Sydney Is Playing London and Mark Wahlberg Is Playing Cop — Netflix’s The Big Fix Looks Like a Must-Watch Thriller

There’s something thrilling about a movie that hasn’t even finished filming yet and is already generating serious excitement. The Big Fix — Netflix’s upcoming soccer match-fixing thriller — is exactly that kind of film. With Mark Wahlberg brooding through a window and Natalie Dormer stepping out of a London townhouse that’s actually in Sydney, the first on-set glimpses have arrived and they look stunning.

The Big Fix Film at a Glance

What Is The Big Fix About?

This isn’t your typical sports movie. The Big Fix follows a former Interpol cop in a bureaucratic role at FIFA who uncovers an international match-fixing scandal and launches a high-stakes mission to stop whoever is behind it. His target is a passionate hustler who joins forces with Chinese Triads to earn millions of dollars rigging football games across the world. As they start to circle one another, a high-octane, globetrotting cat-and-mouse thriller ensues — pitting two defiant, determined men against each other.

Think of it as a football thriller with the moral complexity of a spy film — two intelligent, ruthless men on opposite sides of a billion-dollar criminal enterprise. Based on a real investigative story, this one carries genuine weight.

The Star-Studded Cast

The impressive cast list includes Mark Wahlberg (The Union, Spenser Confidential), Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal, The Night Of), Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones), Susan Lynch (Killing Eve, A Thousand Blows), and Gabriel Leone (Ferrari, Senna). whats-on-netflix

The pairing of Wahlberg and Ahmed alone is a fascinating creative choice — two actors with very different energies who should produce incredible friction on screen. And Natalie Dormer, confirmed to have joined the cast just before filming began, was already on set sporting a baby bump for the role. She’ll also soon appear in Netflix’s upcoming Extraction spinoff series, making 2026-27 a very big stretch for her on the platform. whats-on-netflix

The London-in-Sydney Production Design

One of the most talked-about details from the first set photos is the sheer ambition of the production design. Sydney’s inner-city suburbs have been meticulously transformed into the streets of London, with prop street signs clearly placing the scene in the “London Borough of Islington” on the fictional “Crossgrove Place N1,” complete with classic brickwork and wrought-iron fencing. whats-on-netflix

The fact that you cannot tell it isn’t London is a genuine testament to the craftsmanship involved — and a reminder of why big-budget Netflix productions continue to push creative boundaries globally.

The Creative Team Behind the Camera

Baltasar Kormákur, director of Everest and Beast, is sitting in the director’s chair. The film is being produced by Peter Chernin and David Ready for Chernin Entertainment, alongside Kormákur and Samantha Nisenboim, with executive producers including Bennett Walsh, Chris Eaton, and Jenno Topping. whats-on-netflix

Kormákur is an exceptional fit here — he’s made a career out of survival thrillers with real-world grounding, and a match-fixing conspiracy spanning continents is right in his wheelhouse.

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When Can We Expect The Big Fix on Netflix?

According to current production listings, filming is scheduled to run through late June 2026, meaning we likely won’t see The Big Fix hit our screens until mid-to-late 2027. It’s a wait — but given the calibre of everything attached to this project, it’s one that feels very much worth it. whats-on-netflix

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