MORNING HEADLINES | Signs of production for Outer Banks will soon be appearing across the Lowcountry as the Netflix-backed drama heads into its fifth and final season.
“We’re going back — we’re all going to Charleston in about two weeks,” actor Drew Starkey said in a recent interview posted on X.
The hit streaming show has been a steady source of employment for the Lowcountry film industry ecosystem since 2019, according to media reports, with familiar sets and backdrops ranging from The Wreck of the Richard and Charlene seafood restaurant on Shem Creek to Hunting Island’s lighthouse in Beaufort County.
Its cast also includes Goose Creek native Madelyn Cline, who recently posted a video on TikTok about filming the final season.
“Annoying [I’m really] sorry but the last season of [OBX] is about to start filming and I have so many feelings about it but mostly feel so grateful,” she wrote in the video. “We’re so excited to go back one last time. ”
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