In March 2018, Fremantle acquired rights to Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan, to adapt into a television series.
[1] In November 2019, it was announced Justin Kurzel would direct the series, with Shaun Grant serving as writer.
[4] In November 2023, Odessa Young, Ciarán Hinds, Olivia DeJonge, Heather Mitchell, Thomas Weatherall, Show Kasamatsu, Charles An, and Simon Baker joined the cast.
Other deals include RTÉ (Ireland), Movistar Plus+ (Spain), Nova (Greece), AXN (Portugal) and LG Uplus (South Korea).
[10] On 17 January 2025 it was announced that after the first presentation at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, the series will be released on 18 April 2025 to coincide with Easter holidays.