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Below takes Josh Hartnett into a Newfoundland sea-creature mystery

Below takes Josh Hartnett into a Newfoundland sea-creature mystery
NewsMythscribe8 October 2026

Netflix schedules all six episodes of Below for October 8. Creator Jesse McKeown’s limited series follows a Newfoundland fishing community threatened by an unidentified sea creature.

Netflix schedules all six episodes of Below for October 8. Creator Jesse McKeown’s limited series follows a Newfoundland fishing community threatened by an unidentified sea creature. Josh Hartnett plays Calvin Penney, a fisherman trying to protect his family while struggling with the mystery of his father’s death.

Charlie Heaton plays his son Wade, and Mackenzie Davis plays a visiting marine researcher. The story combines the immediate threat with buried island secrets and a community’s struggle to preserve its way of life. The series filmed in Newfoundland, with Jamie Childs, Helen Shaver and Stephen Dunn directing. Read the

official source. Image: Jan Thijs / Netflix; official Below promotional still.

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