The New Mexico Film Office today announced Netflix’s action film, Trigger Warning, has begun production in New Mexico. Filming will take place in September and October 2021 in Lamy, Española, Los Cerrillos, Madrid, Albuquerque, and Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Trigger Warning is the story of an active-duty Special Forces officer who takes ownership of her grandfather’s bar shortly after he dies and soon finds herself at odds with the violent gang that killed him.
The production will employ approximately 180 New Mexico crew members and 240 New Mexico background and extras.
Jhamal Robinson, Netflix VP of Physical Production, UCAN, said “We’re excited to bring Trigger Warning to New Mexico, which has provided an outstanding production environment for so many Netflix series and films.”
Trigger Warning is directed by Mouly Surya (Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts) and produced by Basil Iwanyk (Sicario, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, The Town, John Wick) and Erica Lee (Sicario, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, John Wick) for Thunder Road Pictures.
Executive producers are Esther Hornstein (Criminal, Greenland) for Thunder Road Pictures; Jeanette Volturno (The Invisible Man, Fantasy Island) and Jason Clark (42, Ted) for Catchlight Studios; and Jessica Alba. Principal cast is headed by Jessica Alba (Fantastic Four, Sin City, Dark Angel, L.A.’s Finest) and includes Mark Webber (The Place of No Words), Anthony Michael Hall (Halloween Kills), Alejandro De Hoyos (The Man from Toronto), Tone Bell (The Flash), Jake Weary (It Follows), and Gabriel Basso (Hillbilly Elegy).
