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Outer Banks Prequel ‘Kildare’ Enters Formal Development at Netflix

Creators are writing a 20‑years‑earlier drama that will dramatize how Kildare split into Pogues and Kooks, with the action told through the parents' generation.

Overview

  • Multiple outlets reported in mid‑August 2026 that Josh Pate, Jonas Pate and Shannon Burke have moved a prequel concept, often called Kildare, into formal development at Netflix.
  • Josh Pate told Deadline the trio are actively working on the script as the original series reaches its planned fifth and final season.
  • The prequel is set roughly 20 years before Outer Banks and is framed to explore the island’s origins of class division between working‑class Pogues and wealthy Kooks.
  • Creators say the story will follow some familiar family lineages alongside new characters by focusing on the parents’ generation rather than the current teen protagonists.
  • Netflix declined to comment and no formal series order, casting information, production start date or release timetable has been announced, leaving the project early in its development phase.