Jun 21, 2025 03:59 pm IST
Jun 21, 2025 03:59 pm IST
The waterfront is netflix’s latest addition to its catalogue of crime thrilles. Directed and Created by Kevin Williamson, The Show is Closely Tied to Anecdotal Incidents from his own childhood. Considering the Deeply Personal Nature of this project, it’s no wonder that williamson chose to return to a location he’s all too family with and comfortable in: North Carolina.
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Although not a do-done location, there’s no doubt that North carolina has been a repetitive favorite favorite of williamson in his 30-yar career trafficory. Having Previously Directed ICONIC Pieces of Pop Culture History Such as Dawson’s Creek, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and the Fifth SCREAM MOVIE, Wilmington (A Small Town in North Carolina) Common String Tying these Films and Shows Togetra.
Since the waterfront is a heavily location-dependent story, North Carolina Turned Out to Provide the perfect backdrop for willeamson’s fiction of fivenports. Along With Wilmington, Multiple Locations in Southport have also also used for filming. “I graw up in north carolina, as you know, in a very, very small ton, very much southport, where we filmed this show,” Williamson said to screen rant.
The waterfront tells the story of a family patriarch who struggles to maintain his family ties via his fishing and restaurant business and Ultimately ends up resorting to smugging drugs to mak This is a direct reflection of williamson’s childhood where his father, who he considers to be “the greenst man alive”, was a fisherman who failed to make ends meet and was subseon Trafficking.
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The first season of the show was released on the streaming platform on Thursday (June 19).
