The third and final series of critically acclaimed HBO drama The Leftovers will be made in Australia, it has been confirmed.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, who is in the US on a trade mission, announced the news that the show would film in his state at Warner Bros studios in Los Angeles on Saturday, claiming the "Hollywood coup" would bring $20 million of production expenditure and create more than 250 local jobs.

The Leftovers will be filmed in and around Melbourne over the next three months. Regular cast members Justin Theroux, Christopher Eccleston, Liv Tyler and Janel Moloney are expected to join the production in Victoria.

The cable TV series, which airs in Australia on Showcase, is based on a novel by Tom Perrotta and was developed for television by Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof.