Season six of Virgin River on Netflix cannot come soon enough…and there’s already been some casting news.

Word has spread that one character on the show might have to be forcibly recast.

In addition, several more stars are rumored to be returning for the sixth season of the smash-hit TV show, based on the season five story lines.

Alexandra Breckenridge – RETURNING

Alexandra is returning to reprise her role as Mel.

Martin Henderson – RETURNING

Martin is reprising his role as Jack.

Tim Matheson – Seemingly returning!

Tim is seemingly returning as Doc.

Annette O’Toole – Seemingly Returning!

Annette is seemingly returning as Hope.

Sarah Dugdale – Seemingly returning!

Sarah is seemingly returning as Lizzie.

Zibby Allen – Seemingly returning!

Zibby is seemingly returning as Brie.

Marco Grazzini – Seemingly returning!

Marco is seemingly returning as Mike.

Kai Bradbury – Seemingly returning!

Kai is seemingly returning as Denny.

Mark Ghanimé – Seemingly returning!

Mark is seemingly returning as Cameron.

Jenny Cooper – Seemingly returning!

Jenny Cooper is seemingly returning as Joey Barnes

Lauren Hammersley – Seemingly returning!

Lauren Hammersley is seemingly returning as Charmaine Roberts

Kandyse McClure – Seemingly returning!

Kandyse McClure is seemingly returning as Kaia Bryant.

Pony the Puppy – Might be recast!

In the holiday episodes of Virgin River, Jack gifted Mel a puppy named Pony. Originally, showrunner Patrick Sean Smith was thinking they could use the same puppy to portray an older version of Pony, as season six will feature a time jump.

However, with the Hollywood strikes, there was also a big delay in filming…meaning Pony the puppy might not fit the season six time jump after all.

Patrick told TVLine, “I’d always anticipated there would be a time jump after the holidays when we pick up with Season 6, so we were going to have that dog age naturally as we headed back into production. But we didn’t account for the five-month strike. So I don’t know where Pony is now in their maturation. I hope we don’t have to recast, but we might have to.”

Stay tuned as we learn more about season six of Virgin River.