Trailer for ‘The Waterfront’ Twisted Family Series with Holt McCallany

Trailer for ‘The Waterfront’ Twisted Family Series with Holt McCallany

by Alex Billington
May 22, 2025
Source: YouTube

“If you touch my husband, I will come for you.” Netflix has unveiled an official trailer for The Waterfront series, a twisted family drama series coming to Netflix in June this summer. Inspired by true events and set against the backdrop of coastal North Carolina, The Waterfront is a brand modern series created and written by prolific showrunner Kevin Williamson (also creator of Scream, Dawson’s Creek, The Vampire Diaries). The twisty drama plays out over eight episodes that are as much about family dynamics as they are about the lengths people will go to when their legacy is on the line. As their storied North Carolina fishing empire decays, the damaged Buckleys grapple to revive their imperiled maritime heritage. It was filmed on location in Wilmington and Southport, North Carolina. The massive ensemble cast features Holt McCallany, Maria Bello, Jake Weary, Melissa Benoist, Rafael L. Silva, Humberly González, Danielle Campbell, and Brady Hepner. Along with series guest stars including Topher Grace, Dave Annable, Michael Gaston, Gerardo Celasco, and Zach Roerig. Unfortunately this crazy series looks like a glorified soap opera elevated to Netflix action thriller evening viewing. Nothing to get excited about unless you’re into this kind of drama.

Here’s the full trailer (+ poster) for Kevin Williamson’s series The Waterfront, from Netflix’s YouTube:

For decades, the Buckley family has ruled Havenport, NC, dominating everything from the local fishing industry to the town’s restaurants. But their fishing empire has started to crumble as patriarch Harlan Buckley (Holt McCallany) recovers from two heart attacks, and his wife Belle (Maria Bello) and son Cane (Jake Weary) venture into the deep end to keep the family businesses afloat. As their attempts spiral out of control & into treacherous waters, Harlan steps back in to take command. Facing her own demons, their daughter Bree (Melissa Benoist), an addict in recovery who lost custody of her son Diller (Brady Hepner), finds herself entangled in a complicated relationship that could just threaten the family’s future forever.

The Waterfront is a series created and showrun by acclaimed screenwriter Kevin Williamson, best known as the creator of the Scream horror franchise, as well as a writer on Sick, “Time After Time”, “The Vampire Diaries”, “Tell Me a Story”, “Pages of the Cult” previously. With writing by Kevin Williamson, Lloyd Gilyard Jr., Brenna Kouf, Michael Narducci, Hannah Schneider, and Katelyn Crabb. Featuring episodes directed by Erica Dunton, Liz Friedlander, Marcos Siega. Produced by Ben Fast for Outerbanks Entertainment, Michael Narducci, & Marcos Siega. Made by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group. Netflix will debut The Waterfront series streaming on Netflix worldwide starting on June 19th, 2025 coming up soon.

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