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The CW is adding a "Walker, Texas Ranger" reboot to its upcoming slate, and "Supernatural" star Jared Padalecki is set to star, according to new reports.

Per The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline, the updated version -- to be called "Walker" -- will feature Padalecki, 37, as Cordell Walker, a widowed father of two who returns home to Austin, Texas, after years undercover. Luckily, there's plenty for him to do in Austin.

The series will reportedly also feature a female lead in the form of Walker's partner. Other plotlines will include Walker reconnecting with his kids, clashing with his conservative family and investigating his wife's death.

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Anna Frick ("Valor," "Being Human") will write the show and will also be one of the executive producers, along with Padalecki and Dan Lin ("Lethal Weapon").

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Padalecki is best known for his role in "Supernatural," which just began its 15th and final season on The CW.

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Movie star and martial artist Chuck Norris, now 79, famously starred in the original "Walker, Texas Ranger" from 1993-2001, followed by a 2005 TV movie.