Where is Netflix’s ‘Outlast’ being filmed? What’s the price?

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Old school fans Survivor should be excited to learn more about Netflix’s latest survivalist series, to survive. The show drops 16 outcasts in the Alaskan wilderness and forces them to work together for the ultimate prize. But this show is different Survivor – the main difference is that the only way to leave is to quit.

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Not only that, but Netflix has purposely cast people who might describe themselves as “lone wolves,” and in Too hot to handle fashion, they have no idea of ​​the kind of game they are in for. These 16 castaways will have to work together to win the prize, so it’s not just about survival, it’s about working together under the toughest conditions. So true to survive filmed, and what’s the big prize at the end?

Seth Lueker, Nick Radner, Justin Court, Paul Preece in 'Outlast'

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Netflix’s new reality series, “Outlast,” was filmed on Alaska’s Neka River.

The series begins with 16 castaways being parachuted into the middle of the wilderness, near the Neka River, Ala. That’s on Chichagof Island, just west of Junea in the fall. It is part of the Hoonah-Angoon region with only 20 meters in elevation, making it very close to sea level. The trailer teases that it will be “a season of heavy rainfall, rapidly dropping temperatures and increased activity from the area’s dense bear population.

'Survive' episode 6

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“In a few weeks it will start snowing as winter sets in. Maybe the players won’t survive that long,” the trailer hints. So the conditions will be difficult to say the least. It will probably feel closer to a lot of those History Channel and National Geographic survival type shows like Living below zero And Only than Survivorwhich usually takes place in warmer climates.

However, unlike other survivalist shows, this one has a big prize that depends on the ability of the players to cooperate with others. What’s the price?

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‘Outlast’ contestants compete for a $1 million prize in the Netflix series.

When the first parachute drops, and this is how participants get their information, supplies and challenges, they learn what their game entails. First they have to split into four teams that set up camp in different areas and then they have to work together to survive. However, players can switch teams and form different alliances anywhere, and otherwise Survivorno one is voted out.

It is basically a match of who is so fed up with the conditions and the other players that they decide to quit. Whoever is left at the end – whose timeline we don’t know yet – wins the million dollar prize. This means that several people can win and split the prize at the end, which is likely to be the case given that they have to stay on a team.

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Paul Preece, Joel Hungate in 'Outlast'

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At the same time, the fewer people left at the end, the more people will win, so they may also try to get on each other’s nerves to make other players quit.

“It’s really about who you become in a setting like that,” contestant Joel Hungate told the Greenfield reporter. “I think that’s what’s going to make this so interesting and so different from anything else in survival adventure. That dynamic of people working together will be fascinating.”

But who will win the $1 million prize? Tune in to watch the Netflix series on March 10!

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