When will a delayed season 6 of Netflix’s rHallmark-esque hit series Virgin River start filming in B.C.? As soon as “Vancouver weather allows” Virgin River star Alexandra Breckinridge told Deadline: Hollywood, adding that a Spring start is possible.
We’re going to start as soon as the Vancouver weather allows. So hopefully in the spring is what I’ve been hearing. ..I keep trying to tell them they should just pick up Season 7 so we can just knock Seasons 6 and 7 and call it a day. — Virgin River star Alexandra Breckinridge to Deadline: Hollywood.
Originally scheduled to start last July, filming on season 6 was delayed by a rare Hollywood double strike by guild writers and actors that shut down productions from the struck companies like Netflix.
Showrunner Patrick Sean Smith told Deadline that his writers had finished scripts for half of season 6 before their guild went on strike in early May. And resumed work on the second half after the Writers Guild of America reached a deal in September.
What’s Virgin River about?
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).
Season 5 starts with Mel and Jack in a good place — engaged and expecting a baby — and ends in a good place — despite Mel’s tragic miscarriage in episode 5.
What can we expect in season 6?
A time jump. More on Mel and Jack, of course. More on Mel’s bio Dad. More on Doc’s prognosis. Weddings and returning villains.
Related: Meet Mel’s Bio Dad: He’ll Play a Bigger Role in Season 6 of Virgin River
Virgin River Season 6:
Episodes: 10.
Working title: Sea to Sea.
BC filming dates: Spring 2024?
Series developed by Sue Tenney.
Showrunner: Patrick Sean Smith,
Cast:: Alexandra Breckenridge, Martin Henderson, Tim Matheson, Annette O’Toole, Colin Lawrence, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Zibby Allen, Sarah Dugdale, Marco Grazzini, Mark Ghanime ,Lauren Hammersley, Kai Bradbury, Kandyse McClure.
Others: Teryl Rothery, Nicola Cavendish, Gwynyth Walsh, Christina Jastrzembska, Stacey Farber, Jenny Cooper, Lucia Walters, Steve Bacic, Libby Osler, Keith MacKechnie, Barbara Pollard, Trevor Lerner, Ellie Harvie, Darcy Laurie, Sandy Robson, Lexa Doig, Chase Petriw, Emma Oliver, Michelle Addison, Miranda Edwards, David Cubitt, Dan Payne, Tom Butler, Gabrielle Rose, John Allen Nelson.
Regular BC filming locations:
Jack’s Bar is played by The Watershed Grill in Brackendale near Squamish, with interiors filmed in studio.
Mel’s cabin is played by the 70-year-old McCrea cabin in North Vancouver’s Murdo Frazer Park, with interiors filmed in studio.
Vernon’s Clinc is played by a 134-year-old Queen Anne house at 122 First Street in New Westminster, with interiors filmed in studio.
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos visited the clinic set in studio last Fall in Vancouver.
