Spy: Netflix turns Mission Bay into a sweet post-apocalyptic world

by Stuff — December 6, 2020

Have you spotted any animal/human hybrids in Auckland’s eastern suburbs this week?

The latest Netflix series shooting in New Zealand closed down Atkin Ave, Mission Bay, over the past few days.

Sweet Tooth, which has Hollywood megastar Robert Downey jnr as an executive director, is a series about Gus, a half-human, half-deer boy surviving in a post-apocalyptic world with other hybrids.

What better place to film it than Godzone? It’s not just our picturesque filming locations that attracted producers. It is part one of a TV series and movie franchise going gangbusters after crews were allowed into New Zealand to film while our borders remain shut.