Overview
- Netflix released the first teaser trailer on Tuesday, July 28, confirming a six‑episode limited series and announcing a Toronto International Film Festival world premiere on Sept. 10 ahead of an Oct. 8 Netflix debut.
- Josh Hartnett leads the cast as Calvin Penney, joined by Mackenzie Davis and Charlie Heaton, with creator and showrunner Jesse McKeown credited as an executive producer and Hartnett listed as a producer as well.
- The production was filmed on location in and around St. John's, Newfoundland, with extensive practical ocean work and cast immersion in local life to create a regional, lived‑in feel.
- Netflix’s press materials emphasize the creature is presented as a real, non‑supernatural threat and the series centers on a father, a visiting marine researcher, and a community uncovering buried island secrets.
- The TIFF premiere and streamer rollout continue a recent appetite for character‑driven, small‑town horror and could boost attention for Newfoundland’s local crews and the genre’s festival‑to‑streaming release model.