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Cosmopolitan
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Cosmopolitan
Where Was 'The Waterfront' on Netflix Filmed?
Netflix's addictive new show The Waterfront takes place in the fictional town of Havenport, which is best known for 1) a new murder every day, 2) an abundance of drugs/fish, and 3) being extremely gorgeous. While some of The Waterfront was filmed on a sound stage, plenty of it was filmed on location in Wilmington, North Carolina—which should look verrrrry familiar due to being used in dozens of TV shows and movies. Specifically, Outer Banks, Dawson's Creek, One Tree Hill, The Summer I Turned Pretty, and even I Know What You Did Last Summer. Creator Kevin Williamson grew up in the area and told Netflix "I would shoot everything here if I could." Meanwhile, Humberly González (who plays Jenna in The Waterfront) said "It's just such a full-circle moment for him. He would be like, 'Do you know where you're sitting? This is where that I Know What You Did Last Summer scene happened. It was such a fan moment for me. I was like 'I'm literally talking to the Kevin Williamson, where the movie was shot. Now I'm filming a show here!'" Aside from Wilmington, The Waterfront also spent some time filming in the picturesque town of Southport, as well as Wrightsville Beach. Let's get into the specifics! According to Star News Online, the Buckley's family restaurant—at least the outside of it—is actually a place called Fishy Fishy Cafe, which looks delightful. Meanwhile, some scenes around town take place at Potter's Seafood, Yacht Basin Drive, Morningstar Marina, and the Southport City Pier. Oh, and the sheriff's office is actually International Longshoremen's Local 1838. The more you know! Wilmington was used for a ton of locations in The Waterfront—specifically (per Star News Online) the Chamber of Commerce, which was a stand-in for Havenport hospital, as well William E. Poole Designs, which was used for Jenna's family hardware store. You can also see local businesses Caprice Bistro and the Black Cat Shoppe in several scenes. This gorgeous beachfront was used throughout filming, and if it looks familiar, might be because it's a go-to filming spot for The Summer I Turned Pretty. Brady Hepner, who plays Diller in The Waterfront, actually spoke about filming at the beach, telling The News & Observer that "Wrightsville Beach is always good. That was the thing I enjoyed about filming. After a long 12 hour day, you can just go sit on the beach and chill out, and that was really special to a lot of people." Kay, gotta go plan my trip.
Yahoo
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
These Wilmington-area locations are featured in a new Netflix drama
A gritty, soapy thriller of a TV series whose locations showcase Wilmington will soon be seen by viewers worldwide. "The Waterfront," which shot in and around Wilmington and Southport in 2024, will drop all eight episodes of its first season on Netflix at 3 a.m. Thursday, June 19. The cast includes Holt McCallany ("Mindhunter," "The Iron Claw"), Maria Bello ("NCIS"), Melissa Benoist ("Supergirl"), Topher Grace ("That '70s Show," the supervillain Venom in "Spider-Man 3") and North Carolina actor Brady show follows the saga of the Buckley family, owners of a fishing business as well as a popular restaurant in the small, fictional coastal North Carolina town of Havenport. By the time "The Waterfront" opens, however, the prominent Buckley clan has fallen on hard times and turned to drug dealing on the open seas as a way to maintain their or not it gets a second season, Wilmington, Southport and to a lesser extent Wrightsville Beach get plenty of screen time in season one. There are multiple scene-setting drone shots of downtown Southport by day and by night, as well as drone shots of Fort Fisher, downtown Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach. In Southport, the exterior and deck of Fishy Fishy Cafe play the Buckley's waterfront restaurant in numerous scenes, with other sequences set at Potter's Seafood, the Southport waterfront, Yacht Basin Drive, Morningstar Marina and the Southport City Pier. (The Buckley restaurant interior is actually an elaborate set.) One deceased character is laid to rest during a funeral at the Southport Community Building, and the Havenport sheriff's office is the International Longshoremen's Local 1838 on 10th downtown Wilmington, the Chamber of Commerce just off the Riverwalk plays the exterior of the Havenport hospital, and two characters have dinner outside The Basics in the Cotton Exchange. The downtown post office plays the exterior of the Havenport courthouse, and William E. Poole Designs on Market Street is transformed into a hardware store, with Caprice restaurant and the Black Cat Shoppe seen in the background. The old City Hall portion of Thalian Hall is repurposed as a bank, and one scene on South Water Street has Grace driving a vehicle in a direction that, to locals, is "the wrong way." 'The Waterfront' in 2024: Locations, casting info released as Netflix series starts production in Brunswick Elsewhere in Wilmington, the Suites on Market portray a seedy motel, a house at 4011 Cherry Ave. plays the home of teenager Diller, and multiple scenes take place around Greenfield Lake. The South Banks Channel Bridge at Wrightsville Beach pops up in a couple of scenes, and locals might be amused by a sequence that shows a character biking over a bridge at Wrightsville before cutting to him riding his bike in downtown not yet known whether "The Waterfront" will have a second season, or if a greenlit second season would shoot in Wilmington. Season one's finale, however, does set up a potential season two. The show was created and co-written by Kevin Williamson, a native of New Bern who has said the show's story is loosely inspired by his late father, who spent time in prison. Williamson, who was also the showrunner of "The Waterfront," has a long history in Southeastern North Carolina. This article originally appeared on Wilmington StarNews: Netflix's 'The Waterfront': Wilmington, NC, locations seen in the show
