Spy hears that a third Netflix production is now filming in and around Auckland. It's tipped as a rom-com and a former Kiwi boyband star has snagged himself a role.
The second seasons of the streaming giant's hit shows high school thriller One of Us Is Lying, and post-apocalyptic fable Sweet Tooth, have been filming this year and sources tell Spy that Netflix's new rom-com movie, Choose Love is also underway. Netflix describes the show as its first rom-com to get the interactive treatment, which means viewers get to decide the ending.
Choose Love stars American actress and singer Laura Marano, who must have had a sweet taste of Downunder action when the 26-year-old filmed Netflix movie The Royal Treatment in Dunedin early last year. Marano's mother, Ellen, and sister, fellow actress Vanessa were co-producers on the romantic royal tale and their Instagram feeds gave the show away. Not this time though. It seems Choose Love is much more on the down-low.
Having people on the ground to keep production running in Godzone helps. Choose Love producers Mel Turner and Axel Paton are also producers on Sweet Tooth and previously on Falling Inn Love, the first Netflix film shot entirely in New Zealand.