A new show from ‘Outer Banks’ creators, set & filmed in NC, is streaming soon
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- Prime Video to release 'The Runarounds,’ an NC-based music drama, on Sept. 1.
- Series follows Wilmington teens forming a rock band after high school graduation.
- Real musicians cast as leads; show's soundtrack drops via Arista Records same day.
The Tar Heel state is taking center stage for a new drama series filmed and set along the Carolina coast.
From the creators of “Outer Banks” comes another North Carolina-inspired series about a friend group of aspiring artists trying to get their big break.
“The Runarounds follows a group of recent high school graduates from Wilmington, North Carolina, who come together the summer after graduation to form a rock band, united by their shared love of music and near-impossible dream of stardom,” a release from Prime Video says.
“Over the course of one unforgettable summer, they throw themselves into the pursuit of their big break—falling in love, getting into trouble, and building the kind of bonds that feel like family along the way. With original music, romantic entanglements, and the raw highs and lows of coming-of-age, The Runarounds captures the rush of risking everything at the edge of adulthood to chase your dreams.”
The music drama series is one of many new shows that have been filmed in North Carolina this year, specifically in the Wilmington area, along with “The Waterfront” and “The Summer I Turned Pretty.”
‘The Runarounds’ plot
Inspired by the real band of the same name, the new music drama series stars real-life musicians William Lipton, Axel Ellis, Jeremy Yun, Zendé Murdock, and Jesse Golliher. Other co-stars include Lilah Pate, Maximo Salas, Kelley Pereira, Marley Aliah, Mark Wystrach, Brooklyn Decker, Hayes MacArthur, and Shea Pritchard.
Fun fact: Creator Jonas Pate, a Winston-Salem native, originally held auditions to put together a band to perform on an episode of “Outer Banks,” as previously reported by UNC Media Hub in The News & Observer. The concept developed into an entirely new show that ultimately became “The Runarounds.”
With the hope of finding real musicians with real chemistry, he found musicians Jeremy Yun and Will Lipton’s YouTube channel — and the rest was history.
“They’ve gotten so at ease, even though they weren’t actors before this… because when we shoot the musical scenes, we just want people to realize that, no, this is this band. This is who’s playing,” Pate said previously in a 2024 interview.
“I love watching young people pursue things that they want to achieve.”
Premiere date for ‘The Runarounds’
All eight episodes of the new series will premiere Monday, Sept. 1 on Prime Video — the same day Arista Records will be releasing the official soundtrack.
This story was originally published August 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM with the headline "A new show from ‘Outer Banks’ creators, set & filmed in NC, is streaming soon."