{"id":429884,"date":"2026-05-16T01:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T01:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/429884\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T01:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T01:40:08","slug":"netflixs-east-of-eden-slammed-for-filming-in-auckland-and-otago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/429884\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix\u2019s East of Eden slammed for filming in Auckland and Otago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mplxTcLUMibHPxLgQP\" style=\"display:none\">Considered one of California\u2019s defining literary works, East of Eden is deeply tied to the Salinas Valley and the state\u2019s geography and identity, New York Post reported.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Dunedin, Maniototo and \u014camaru locations will feature in Netflix\u2019s East of Eden, due for release later this year. Photo \/ Supplied\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Dunedin, Maniototo and \u014camaru locations will feature in Netflix\u2019s East of Eden, due for release later this year. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"mplxTcLUMibHPxLgQP\" style=\"display:none\">However Phil Turner, locations manager who worked on East of Eden, said the region offered rare authenticity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mplxTcLUMibHPxLgQP\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThese are incredibly unique locations that can replicate period settings in a way that\u2019s very difficult to achieve elsewhere; you\u2019d almost have to build a set to match somewhere like the \u014camaru Historic Precinct. It\u2019s unique globally,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mplxTcLUMibHPxLgQP\" style=\"display:none\">New Zealand also offers generous screen production rebates, which can return up to 20% of qualifying costs to international studios, which have long made the country an attractive destination for major Hollywood productions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mplxTcLUMibHPxLgQP\" style=\"display:none\">Finance Minister Nicola Willis has made this a goal for the government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mplxTcLUMibHPxLgQP\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe are sending a clear message to the world: New Zealand is the best place in the world to make movies,\u201d Willis said last year. \u201cBring your productions here to take advantage of our talent and locations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"\u014camaru\u2019s Victorian Precinct was transformed into early 20th-century California during filming for Netflix\u2019s East of Eden. Photo \/ Supplied\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>\u014camaru\u2019s Victorian Precinct was transformed into early 20th-century California during filming for Netflix\u2019s East of Eden. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"mplxTcLUMibHPxLgQP\" style=\"display:none\">Filming wrapped in New Zealand this year, before United States President Donald Trump\u2019s threat of 100% tariffs on films produced outside the US, New York Post reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mplxTcLUMibHPxLgQP\" style=\"display:none\">Trump said Hollywood was dying a \u201cvery fast death\u201d because of incentives offered by other countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mplxTcLUMibHPxLgQP\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cI never thought I\u2019d see the day when it would be MORE expensive to shoot a movie or TV series in LA than anywhere else in the country or world,\u201d a user posted on X.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mplxTcLUMibHPxLgQP\" style=\"display:none\">The seven-episode series stars Florence Pugh and is expected to debut this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Considered one of California\u2019s defining literary works, East of Eden is deeply tied to the Salinas Valley and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64402,8239,95,51,682,14645,179,3806,8142,156,16840,99278,2082,132252,78,5126,5712,18927,218892,111,139,8476,69,1118,9629,41401,29191,544,220230,1361,80],"class_list":["post-429884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-adaptation","tag-american","tag-and","tag-auckland","tag-being","tag-beloved","tag-california","tag-east","tag-eden","tag-entertainment","tag-filmed","tag-filming","tag-for","tag-fuming","tag-in","tag-john","tag-literature","tag-lovers","tag-netflixs","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-novel","tag-nz","tag-of","tag-otago","tag-slammed","tag-soil","tag-some","tag-steinbecks","tag-that","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}