A new Netflix series starring Antony Starr, known best for his roles in The Boys, Banshee, and The Covenant, is now in production in Australia.
Marking the first Netflix series to be shot in Western Australia, Breakers hails from writer Pete Jackson, and follows two backpackers who are sucked into what seems to be a perfect surfing community, led by a charismatic but mysterious figure. No other cast details have been revealed yet.
Breakers will be directed by Mary Nighy (Say Nothing, Industry) and Ng Choon Ping (What It Feels Like for a Girl, Femme), and executive produced by Gavin O’Grady (Somewhere Boy, This Way Up), Petra Fried (Baby Reindeer, The End of the F***ing World), Wim De Greef (Baby Reindeer, The End of the F***ing World), and Jackson.
Production is supported by Screenwest and the WA Government through the Western Australian Production Attraction Incentive. The series is produced by BBC Studios’ Clerkenwell Films in partnership with BBC Studios Productions Australia.
“Screenwest is delighted to welcome Netflix to Western Australia for the first time. Breakers provides a fantastic opportunity for Western Australian Heads of Department, crew and cast to work on a prestige series and continue developing their careers right here in our South West. We look forward to seeing the series brought to life over the coming months,” said Rikki Lea Bestall, Screenwest CEO.
Breakers joins a growing slate of Australian and Australian-made films and shows on Netflix, including previously released The Survivors, Apple Cider Vinegar, Territory, Boy Swallows Universe, Son of a Donkey and Surviving Summer among others. Other upcoming releases include Heartbreak High S3, My Brilliant Career, and Allen.
Creative Industries Minister Simone McGurk said attracting a production of this scale to Western Australia is a “very exciting opportunity” for the local screen industry.
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“As the biggest series to be filmed in Western Australia, the project is estimated to inject more than $19 million into the WA economy and directly employ more than 100 Western Australians,” she said. “Production kicking off for a project of this scale on the back of Perth Film Studios reaching completion last week shows our screen industry is going from strength to strength.”
While there is no word yet on a release date, Netflix said to be rest assured it will “crash” (surfing pun intended) onto the streamer “sometime soon”.
