EXCLUSIVE: It’s double dose of fine information for Virgin River followers. Netflix is seeking to increase the Virgin River world with a derivative sequence, Deadline has realized. In the meantime, Season 6 of the romantic drama, delayed by strikes and climate, is beginning manufacturing at this time in Vancouver. (As Deadline revealed, it can premiere in 2025.)
Earlier than Mel (Alexandra Breckenridge) and Jack’s (Martin Henderson) sweeping Virgin River romance, Mel’s late mom Sarah too fell in love with a person from the picturesque Northern California city, Everett, who was revealed within the latest Virgin River Christmas particular as Mel’s organic father.
The potential prequel, which is at present in growth, will discover Sarah and Everett’s origin story. The upcoming Season 6 will present a glimpse into the duo’s previous, that includes younger Everett and Sarah in flashbacks.
Casting is underway for actors to play the characters as visitor stars in Season 6 of Virgin River. In success, they might headline a Sarah & Everett spinoff, which is being written within the growth stage by Virgin River showrunner Patrick Sean Smith.
Netflix took an analogous route with one other hit romantic drama, Bridgerton, efficiently increasing the universe with prequel Queen Charlotte which turn out to be one of many streamer’s most watched sequence.
Throughout a Q&A with Deadline tied to the Christmas particular that closed out Season 5, Smith, who joined the sequence after Season 4, hinted that we’d study extra about Sarah and Everett’s romance subsequent season.
“What we’re exploring extra in Season 6 is who Everett Reid is, what his backstory is, what his connection to Virgin River was when he met her mother after which additionally what it’s at this time,” he mentioned, including that Season 6 will discover the “relationship of Everett with the city in addition to Everett and Mel.”
Launched within the Christmas particular, John Allen Nelson performs Everett in current day; Sarah has not been seen on the present, not less than not in a significant approach.
John Allen Nelson as Everett Reid in episode 512 of Virgin River/Netflix
In a Season 5 Half 1 finale cliffhanger, Mel’s sister Joey found a person’s love letters to their mom that exposed him to be Mel’s organic father. Within the Christmas particular, Mel and Jack launched a seek for the thriller man that finally led them to Everett Reid. At first, he needed nothing to do with Mel however by the tip of the particular, in a real vacation spirit, he got here round and requested to be a part of her life.
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