Cameras roll on Netflix series Boy Swallows Universe in Queensland

Cameras have rolled on the Netflix adaptation of popular novel Boy Swallows Universe, with a film set taking over suburban streets this week

Cameras are rolling on the Netflix adaptation of best-selling novel Boy Swallows Universe with filming underway in Queensland.

Production began on the Netflix series on Monday, with a set spotted at Beenleigh where roads were closed for filming near the local aquatic centre.

Production on Netflix series Boy Swallows Universe underway in Beenleigh on Monday. Photo: Facebook

Era specific cars from the 1970s and 1980s, which have been sourced locally in recent weeks, lined the streets as young actors dressed in school uniforms filmed a scene at a local home.

The anticipated eight-part series, from a high-profile team of executive producers including Joel Edgerton, will be filmed across Brisbane and southeast Queensland, where the best-selling Trent Dalton story is set, for the next five months.

Production on Netflix series Boy Swallows Universe underway in Beenleigh on Monday. Photo: Facebook

A set of Netflix series Boy Swallows Universe underway in Beenleigh on Monday. Photo: Facebook

Supported by the Queensland Government via Screen Queensland’s Production Attraction Strategy, the production is expected to inject $33 million into the Queensland economy, creating around 185 jobs for cast and crew and 2500 extras.

Inspired by Dalton’s own upbringing in the city’s southern suburbs, Boy Swallows Universe is a coming-of-age story set in the 1980s about working-class Brisbane teenager and budding reporter Eli Bell, who is entangled in a world of drug crime.

Netflix is expected to announce the cast of the series soon.