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VIRGIN RIVER Season 5 With Alexandra Breckenridge & Martin Henderson Starts Filming Mid-July

VIRGIN RIVER Season 5 With Alexandra Breckenridge & Martin Henderson Starts Filming Mid-July

Season 5 of popular Netflix romance Virgin River has official filming dates in Vancouver/Squamish.

Update: Filming dates: July 18 2022 – November 10 2022.

Based on the novels by Robyn Carr, Virgin River follows Melinda “Mel” Monroe (Alexandra Breckenridge), a nurse and midwife who moves to the small California town from Los Angeles after her husband Mark dies. There she falls for restaurant/bar owner and former marine Jack Sheridan (Martin Henderson) but their romance is complicated.

Working title: Sea to Sea.

Showrunner: Sue Tenney.

Related: Virgin River Season 5 Has a Summer Start Date For Filming in Vancouver/Squamish

Cast: Alexandra Breckenridge as Mel Monroe, Martin Henderson as Jack Sheridan, Colin Lawrence as John “Preacher” Middleton, Lauren Hanmersley as Charmaine Roberts, Annette O’Toole as Hope McCrea, Tim Matheson as Vernon “Doc” Mullins, Benjamin Hollingsworth as Dan Brady, Grayson Gurnsey as Ricky, Sarah Dugdale as Lizzie, Marco Grazzini as Mike, Zibby Allen as Jack’s lawyer sister Brie, Chase Petriw as Christopher and Stacey Farber as Tara Anderson.

Netflix Officially Renews Virgin River for Seasons 4 & 5. Mock Proposal for More Seasons From 2 Leads.

Netflix officially renewed Virgin River for season 4 and season 5 last September for a total of 20 new episodes. This is the kind of order typically reserved for Netflix’s biggest hits.

Do you wanna do season 4? — Martin Henderson.

Yes, I do. I’ve been meaning to ask you: Do you wanna do a season 5? — Alexandra Breckinridge.

Virgin River season 3 dominated Nielsen’s weekly streaming rankings last summer, dethroning first The Crown and later Manifest for weeks at a time.

Mel is pregnant when season 3 ends but she doesn’t know if the father is Jack or Mark. Showrunner Sue Tenney told TVLine that fans will find out the identity of the father by the end of the fourth season.

Season 4 wrapped filming last December and drops July 20th on Netflix.

Filming locations:

The River is played mainly by Squamish River.

Jack’s bar is played by The Watershed Grill in Brackendale near Squamish, with interiors in studio.

Mel’s cabin is played by the 70-year-old McCrea cabin in North Vancouver’s Murdo Frazer Park, with interiors in studio.

Food cart at North Vancouver’s Cleveland Dam.

Whonnock Lake in Maple Ridge.

Capilano, Lynn & Seymour Canyons.

Virgin River Community Picnic at Deer Lake Park in Burnaby.

Virgin River Community Picnic at Deer Lake Park in Burnaby.