrounding his spouse’s dying.
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 occupied with directing his BFF’s new collection, he stated he’d completely “come over and boss him round a bit of,” if Padalecki requested.
Further reporting by Keisha Hatchett.
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