Filming to begin on Netflix’s ‘Daybreak’
Preproduction has been going on for months at Albuquerque Studios for the Netflix series “Daybreak.”
The New Mexico Film Office said Wednesday that principal photography will begin at the end of November and run through the beginning of April.
Netflix approved a 10-episode series order in July.
The dark comedy, based on the graphic novel by Brian Ralph, follows 17-year-old high school outcast Josh searching for his missing girlfriend, Sam, in post-apocalyptic Glendale, Calif.
Joined by a ragtag group of misfits, including a pyromaniac 12-year-old, Angelica, and Josh’s former high school bully, Wesley, now turned pacifist samurai, Josh tries to stay alive among the horde of Mad Max-style gangs (evil jocks, cheerleaders turned Amazon warriors), zombie-like creatures called Ghoulies, and everything else this brave new world throws at him.
According to the New Mexico Film Office, the production will employ 260 New Mexico crew members, three New Mexico actors and about 3,000 New Mexico background talent workers.
According to IMDB. com, Colin Ford is playing the role of Josh Wheeler. Ford has appeared in “We Bought a Zoo” and is in the coming “Captain Marvel” film.
Austin Crute will play Wesley, and Alyvia Alyn Lind will play Angelica.
Matthew Broderick is signed on to play the role of Burr.
The series is co-created by executive producers Brad Peyton and Aron Eli Coleite, along with executive producer Jeff Fierson.
Coleite will serve as showrunner on the series.
The set was being built at Albuquerque Studios when Netflix announced it was purchasing the studio.