Netflix: Port Douglas to host filming of Dive Club teen drama
A 12-episode teen mystery drama which will showcase the Far North to more than 190 countries when it airs on Netflix will start filming in the region next month.
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A 12-EPISODE teen mystery drama which will screen globally on Netflix will start filming in the Far North next month.
The wholly Queensland-made series Dive Club, by Brisbane-based production house The Steve Jaggi Company and supported by the Queensland Government through Screen Queensland, will be filmed in Port Douglas in late October.
It will be released in 2021 on an Australian commercial broadcaster, and outside Australia to a global audience of over 190 countries on Netflix.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said that her government was proud to support the Queensland screen industry and overall economic recovery through her strong commitment to investing in the work of local producers.
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“I am delighted to announce that filming is forthcoming on the series Dive Club, which is currently estimated to create in excess of 110 jobs for Queenslanders and inject nearly $8 million into the economy,” Ms Palaszczuk said.
“Dive Club will showcase the tropical paradise location of Port Douglas and its lush surrounds to audiences across Australia, and the world, while providing jobs and training opportunities for established and emerging local crew permanently based in Queensland.
“With additional outcomes for FNQ tourism, hospitality, logistics and transport, just to name a few, it’s not only local filmmakers who will benefit from this exciting new production.”
Screen Queensland CEO Kylie Munnich said the The Steve Jaggi Company had an impressive global production track record, as well as its demonstrated commitment to gender parity in the industry.
“This is the third Steve Jaggi Company production we have supported, following Swimming for Gold filmed in Brisbane, and This Little Love of Mine, which was filmed in Cairns.
“We are also delighted to see Dive Club feature strong lead female characters, as well as a wealth of female directors working on the series, including Hayley McFarlane, Rhiannon Bannenberg and Christine Luby,” Ms Munnich said.
Dive Club producer and showrunner Steve Jaggi said the drama series was always envisaged as a Queensland production, with Port Douglas the ideal location for the fictional seaside town of Cape Mercy.
“Port Douglas was my first choice for Dive Club from the get-go as it’s exactly the tropical wonderland I pictured Cape Mercy to be in my imagination.
“Following our positive experience of shooting This Little Love of Mine in the region, the decision to return to Port Douglas and FNQ was an easy one,” he said.
“We are proud to be a Queensland based company and are always thrilled to be working with the fantastic cast and crew that our very own home state has to offer.”
Originally published as Netflix: Port Douglas to host filming of Dive Club teen drama