Netflix rumoured to pick up Terra Nova
An online streaming service may pick up Terra Nova following the announcement of US network Fox canning the series.
Netflix has voiced an interest in broadcasting the Steven Spielberg sci-fi series, the Hollywood Reporter claims.
After the axe fell on the show on Monday, studio 20th Television said it would shop the series around.
Should the streaming service pick the show up, the series may return to the Gold Coast’s Village Roadshow Studios and extensive Gold Coast hinterland set, where the first season employed 150-300 crew, most of which were Australian.
The show was the biggest budget series ever, with an estimated budget of $70m for the 13-part season 1, and $20m just for the first episode.
The series was plagued by issues from Queensland’s floods of early 2011 to a rising Australian dollar and key staff leaving.
It’s not the first time Netflix has got involved in original content.
In November Netflix announced it would stream exclusively the new series of Arrested Development.
