SPOILER ALERT: The story includes a plot detail about Season 7 of Netflix‘s Virgin River.
Fifteen months after Virgin River introduced the origin story of Mel’s parents Everett (Callum Kerr) and Sarah (Jessica Rothe) via flashbacks in Season 6, there has been no word on the prequel series about the couple’s backstory that had been in development.
“It’s still in development,” Virgin River showrunner Patrick Sean Smith, who has been shepherding the project, told Deadline this week in an interview about Virgin River’s seventh season, released March 12.
According to sources, the initial version of the spinoff did not pan out, with Smith currently brainstorming new ideas. He also has been focusing on Season 8 of the romantic drama, which is slated to start production next month.
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Meanwhile, Kerr and Rothe return for another 1970s Everett-Sarah flashback in
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