The latest Australian Original drama series, Narrow Road To The Deep North, wrapped production in New South Wales back in February 2024. The five part Amazon Prime Video series is set to make waves when it launches on the streaming service in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada later this month.
Where was Narrow Road To The Deep North Filmed?
Filming began in late 2023 in Captains Flat – a town in the Southern Tablelands of rural New South Wales, Australia. Various scenes throughout the series were also filmed at locations in The Rocks, Glebe, Kurnell, and Lilyfield in Sydney. Filming also took place at Otford Farm – Nestled at the edge of the Royal National Park just 40 minutes from Sydney. During the NSW-based filming, CATO Location Services provided Traffic Management and Security services.
Former CATO Traffic Controller and Unit Manager, Taki Abe, stars in the series as Colonel Kota, alongside Jacob Elordi. Abe has been acting for over 20 years, with notable credits in films such as The Wolverine (alongside Hugh Jackman), Unbroken (Directed by Angelina Jolie), and Hacksaw Ridge (alongside Sam Worthington). He now takes on the role of Colonel Kota in the soon-to-be-released Amazon Prime Video series.
Based on Richard Flanagan’s Booker Prize-winning novel, the five-part series is adapted by Shaun Grant, directed by Justin Kurzel, and stars Euphoria’s Jacob Elordi. The production received major investment from Screen Australia and support from Screen NSW.
You can read the original press release from Variety below.
‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North’ Trailer: Jacob Elordi Plays Australian War Hero in Justin Kurzel’s Sweeping and Sensual Series for Prime Video
Prime Video has unveiled the trailer for Justin Kurzel‘s limited series “The Narrow Road to the Deep North,” an adaptation of Richard Flanagan’s eponymous, Man Booker Prize-winning novel and starring Jacob Elordi in a lead role as Dorrigo Evans.
The decade-spanning series filmed in New South Wales, Australia, and charts the life of Evans, a medical officer who becomes a Japanese prisoner of war and is haunted by his passionate, yet impossible love affair with Amy Mulvaney (Odessa Young), his uncle’s wife, for the rest of his life. Penned by Shaun Grant (“Nitram,” “Snowtown”), “The Narrow Road to the Deep North” then portrays him as a returned war hero who becomes a revered surgeon.
The buzzed about limited Australian series held its world premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, where Kurzel and Elordi were in town to promote the show. It garnered one of the warmest ovation of the festival.
All five episodes of “The Narrow Road to the Deep North” will premiere in Australia, New Zealand and Canada on April 18 on Prime Video. Presented by Amazon MGM Studios, the series was produced by Curio Pictures.
The international cast is completed by Ciarán Hinds (“Belfast”), Olivia DeJonge (“Elvis”), Heather Mitchell (“Love Me”), Show Kasamatsu, Thomas Weatherall (“Heartbreak High”), and Simon Baker (“Limbo”).
“The Narrow Road to the Deep North” is produced by Curio Pictures, and distributed internationally by Sony Pictures Television. Jo Porter and Rachel Gardner from Curio Pictures executive produce. Richard Flanagan, Shaun Grant and Justin Kurzel are also executive producers with Alexandra Taussig serving as producer.
Principal production funding is provided by Screen Australia, with assistance from the NSW Government through Screen NSW’s Made in NSW and PDV Funds.
“The Narrow Road to the Deep North” is one of the 30 Australian Original series that have been commissioned by Prime Video since 2019.
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