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Entertainment Weekly offers glimpse into Jason Momoa's series shot in Newfoundland

Jason Momoa fans got a first look at upcoming Canadian series Frontier Wednesday, after Entertainment Weekly posted two pictures online.

Game of Thrones star posts Instagram photo from St. John's IceCaps game

Entertainment Weekly posted two photos of Jason Momoa in his upcoming six-episode series Frontier that will air on Discovery and Netflix. (Duncan de Young)

Jason Momoa fans got a first look at the upcoming Canadian series Frontier Wednesday, after Entertainment Weekly posted two photographs to its website.

The Game of Thrones actor, who will play Aquaman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice this year, has been in Newfoundland for several months, working on two separate projects.

Entertainment Weekly posted two photos fromFrontiera six-episode scripted series by Take the Shot ProductionsWednesday morning.
Jason Momoa has been in St. John's for the last several months shooting Frontier, a series for Discovery and Netflix. (Duncan de Young)

The photos were credited to local photographer Duncan de Young.

Created by RobBlackieand PeterBlackie,Frontierwill follow the struggle to "control wealth and power in the North American fur trade in the late18thcentury," according to a news release from Bell in April.

The series will debut this yearin Canada on Bell Media platforms including Discovery, Discovery GO, and CraveTV, and on Netflix in international markets.

Momoa stars alongsideLandon Liboiron, of Hemlock Grove fame, andChristian McKay.

Along with Frontier, Momoa also shot the movie Bravenin Newfoundland, alongside The Mindy Project actor Garret Dillahunt.

According to IMDb,Braven is about a logger who protects his family from drug runners.

Jason Momoa posted a photo to Instagram Sunday from an IceCaps game at Mile One Centre in St. John's. (Instagram)

On Sunday, Momoa posted a photo on his Instagram accountfrom the St. John's IceCapsgame at Mile Once Centre, wearing a home jersey with his last name emblazoned on the back.

"Mahalo Danny. For the jerseys and aloha. Love me some ice hockey. I'm ice caps all the way. Support your local," Momoa wrote.

"Mahalo to Newfoundland. You always take care of me. I love it here."

The person standing next to Momoa, who the actor tagged as@caldercrisis, wore a jersey with "Braven" stitched on the back.