Mark Wahlberg and Natalie Dormer on the Set of Netflix’s ‘The Big Fix’

Cameras are officially rolling on Netflix’s highly anticipated thriller significant improvementAnd What’s on Netflix has your exclusive first look at the stars on set!

Production on the high-stakes soccer match-fixing thriller began in late April 2026. While the globe-trotting story spans several international locations, the cast and crew are currently set in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. But thanks to some incredible production design, you’d never know it!

As you can see in our exclusive behind-the-scenes photos below, the inner-city suburbs of the Australian city of Sydney have been carefully transformed into the streets of London. A prop street sign clearly depicts a view of the “London Borough of Islington” on the imaginary “Crossgrove Place N1” with classic brickwork and wrought-iron fencing.

We have our first look at the exciting revelations in these exclusive photos natalie dormer (game of Thrones, hunger games). Just yesterday, deadline set Dormer has officially joined the cast, and she’s already working hard. In the photos, Dormer can be seen leaving a London-style townhouse wearing a brown cardigan and jeans – and sporting a baby bump specifically for the role. (Dormer fans will also soon see him in an upcoming Netflix film extraction spinoff series!)

We also have a glimpse at the leading man mark wahlbergHe looked particularly stressed and worried as he peered out a multi-paned window.

Here are the special set photos:

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What is The Big Fix about?

If you need a refresher on this upcoming Netflix original, significant improvement (formerly known as The Dark Game) is based on a true story, specifically an August 2012 ESPN The Magazine article and a book by Brett Forrest.

Here’s the official logline for the thriller:

“A former Interpol policeman in a bureaucratic role at FIFA uncovers an international match-fixing scandal and embarks on a high-risk mission to stop whoever is behind it. His target: a passionate hustler who joins forces with Chinese Triads to make millions of dollars by rigging soccer games around the world. As they begin to corner each other, a high-octane, globetrotting The cat-and-mouse thriller begins – pitting two defiant, determined men against each other.”

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Who is behind The Big Fix?

The project boasts some serious heavyweight talent both in front of and behind the camera. Baltasar Kormakur (Everest, Beast) is sitting in the director’s chair. The current draft of the script was written by? guy bolton And justin heath.

The list of influential artists so far includes:

• mark wahlberg (The Union, Spencer Confidential)
• Riz Ahmed (Metallic sound, of the night)
• natalie dormer (game of Thrones)
• susan lynch (Killing Eve, A Thousand Blows)
• gabriel leon (Ferrari, Senna)

The film is being produced by Peter Chernin and David Ready for Chernin Entertainment with Kormákur and Samantha Nisenboim. Executive producers include Bennett Walsh, Chris Eaton and Geno Topping.

According to the current production listing, filming is scheduled to last until the end of June 2026. Looking at the timeline, we likely won’t see The Big Fix hit our screens until mid-to-late 2027, but these early glimpses have us incredibly excited.

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