EXCLUSIVE: Netflix‘s fashionable 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 capable of share two behind the scenes photos from the set in Vancouver that includes most primary forged members, together with stars Alexandra Breckenridge and Martin Henderson (You possibly can see them under). The brand new season, which can choose up two hours after the top of the Season 6 finale at Mel (Breckenridge) and Jack’s (Henderson) marriage ceremony, is predicted to premiere in early 2026.
Canadian actors Canning and Kearsley will play characters associated to an current and new storyline, respectively, on the sequence based mostly on Robyn Carr’s novels in regards to the tight-knit neighborhood within the distant California city of Virgin River.
Canning’s Victoria is an ex-cop who was shot within the line of responsibility and is now working for the state medical board as an investigator. She involves Virgin River to research Doc’s observe however runs right into a buddy whom she wouldn’t thoughts catching up with…or perhaps extra.
As sequence showrunner Patrick Sean Smith confirmed to Deadline in December, the struggle for Virgin River’s clinic might 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 buddy with potential advantages that Victoria might be reconnecting with, their frequent 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 might be trying to resolve 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 troublesome 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 on the lookout for her ever since.
Virgin River‘s returning primary 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 sequence 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, Struggle for the Planet of the Apes, A Collection of Unlucky Occasions and Treatment, a sequence for which she gained UBCP/ACTRA and Leo Awards. She was additionally nominated for a Canadian Display screen Award for her work within the net sequence Hospital Present. Her current movie work consists of Sweetland and Darkish Match.
Recognized for roles within the CW’s Riverdale, Netflix’s Dawn, Responsible Get together at Paramount+ and Shadow of the Rougarou (APTN), Kearsley serves as a producer and manufacturing coordinator for the Loopy 8s Movie Society. His debut quick movie Breathe gained Finest First-Time Director on the Brussels Capital Movie Pageant, Vancouver Worldwide ShortFest, and Finest Brief Movie on the Titan Movie Pageant in Sydney.
