The Ingalls family is officially headed to Walnut Grove. Netflix announced Friday that Little House on the Prairie has wrapped filming on its second season in Winnipeg, and used the moment to introduce ten new cast members joining the Ingalls family for their next chapter.
The new season adapts On the Banks of Plum Creek, the fourth book in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved series, and picks up eighteen months after the events of season one. Among the new faces: David Wronko as Thomas Perry, Erik Athavale as Reverend Alden, Elyse Levesque as Emma Perry, Graham Harvey as Johnny Johnson, Jacinta Forest Lewitski as Hannah Walker, Lyla Porter-Follows as Mrs. Lena Nelson, Martin Roach as Simon Hughes, Paul Greene as Luther Perry, Ryan Northcott as William Oleson and Scott Porter as Peter Ingalls.
They join an ensemble that was already growing. Willa Dunn steps in as Nellie Oleson, Laura’s infamous rival, with Rachelle Lefevre as the town schoolteacher Eva Beadle, Charlotte Sullivan as Margaret Oleson and Warren Christie returning as John Edwards, as first reported by People.
Showrunner and executive producer Rebecca Sonnenshine praised the season’s new additions and thanked the hard-working crew and the show’s partners at CBS Studios, Anonymous Content and Netflix for championing the new chapter.
Luke Bracey, who plays Charles Ingalls, has said the time jump lets him explore a Charles who is learning from his mistakes and growing as a man, a husband and a father.
The wrap caps a breakout first year for the reboot. The eight-episode first season premiered July 9 and drew 6.4 million views in its first four days, climbing to number one on Netflix. Netflix had renewed the series for a second season back in March, four months before the first episode even aired.
No premiere date has been announced for season two, but with filming wrapped, the Ingalls are one step closer to arriving in Walnut Grove.