With Supernatural formally coming to an finish this fall, you could be feeling just a little down about The CW’s signature present coming to an finish. Do not mope an excessive amount of although as a result of our beloved Jared Padalecki will nonetheless be in your TV screens each week! Padalecki has been solid because the lead character The CW’s upcoming Walker, Texas Ranger reboot — Walker — and we will hardly wait to see this reimagining of an previous traditional!
Clearly, nobody will be capable to recreate the pure magic that was the beloved Chuck Norris unique sequence, however Padalecki is definitely going to attempt. To get you on top of things on all of the information and spoilers now we have thus far, here is every part we all know in regards to the new sequence.
The sequence will arrive in 2021. The CW introduced that like the remainder of the community’s normal 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 sequence will take over for Supernatural and air Thursday nights at 8/7c, adopted by Legacies at 9/8c.
The sequence will merely be known 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 and reconnect along with his kids whereas dodging dust-ups along 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.
Padalecki’s real-life spouse will play his on-screen one. Deadline experiences that Genevieve Padalecki will play Emily Walker, Cordell’s dearly departed spouse in a recurring function in Season 1. Her story will probably be advised in flashbacks, and she or he will probably be “succesful, beneficiant, and centered on serving to the disenfranchised.”
Extra supporting characters have already been solid. One of many hurdles Walker will face after shifting again to Austin is having to deal with 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 “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 in opposition to due to her gender.
Variety experiences 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 also be an assistant district lawyer. He’s described as “good, barely smug, however with a powerful ethical compass,” and he is susceptible to sacrificing his private life in favor of household obligations. A kind of obligations was taking good care of Cordell’s youngsters throughout their father’s absence.
Deadline experiences 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 pressure of nature.”
There is a thriller on the heart of the present. You may need observed that “widower” bit in Padalecki’s character description, and there is undoubtedly extra to that story. Along with household and office drama, Cordell Walker may also be digging into the suspiciously murky circumstances surrounding his spouse’s demise.
Jensen Ackles is completely prepared to direct. Padalecki’s longtime co-star has stepped behind the digicam on Supernatural a number of instances, and when TV Information requested whether or not he’d be fascinated with directing his BFF’s new sequence, he mentioned he’d completely “come over and boss him round just a little,” if Padalecki requested.
Further reporting by Keisha Hatchett.
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