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June 14 – June 20, 2025
Blood in the water: Williamson returns to the seaside for ‘The Waterfront’ BY DANA SIMPSON To fans of the horror genre — and particularly 1990s slashers — the name Kevin Williamson is sure to ring a bell. Best known for writing the original “Scream” (1996) for famed director Wes Craven (“A Nightmare on Elm Street,” 1984), the screenwriter was also instrumental in adapting author Lois Duncan’s 1973 young adult thriller “I Know What You Did Last Summer” into a 1997 film of the same name starring Jennifer Love Hewitt (“Ghost Whisperer”), Freddie Prinze Jr. (“Scooby-Doo,” 2002), Ryan Phillippe (“Cruel Intentions,” 1999) and Sarah Michelle Gellar (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”). Now, 28 years after the release of “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” Williamson returns to the film’s shooting location for a new project: Netflix’s new crime-laced family succession drama “The Waterfront,” premiering Thursday, June 19, on the streamer. Filmed in coastal North Carolina between Wilmington and Southport — which is also where Williamson’s hit TV drama “Dawson’s Creek” was filmed — “The Waterfront” takes place in the fictional town of Havenport. As with “I Know What You Did,” commercial fishing plays a large part in the series plot; this time casting the Buckley family as the series’ focus, rather than a hook-wielding mystery man out for revenge.
“This is about a working man who’s trying to make a go of it for his family,” Williamson told Netflix’s media site Tudum ahead of the show’s release. “They’ve pulled themselves up from nothing and they’ve built this mini fishing empire in their small little town. Now it’s being taken away from them bit by bit. They’ll do anything to hold onto it, because it represents their family.” According to Netflix, “The Waterfront” follows the tumultuous story of patriarch and businessman Harlan Buckley (Holt McCallany, “The Iron Claw,” 2023) and his family, comprised of his wife Belle (Maria Bello, “A History of Violence,” 2005) and two adult children, Cane (Jake Weary, “Animal Kingdom”) and Bree (Melissa Benoist, “Supergirl”). As Harlan, a gruff, alcohol-dependent businessman, is forced to take a step back from the family’s local empire to recover from back-to-back heart attacks, Belle takes up the mantle to find that making money isn’t always as easy — or legal — as it appears at first glance. As she tries to run the fishery in her husband’s absence, the family restaurant also begins to fail, leaving Harlan little choice but to get back to work as soon as possible. While referencing the official trailer, a May 22 Tudum article
about the series reads that “it’s quickly apparent in the clip that the family is strapped for cash — they have to come up with $2 million in less than three months. In an attempt to keep their heads above water, Harlan is prepared to use the family fishing business to smuggle $10 million worth of cocaine and opiates. “But with the DEA circling,” the article continues, “and a dangerous drug lord [Topher Grace, “Home Economics”] looking to assert his position, the Buckleys may be treading rough waters.” The eight-episode first season features co-writing from Lloyd Gilyard Jr. (“The Good Doctor”), Brenna Kouf (“What/If”), Michael Narducci (“The Originals”), Hannah Schneider (“Why Women Kill”) and Katelyn Crabb (“Sick,” 2022), while direction is provided by Erica Dunton (“Ted Lasso”), Liz Friedlander (“Take the Lead,” 2006) and Marcos Siega (“You”). “The Waterfront” also stars Rafael L. Silva (“9-1-1: Lone Star”), Danielle Campbell (“The Originals”), Humberly Gonzalez (“Ginny & Georgia”), Brady Hepner (“The Black Phone,” 2021), J. Elliott (“Odd Man Out: The Series”), Lucas Hyde (“Heavenly Conquerors”) and Michael Gaston (“The Man in the High Castle”).
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