‘Virgin River’ Prequel About Mel’s Parents In Works At Netflix As Season 6 Starts Production
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: It’s double dose of good news for Virgin River fans. Netflix is looking to expand the Virgin River world with a spinoff series, Deadline has learned.
Meanwhile, Season 6 of the romantic drama, delayed by strikes and weather, is starting production today in Vancouver. (As Deadline revealed, it will premiere in 2025.) Before Mel (Alexandra Breckenridge) and Jack’s (Martin Henderson) sweeping Virgin River romance, Mel’s late mother Sarah too fell in love with a man from the picturesque Northern California town, Everett, who was revealed in the recent Virgin River Christmas special as Mel’s biological father.
The potential prequel, which is currently in development, will explore Sarah and Everett’s origin story. The upcoming Season 6 will provide a glimpse into the duo’s past, featuring young Everett and Sarah in flashbacks.
Casting is underway for actors to play the characters as guest stars in Season 6 of Virgin River. In success, they would headline a Sarah & Everett spinoff, which is being written in the development stage by Virgin River showrunner Patrick Sean Smith.
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