Netflix’s Little House on the Prairie has assembled the new incarnation of the beloved Ingalls family. Luke Bracey and Crosby Fitzgerald have been cast as Charles Ingalls (Pa) and Caroline Ingalls (Ma) while Skywalker Hughes is set to play their eldest daughter, Mary Ingalls, and Alice Halsey is set to play the second daughter and series’ narrator Laura Ingalls.

Luke Bracey (Elvis, Hacksaw Ridge, Little Fires Everywhere) will play Charles Ingalls. Charles won his wife’s heart by carrying her three miles through the snow to a winter dance. He’s a man who’d fit in seamlessly into the 21st century. Ruggedly handsome, charming, outgoing. A farmer and a trapper. A carpenter and an artist. A poet, a musician, a skilled storyteller. The original Girl Dad. He is an optimist, always glass half-full. But he is also a wanderer. A seeker. A man forever in search of greener pastures.

Crosby Fitzgerald (Crime 101, Palm Royale) will play Caroline Ingalls. Caroline did not marry her husband out of convenience – they fell truly madly deeply in love. It was a great romance – and it still is. She’s got a playful side, a romantic side – but at the end of the day, she’s the one who keeps this family on track. Like moms do. She’s quiet and patient and practical – but with a core of steel. She gave up her teaching career to have a family, but that yearning for independence never quite went away. Her marriage is one of equals – something rare in the 19th century. And though her trust in her husband is tested, the strength of their love endures.

Skywalker Hughes (I, Object) will play Mary Ingalls, Laura’s older sister and polar opposite. A rule follower. Quiet and studious. Always angling to be the good daughter, the obedient one, the ladylike one, the prettier one. Other parents love Mary. Unlike her sister, she is uncomfortable in the natural world: the sun is too hot, the snow is too cold. She loves pretty ribbons and reading poetry and long afternoons of sewing. In other words, Laura and Mary are oil and water. Best friends and mortal enemies. They love each other deeply and hate each other intensely. But in the end, they always have each other’s backs – there is no choice but to protect each other in this wild new landscape.

Alice Halsey (Lessons in Chemistry, Days of Our Lives) will play Laura Ingalls. Everyone sees themselves in Laura. That’s why these books endure. Laura is a disruptor. Honest to a fault. Questions authority. She’s our window into this adventure. An American icon in waiting. Forget your modern ideas of childhood – the stakes are high for children living in the 19th century. They have responsibilities – and freedoms – that seem extraordinary in this era of helicopter parenting. Mixed in with small pleasures and petty disputes with her older sister are true feats of survival and bravery. She is observant, tender, strong-willed, hot-tempered. She resists the bounds of 19th-century ladylike behavior – she likes to run barefoot and feel the sun on her face. She is curious and optimistic and fearless, like her father; resourceful and hardworking and honest, like her mother. She is quick to call out anyone who is cruel or unjust. She loves fiercely and unapologetically and is utterly devoted to her dog, Jack. She rubs some adults the wrong way – too many hard questions, too much personality, too much energy – but to the people who matter, she’s a bright light. She absorbs every detail she sees around her, collecting them for stories she will someday share with the world.

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

Rebecca Sonnenshine (The Boys, Vampire Diaries, Archive 81) will serve as showrunner and executive producer on the new series. “I fell deeply in love with these books when I was five years old,” said Rebecca Sonnenshine. “They inspired me to become a writer and a filmmaker, and I am honored and thrilled to be adapting these stories for a new global audience with Netflix.”

Joy Gorman Wettels of Joy Coalition will also executive produce along with Trip Friendly for Friendly Family Productions, Dana Fox, and Susanna Fogel. CBS Studios and Anonymous Content Studios will produce for Netflix. Friendly is the son of Ed Friendly, who executive-produced the original “Little House on the Prairie” TV series.

“It has been a long-held dream of mine to carry on my father’s legacy and adapt Wilder’s classic American stories for a 21st-century audience in a way that brings together fans of both the books and the original television series,” said Trip Friendly, CEO of Friendly Family Productions. “I am thrilled by our talented creative team led by Rebecca Sonnenshine, who are bringing these beloved stories about family, community, and survival to long-time fans and new generations.”

Since its original publication in the 1930s, the Little House book series and brand have remained a constant in the global zeitgeist. The classic novels have sold over 73 million copies in over 100 countries, translated into at least 27 languages. The books were then adapted into the incredibly popular NBC series “Little House on the Prairie,” which aired for nine seasons and over 200 episodes between 1974 and 1983.

Most recently, 50 years after the 1974 show first debuted, Nielsen reports that fans of all generations have embraced the nostalgic show, garnering an astonishing 13.25 billion minutes of viewing in 2024 alone.

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