EXCLUSIVE: Netflix‘s standard romantic drama Virgin River has forged Sara Canning (The Vampire Diaries) and Cody Kearsley (Riverdale) in recurring roles for the upcoming seventh season, which has begun manufacturing, with Deadline in a position to share two behind the scenes photographs from the set in Vancouver that includes most foremost forged members, together with stars Alexandra Breckenridge and Martin Henderson (You’ll be able to see them under). The brand new season, which can decide up two hours after the top of the Season 6 finale at Mel (Breckenridge) and Jack’s (Henderson) marriage ceremony, is anticipated to premiere in early 2026.
Canadian actors Canning and Kearsley will play characters associated to an current and new storyline, respectively, on the collection based mostly on Robyn Carr’s novels in regards to the tight-knit group within the distant California city of Virgin River.
Canning’s Victoria is an ex-cop who was shot within the line of obligation and is now working for the state medical board as an investigator. She involves Virgin River to analyze Doc’s apply however runs right into a good friend whom she wouldn’t thoughts catching up with…or possibly extra.
As collection showrunner Patrick Sean Smith confirmed to Deadline in December, the struggle for Virgin River’s clinic can be a significant storyline in Season 7, with the investigation into Doc’s actions whereas saving a affected person as a ploy for the clinic to be taken over by a big hospital community.
“There’s an overarching theme for Season 7 of the skin encroaching into Virgin River,” he stated.
As for that good friend with potential advantages that Victoria can be reconnecting with, their widespread police background would make Mike (Marco Grazzini) a pure chance relying how that Season 6 finale cliffhanger proposal to Brie (Zibby Allen) pans out.
(L-R): Virgin River’s Clolin Lawrence, Tim Matheson, Annette O’Toole, Sarah Dugdale & Kai Bradbury
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After introducing Doc (Tim Matheson) to a grandson he didn’t know existed and Mel (Breckenridge) discovering the organic father she didn’t know she had, Virgin River can be trying to remedy one other household thriller subsequent season tied to a brand new character, Clay.
Performed by Kearsley, Clay is the form of man that will get observed when he enters a room. He has expertise working the rodeo circuit, so there’s additionally a tricky athletic high quality to him. He grew up within the foster care system together with his youthful sister, whom he hasn’t seen since he was a teen. He’s been searching for her ever since.
Virgin River‘s returning foremost forged Contains Breckenridge, Henderson, Tim Matheson, Annette O’Toole, Colin Lawrence, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Allen, Sarah Dugdale, Grazzini, Kai Bradbury and Kandyse McClure. As Deadline reported in December, Mark Ghanimé will not be a collection common.
Smith returns as Virgin River showrunner and govt producer. Further govt producers embody Sue Tenney, Amy Palmer Robertson, Roma Roth, Christopher E. Perry, Carr, Erin Cardillo, Richard Keith and Jennifer Monroe. Ian Hay, Thomas Ian Griffith, Mary Web page Keller and Jackson Sinder co-executive produce.
(L-R): ‘Virgin River’s Alexandra Breckenridge & Martin Henderson
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Canning’s credit embody The Vampire Diaries, Conflict for the Planet of the Apes, A Sequence of Unlucky Occasions and Treatment, a collection for which she received UBCP/ACTRA and Leo Awards. She was additionally nominated for a Canadian Display Award for her work within the net collection Hospital Present. Her latest movie work contains Sweetland and Darkish Match.
Recognized for roles within the CW’s Riverdale, Netflix’s Dawn, Responsible Social gathering at Paramount+ and Shadow of the Rougarou (APTN), Kearsley serves as a producer and manufacturing coordinator for the Loopy 8s Movie Society. His debut brief movie Breathe received Finest First-Time Director on the Brussels Capital Movie Competition, Vancouver Worldwide ShortFest, and Finest Brief Movie on the Titan Movie Competition in Sydney.
