Overview
- Cameras started rolling on the eight-episode drama Queenstown on July 13, 2026, and production is scheduled to continue through an October 2, 2026 wrap date.
- Netflix and producers Silent Firework and Runaway Unicorn have assembled an international ensemble led by Rufus Sewell and Frances O’Connor with new series regulars announced on July 27, 2026.
- Creator Chloe Stearns scripts the series with Glendyn Ivin as lead director and Roseanne Liang also directing while filming takes place under the working title Black Diamond at multiple Queenstown-area ski resorts.
- Early shooting coincided with a 5.9 magnitude quake north of Te Anau that local reporting said left cast and crew safe, with no public confirmation of schedule impact.
- Local outlets report the shoot will support roughly 450 cast and crew jobs with about 120 local hires and the show is projected but not confirmed to arrive on Netflix in mid-to-late 2027.