Below Netflix premieres globally on Thursday 8 October 2026 with all six episodes at once. Jesse McKeown’s Newfoundland-set sea-creature thriller stars Josh Hartnett as Calvin Penney and Mackenzie Davis as marine researcher Fonda Howander. If you are searching the Below Netflix release date, full cast, or whether it is a film or limited series, this ADVANCE Film guide locks Netflix Tudum’s John DiLillo facts (10 September 2026) about two and a half weeks before the spike.
The series was filmed in Newfoundland, Canada. Plot language below paraphrases Tudum’s published synopsis only—no invented dialogue.
Release date and how to watch
Global Netflix premiere: Thursday 8 October 2026. Format: limited series, six episodes, all drop the same day. Access: Netflix subscription in licensed markets. Rating and exact runtimes follow Netflix’s title page closer to launch; this desk does not invent either.
Streamer limited series with a single-day dump behave like event TV for SEO: “Below Netflix release date” and “Josh Hartnett Below” climb together in the fortnight before 8 October.
Cast: Hartnett, Davis, Heaton and company
Confirmed from Netflix Tudum cast listings: Josh Hartnett as Calvin Penney; Mackenzie Davis as Fonda Howander; Charlie Heaton as Wade Penney; Willow Kean as Ruth; Ruby Stokes as Mary; Rohan Campbell as Jay; Kaleb Horn as Noah.
Treat aggregator-only names with care; for ADVANCE accuracy this desk sticks to the Tudum roll DiLillo published.
Creative team and what the series is about
Creator / showrunner: Jesse McKeown. Writers: Karen Walton, Perry Chafe, Natty Zavitz. Directors: Jamie Childs, Helen Shaver, Stephen Dunn.
Tudum’s synopsis frames a fisherman haunted by his father’s death as a sea creature terrorises the town; he teams with a marine researcher. That is the full plot skeleton this desk will use until Netflix publishes a longer official synopsis—no invented creature lore or unaired twists.
The Newfoundland setting is not window dressing: harbour economies, cold-water weather and isolated coastal communities are the thriller’s grounded texture, which is why location photography (not celebrity likenesses) is the right cover language for this piece.
People also ask: is Below a movie or a series?
It is a six-episode Netflix series, not a feature film. Dual-geo searchers often type “Below movie Josh Hartnett” after other thriller guides—answer format and date cleanly so the article captures misfires without ranking for the wrong medium.
If secondary outlets disagree on episode count or date, prefer Tudum’s 10 September 2026 article (all six on 8 October) until Netflix updates its own press materials.
Why search interest rises before 8 October
October Netflix thrillers with recognisable leads behave like limited-release calendars for SEO: cast queries lead, then “Below Netflix” as a pure title search. An ADVANCE explainer that answers when / how many episodes / who plays whom / where filmed outperforms mood pieces without Tudum dates.
This piece sits in Film releases beside other ADVANCE October streamer calendars—adjacent to Apple TV and Prime Video October windows already covered on this site, not as a twin of any other Netflix title.
Filming in Newfoundland and what that signals
Tudum’s production note that Below was shot in Newfoundland is more than tourism copy. Cold-water harbours, working piers and fog banks give the series a grounded Atlantic texture that separates it from generic CGI creature shows. For ADVANCE SEO, location queries (“Below Netflix Newfoundland”) often trail cast queries by a few days—worth one clear paragraph so the page can catch them.
Directors Jamie Childs, Helen Shaver and Stephen Dunn split the six episodes; writers Karen Walton, Perry Chafe and Natty Zavitz share the room with showrunner Jesse McKeown. That crew list is the right place to re-check credits if secondary outlets disagree closer to 8 October.
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Sources: Netflix Tudum, John DiLillo, “Below” article (10 Sept 2026 — release date, cast, writers, directors, plot, Newfoundland); TV Insider / What's on Netflix corroboration where matching Tudum.