'Walker': Does the Filming of the Reboot Stay True to Its Texas Roots?

June 2024 · 3 minute read

The unique 'Walker Texas Ranger' was once filmed in the Dallas-Fort Worth house; where is the 'Walker' reboot filmed?

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The original Walker, Texas Ranger that starred Chuck Norris become a beloved action collection of the '90s. In 1993, audience right away liked the show, and for 8 seasons, followed Sergeant Cordell Walker (Chuck Norris), the modern day Texas Ranger and martial arts skilled. The hit show came by way of its Lone Star flavor in actuality; The long-running tv collection was shot and solid in the state of Texas. 

Most primetime network presentations had been filmed in both Los Angeles or New York, but Norris sought after the show to be unique and insisted it's filmed in Texas. The vast majority of the display was once shot on location, basically in the Dallas Ft. Worth space. 

So, it makes general sense that the reboot Walker can be filmed in some part of Texas since the storyline is targeted around Cordell Walker (Jared Padalecki) returning home to Austin. After the premiere, enthusiasts sought after to know where Walker was filmed.

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Where is the 'Walker' reboot filmed?

For all the fans in need of to know, Walker is filmed in and round Austin, Texas. Several landmarks of the town will appear in the display. Even the Texas State Capitol makes an look. According to the local newspaper in Austin, Austin-American Statesman, manufacturing started in Oct. 2019 and can proceed a minimum of thru April of 2021. As phase of the settlement with Walker, all episodes filmed in Austin will have to display an Austin town emblem at the finish of every episode. 

To make sure that Walker would film in Texas, the Austin City Council kicked in $141,326 in incentives to the California manufacturing company filming Walker. Also, the state of Texas final 12 months agreed to pay $9.3 million in incentives to lend a hand bring the reboot to the Lonestar state. 

This is the fifth mission the city of Austin has secured through the Creative Content Incentive Program. The finished tasks are the show American Crime (each seasons) and the online game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered.

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Jared Padalecki and Lindsey Morgan are both from Texas.

Jared, who plays Cordell Walker, is a San Antonio, Texas local and these days lives in Austin, Texas. He has ceaselessly been spotted round the city. His co-star Lindsey Morgan, who performs partner Micki, is from Houston and is excited to go back to the state. 

In an interview with the New York Post, Lindsey talks about the display and returning back to Texas: "I grew up in Texas. I haven’t been back really, especially to Austin — it’s become a true full-circle moment for me.” 

Jared spoke with local Austin news channel KXAN last week. He talked about how he wanted to showcase all Texas had to offer, including the people. He said, “I wanted to show that there are a lot of us who live here in the great state of Texas and call it home and have for our whole lives. 

"We shoot throughout the city. We have some scenes on South Congress, we've some scenes in north and south of the town, in Dripping Springs, in Driftwood, and Wimberly."

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Jared says he is proud of the solid and crew who came together to make all of it happen. In Walker, Cordell Walker (Padalecki, contemporary off a 15-year run on Supernatural), is a widower who's returning home to his family in Austin after spending time on an undercover project. There, he clashes along with his children and brother Liam (Keegan Allen), probes his wife’s mysterious loss of life, and bonds along with his new partner, Micki. 

Watch Walker on Thursdays at Eight p.m. ET on the CW.

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