Netflix's Little House On The Prairie Reboot Releases First Cast Photo As Filming Begins In Canada

By Matt Webb Mitovich
Little House on the Prairie Cast Photo Netflix Courtesy of Eric Zachanowich/Netflix

Filming on Netflix's Little House on the Prairie is now underway in Canada — four months after the series was first greenlit — and with that milestone comes a photo of the full cast, at their first table read.

Described as "Part hopeful family drama, part epic survival tale, and part origin story of the American West," Netflix's "fresh" adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder's iconic semi-autobiographical Little House books promises "a kaleidoscopic view of the struggles and triumphs of those who shaped the frontier."

Little House on the Prairie Cast Photo Netflix
(L to R) Warren Christie as John Edwards, Crosby Fitzgerald as Caroline Ingalls, Skywalker Hughes as Mary Ingalls, Alice Halsey as Laura Ingalls, Luke Bracey as Charles Ingalls, Meegwun Fairbrother as Mitchell, Wren Zhawenim Gotts as Good Eagle, Alyssa Wapanatǎhk as White Sun, Jocko Sims as Dr. George Tann

Alice Halsey, whose previous TV credits include playing daughter to Brie Larson in Apple TV+'s Lessons in Chemistry, will play wee Laura Ingalls, while Skywalker Hughes (Joe Pickett) will fill the role of older sister Mary.

Filling the roles of Ma and Pa will be Crosby Fitzgerald (Palm Royale) and Luke Bracey (the Aussie star of 2015's Point Break remake), as Caroline and Charles.

Jocko Sims (New Amsterdam) will play the "generous and kind-hearted" Dr. George Tann, while Warren Christie (Alphas) will fill the role of John Edwards (a Civil War veteran "who catches the eye of every single woman in the county").

Additionally, Meegwun Fairbrother (Burden of Truth), Alyssa Wapanatǎhk (Riverdale), Wren Zhawenim Gotts (Echo) and Xander Cole will form a family as a farmer named Mitchell, his "opinionated" wife White Sun, their "wildly imaginative" daughter Good Eagle and their "good-hearted but bull-headed" son Little Puma.

Rebecca Sonnenshine (The Vampire Diaries, The Boys) serves as showrunner on Little House and will executive-produce alongside Trip Friendly (son of original series EP Ed Friendly), Joy Gorman Wettels, Dana Fox and Susanna Fogel. Sarah Adina Smith (Lessons in Chemistry, Hanna) is set to direct the first episode.

With production on the eight-episode Season 1 just getting underway in early June, no release date or premiere window has yet been announced.

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