Overview
- The nine-episode FX series was filmed on location across greater Los Angeles from November 2025 through March 2026 to recreate 1981 settings.
- Production dressed real sites to evoke the era, including the South Bay Galleria in Redondo Beach standing in for the Sherman Oaks Galleria.
- Promotional materials released in June and July include official stills and a full trailer that emphasize the show's vivid 1980s aesthetic and dark teen thriller tone.
- Casting mixes emerging actors and established names with Igby Rigney playing the fictionalized Bret and Homer Gere cast as the magnetic new student Robert Mallory.
- FX and Disney have scheduled a double-episode launch in early August on their platforms and the show features an original soundtrack by Troye Sivan and Leland.