Virgin River has been an enormous hit for Netflix since its launch in 2019.
The romantic drama landed a two-season renewal final yr, retaining it on the air by way of its fifth season.
With Virgin River Season 4 just lately wrapped, there have been questions on whether or not the present will finish with its fifth season.
Netflix tends to finish reveals earlier than they get to a fifth season, until they’re world hits.
Fortunately, Jinny Howe, the Netflix drama head sees “longevity and progress” forward, that means that there is a good likelihood the present will proceed for a sixth season.
Nonetheless, Howe needs the present to proceed “so long as the viewers asks for it and reveals up.”
“We see with Season 4 that the fandom could be very sturdy and rising in lots of locations as nicely,” Howe informed Deadline.
“It seems like, based mostly on what we’re seeing with Season 4 and the anticipation for Season 5, that there’s a lot extra storytelling to supply us”
“Will probably be thrilling to see which characters proceed to interrupt out and audiences crave extra of; we’re paying very shut consideration, understanding that it is a actually wealthy universe of characters and that individuals can’t appear to get sufficient, myself included.”
“So I believe so long as that continues to be the case — which we’re very eager for — you possibly can relaxation assured that there will likely be extra Virgin River.”
Howe additionally touched upon the criticism the collection has obtained for its lack of variety.
“I believe it’s honest to say that that’s going to proceed to be a spotlight and one thing the viewers will get to expertise extra in Season 5,” How added of the casting for the brand new season.
“It’s positively a precedence, and I believe you will notice, as we increase the Virgin River neighborhood, that there will likely be extra variety and inclusion.”
When Virgin River Season 5 will get underway, it is going to be underneath the management.
TV Line reported in July that Patrick Sean Smith (Greek, Chasing Life) was taking up from authentic showrunner Sue Tenney.
Virgin River stars Alexandra Breckenridge, Martin Henderson, Colin Lawrence, Jenny Cooper, Lauren Hammersley, Annette O’Toole, Tim Matheson, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Grayson Gurnsey, Sarah Dugdale, Zibby Allen, and Marco Grazzini.
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Paul Dailly is the Affiliate Editor for TV Fanatic. Observe him on Twitter.
