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Photo: Western Australian Production Designer Emma Fletcher and Western Australian Costume Designer Lien See Leong on the set of Breakers in Busselton, Western Australia. Photographer David Dare Parker.
The 8-part series is the biggest production to take place in Western Australia and is estimated to employ over 100 Western Australians and inject more than $19 million into the WA economy.
This announcement comes following the Perth Film Studios reaching practical completion last week and is the first of many productions to be announced in 2026.
The series is produced by Clerkenwell Films, the multi-award-winning production company behind hit series Baby Reindeer in partnership with BBC Studios Productions Australia who recently produced Ghosts Australia and Reckless in Western Australia.
Breakers is supported by the WA Production Attraction Incentive, a State Government incentive managed by Screenwest.
The series follows two best friends who go backpacking in Australia and are soon drawn into a seemingly perfect community of surfers led by a charismatic but mysterious figure, played by Starr.
Breakers is written by Pete Jackson (The Death of Bunny Munro, Somewhere Boy) and directed by Mary Nighy (Say Nothing, Industry), Ng Choon Ping (What It Feels Like For A Girl, Femme)
The executive producers are Gavin O'Grady (Somewhere Boy, This Way Up), Petra Fried (Baby Reindeer), Wim De Greef (Baby Reindeer), and Pete Jackson (The Death of Bunny Munro, Somewhere Boy).
Breakers will wrap filming in June 2026 and will be released globally on Netflix.
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