US director Peter Berg’s new movie The Mosquito Bowl is set to shoot in Queensland, Australia this month taking advantage of the local filming incentives.
Based on the best-selling book by Buzz Bissinger, The Mosquito Bowl follows four of America’s top College Football stars who set their fame aside to enlist in the Marines after the attack on Pearl Harbour. As they prepare for the brutal invasion of Okinawa, they’ll play in a legendary game featuring some of the greatest players in history.
The Netflix film, which stars Nicholas Galitzine (The Idea of You), Bill Skarsgård (Nosferatu), Ray Nicholson (Novocaine) and Tom Francis (Sunset Blvd), will employ about 515 cast and crew while filming in the state and boost the local economy by about $80m.
Berg says: “I’m thrilled to be in Queensland filming The Mosquito Bowl with some of the best crews in the world. The landscapes here are cinematic gold—perfect for bringing this story to life. So far, I’ve crossed paths with two kangaroos and a couple of pythons, and I’m seriously considering casting them! Huge thanks to Screen Queensland for their incredible support in helping make this production possible.”
The Mosquito Bowl is being backed by the Australian government through the Location Offset (a 30% tax rebate for international productions), the Queensland Government through Screen Queensland’s Production Attraction Strategy, and the City of Gold Coast.
Debra Richards, director of production policy, APAC at Netflix says: “Thank you to Screen Queensland, and the Queensland and Federal Governments for their support in bringing The Mosquito Bowl, directed by Peter Berg, to the Sunshine State. Queensland consistently punches above its weight in attracting world class screen productions, and we’re proud to bring another major Netflix title to the state.”
Other big projects to shoot in the sunshine state recently include Godzilla x Kong: Supernova, Mortal Kombat 2 and Netflix’s Allen.
The Mosquito Bowl is produced by Berg for Film 44, Brian Grazer for Imagine Entertainment and Alex Gayner, and written by Berg and Mark L. Smith (The Revenant, Twisters, American Primeval). Ezra Emanuel serves as executive producer. This is the latest project out of the creative partnership between Berg’s Film 44 and Netflix.
