New cast members have been added to Little House on the Prairie, Netflix's reboot of the series based on Laura Ingalls Wilder's classic novels, Deadline reported. CBS Studios produces with Anonymous Content Studio, with filming slated to begin this month in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
The cast additions are Jocko Sims (New Amsterdam), Warren Christie (The Watchful Eye), Wren Zhawenim Gotts (Echo), Meegwun Fairbrother (Avatar, The Sticky), and Alyssa Wapanatâhk (Peter Pan & Wendy) as series regulars, with Xander Cole (People of the West) recurring on the show.
Sims and Christie will play characters from the books while Gotts, Fairbrother, Wapanatâhk, and Cole play newly created characters, part of the extended Osage family. The new cast members join previously announced Ingalls family actors Alice Halsey (Laura), Luke Bracey (Charles), Crosby Fitzgerald (Caroline), and Skywalker Hughes (Mary Ingalls).
Little House on the Prairie comes from showrunner Rebecca Sonnenshine and CBS Studios. Sonnenshine executive produces alongside Joy Gorman Wettels for Joy Coalition, Trip Friendly for Friendly Family Productions, Dana Fox and Susanna Fogel. Sarah Adina Smith will direct the first episode.