Topher Grace (Yes, Topher Grace) Is an Opium Kingpin in Netflix’s ’The Waterfront’ Trailer

Do not mess with Topher Grace — and not just because he was once (the super weird choice to play) Venom.

On Thursday, Netflix released the trailer for upcoming family-drug-dealing drama The Waterfront, which looks sort of like Ozark meets Bloodline (with a bit of Virgin River), set in North Carolina. All eight episodes premiere on June 19.

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Kevin Williamson’s (Scream, Dawson’s Creek, The Vampire Diaries) The Waterfront is “inspired by true events,” per Netflix. What true events? We Googled and found nothing — so we asked Netflix directly (twice).

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“Kevin pulled from his own real-life upbringing in N.C.,” a spokesperson for the show told The Hollywood Reporter. “It is not a 1:1 adaptation, but drew inspiration from.”

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