Netflix held a Calgary open casting call in April 2024 for "authentic looks, unique character faces, hard-working types, blue collar looks, blacksmiths, rancher types, labourer types, butchers, upscale affluent looks and amputees."
Filmed from May 14, 2024, to October 18, 2024, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Set in the 1850s, in Oregon, USA.
In October 2024, series creator Kurt Sutter left the show with a few weeks of shooting left. Sources said Sutter's departure came after Netflix saw rough cuts of the series' first episodes. Sutter and Netflix declined to comment.
Aisling Franciosi and Gillian Anderson also shared the screen in the thriller series, The Fall.