Virgin River's Tim Matheson spills major season seven update as he calls co-stars his 'family'

Virgin River play 7 was confirmed to beryllium successful the works earlier this twelvemonth and Tim Matheson has conscionable revealed a large update

Tim Matheson, prima of Virgin River, has shared an breathtaking update astir the seventh play of the fashionable drama, much than a period earlier the sixth bid is owed to onshore connected Netflix.

The small-town romance, which follows the emotion communicative of Mel Monroe (played by Alexandra Breckenridge) and Jack Sheridan (Martin Henderson), has been captivating audiences for 5 years and has built up a fanbase successful the millions.

Earlier this year, Netflix announced that Virgin River would beryllium returning for a seventh season, making it their longest ongoing play and their longest-running English-language bid to date.

Fans are eagerly awaiting the instrumentality of Mel and Jack, with the caller bid acceptable to aerial connected Thursday, December 19, a twelvemonth aft the show's memorable Christmas treble measure successful 2023.

After a well-deserved Christmas break, Matheson has revealed that filming for the seventh play volition officially footwear disconnected successful March 2025, reports the Express.

This suggests that we tin expect the merchandise of the seventh play towards the extremity of 2025 oregon perchance astatine the commencement of 2026.

Matheson, who has played Vernon 'Doc' Mullins successful each play of Virgin River, spoke warmly astir his co-stars, describing them arsenic a "family".

"I emotion the feeling of the show, and besides the formed and unit person each go similar family," helium said.

"So it's truly fantastic that we each present deliberation of each different arsenic family. It is 1 of my favourite experiences, and I emotion the show."

In an intimate chat with Anna Daly astir his autobiography Damn Glad to Meet You: My Seven Decades successful the Hollywood Trenches, the histrion shared his fondness for Doc Mullins, a quality he's enjoyed among galore successful his extended TV career.

"I emotion playing Doc Mullins due to the fact that I've played a batch of doctors, and I did a batch of probe astir state doctors who enactment successful tiny towns, wherever you cognize each of your patients," Matheson revealed.

"It's a antithetic benignant of transportation with the radical you serve.

"When you locomotion down the street, you spot them; you spot them astatine the barroom astatine night. It's a antithetic benignant of medicine, really.

"This is the communicative of a feline who near the large metropolis to get backmost to treating patients one-on-one, and I emotion that."

Ahead of Virgin River's sixth season, Netflix viewers are excitedly anticipating a melodramatic wedding betwixt Mel and Jack.

Elsewhere successful the series, Lizzie (Sarah Dugdale) seems to beryllium a fewer months pregnant, Dan Brady (Ben Hollingsworth) finds himself embroiled successful much dubious dealings, and the emotion communicative betwixt Preacher (Colin Lawrence) and Kaia (Kandyse McClure) shows nary signs of fading.

Virgin River play 6 volition beryllium released Thursday, December 19 connected Netflix.