‘Walker: Independence’, ‘The Winchesters’ & ‘Gotham Knights’ Land Pilot Orders At The CW
deadline.comThe CW has started making pilot orders.Supernatural prequel The Winchesters, a Walker spinoff and DC universe-set Gotham Knights have all been picked up to pilot.The move means that both stars of The CW’s Supernatural will be producing pilots for the upcoming season – Jensen Ackles with The Winchesters and Jared Padalecki with Walker: Independence.The trio of pilot orders is unsurprising – Deadline’s Nellie Andreeva pointed to all three likely making the cut in her Pilot Season 2022 rundown.
The network also handed an additional six scripts to the female-fronted Zorro series.Deadline revealed that The Winchesters was in the works at The CW last June.
The drama is centered on Dean and Sam Winchester’s parents – John and Mary – and tells the epic love story of how they met and how they put it all on the line to not only save their love, but the entire world.
It will be told through the perspective of narrator Jensen Ackles’ Dean Winchester.Former Supernatural co-EP Robbie Thompson will write and exec produce.
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