Netflix’s “Archive 81,” the first series to go into production in Pittsburgh after the onset of the covid-19 pandemic in November 2020, will premiere on the streaming service Jan. 14.

The supernatural horror series follows archivist Dan Turner (Mamoudou Athie) who takes a job restoring a collection of damaged videotapes from 1994 that were the work of a documentary filmmaker named Melody Pendras (Dina Shihabi). Turner is drawn into her investigation of a dangerous cult at the Visser apartment building. As the season unfolds across these two timelines, Turner grows obsessed with uncovering what happened to Melody.

“Archive 81” is executive produced by writer/showrunner Rebecca Sonnenshine (“The Boys,” “The Vampire Diaries”) and is inspired by a podcast of the same name.

“Archive 81” was based at soundstages in Marshall Township and filmed in and around Pittsburgh from November 2020 to March 2021.

Netflix is currently filming the biopic “Rustin” in Western Pennsylvania as well as the Christian Bale mystery movie “The Pale Blue Eye.”

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