Devdiscourse News Desk | New York | Updated: 20-12-2021 11:14 IST | Created: 20-12-2021 11:14 IST
Virgin River Season 4 and Season 5 have been renewed in September 2021. The third part of the series has left fans with several cliffhangers, and it is expected that the fourth run will resolve those.
Earlier, Netflix reported that Virgin River Season 4 had begun its principal photography in July 2021. Now the series has wrapped up filming in Canada.
Meanwhile, Martin Henderson informed through social media that Virgin River Season 4 is currently under post-production. Moreover, recently a video of Virgin River season 4 has been released on its official Instagram page with a major spoiler that Annette O'Toole could be back in the fourth season.
The video captioned: "'Hope and the ladies… It's a wrap for all on S4!,' shows a glimpse of Annette O'Toole back in town as Hope."
Annette O'Toole was unable to perform in the third season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, except for a few appearances where she participated through video calls. After Season 3, it was rumored that Annette O'Toole would return in Virgin River Season 4, but nothing was confirmed officially until the recent Instagram update.
In Virgin River Season 3, Hope (Annette O'Toole) had a brain injury after having a car accident. Thankfully, she was alive and admitted to a hospital. We might see Hope and Muriel (Teryl Rothery) become friends in Virgin River Season 4.
Tenney told EW: "The more fun relationship is the one between Muriel and Hope. It starts as very antagonistic...In the slow burn category, you'll see moments coming up that are going to open up that relationship." (Maybe Muriel will show up to take care of Hope as Hope recovers?)
Meanwhile, the release date for Virgin River season 4 is yet to be announced. If we look back, the first two seasons of Virgin River were released just seven months apart, but there was a short gap between Virgin River Season 2 and Season 3.
However, as the filming has already wrapped up and the series is under post-production, so we guess Virgin River Season 4 would come out in early 2022.
Stay tuned to get more updates!
19 July 2021, 14:56 Does Hope die at the end of season three? Here's what's happened to the character... Virgin River season three dropped on Netflix earlier this month, and the new series of the beloved show
is proving a huge hit with viewers.
Fans of the show have been confused, however, at the absence of Hope McCrea, played by Annette O’Toole, in the new series.
Hope is the mayor of the town and fiancée of Doc Mullins, but she is never actually seen in-person in the new series, and there was concern she had been killed off at the end.
Here's what has happened to the character...
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Is Hope dead?
Fans of Hope had been concerned that the character was killed off in season three.
She was caught up in a hurricane while visiting her aunt and Doc, but luckily got out fine and stayed with her aunt for a few months.
On her way back to Virgin River, Hope then got into a car accident - and ended up in hospital.
Hope fans will be delighted to know, though, that Hope isn't dead, and that she survived the accident.
Showrunner Sue Tenney confirmed to Entertainment Weekly that Hope is still alive and will return to season four, saying: "We do move ahead. To us, it's the recovery and what she's dealing with—a traumatic brain injury. In a hospital and going through recovery, that's not really where our show lives. But we're very committed to what the truth of something is, so we'll go to the edge of what's the best recovery for this."
Where is Hope in season three?
While Hope isn't there in-person in season three, she is involved with storylines.
The reason why the character Hope isn't present is because actress Annette O’Toole couldn't travel to Vancouver to film because of coronavirus restrictions.
Sue Tenny told Us Weekly: "We were affected by COVID like every other show, and it was impossible for Annette to come and join us up here in Vancouver. Personally, I love Hope. I love the character, so we got busy in the writers’ room to see how we can keep her alive in the show, with only having limited access.”