Netflix has announced cast for their first New Zealand eight part original series QUEENSTOWN. This is the official synopsis released by the streamer: Beneath the glamour of Queenstown’s luxury ski scene, a privileged family and the people who work for them collide over power, loyalty and desire. Rufus Sewell and Frances O’Connor have been set as leads and will be joined by Alycia Debnam-Carey and Te Kohe Tuhaka!
Shooting has begun over in New Zealand on new TV series BLUE MURDER MOTEL with Brett Tucker and Michala Banas leading the eight parter as married police detectives Vanessa and Peter Coleman, who are hanging up their badges and taking early retirement from the Australian police force. Their next chapter, investing in their dream – a 13-room motel in a sunny, oceanside New Zealand town. But only one week into their new adventure, paradise takes an unexpected turn when a body is discovered in Unit 3.
Premiering July 4th over in New Zealand is their new comedy series MADAM in which Australian star Rachel Griffiths plays the head of a brothel with Martin Henderson as her husband. The ten
Madam starts her business this July
episode series sees her playing Mack Leigh who lives in small-town New Zealand with her husband Rob and their two sons.
What was meant to be a short visit became permanent thanks to the free
healthcare for their disabled son. When Mack discovers Rob’s been seeing
a sex worker, she’s surprisingly not angry but inspired. After all, sex
work is legal in New Zealand, and her marriage has lacked intimacy for
years. Always a renegade and a bit of an entrepreneur, Mack learns the
only brothel in town is run by a douchebag. With no money and no
experience, she decides to open her own ‘feminist, ethical brothel. Mack
forges Rob’s signature on a home loan, leases a motel, and recruits an
eclectic swagger of mostly rookie sex workers.
Here is a movie that will get a multiplatform Northern American release in 2024 after having a limited August release in New Zealand from where it comes from. When a media storm threatens the marriage between a Vicar and his Samoan boyfriend in new drama movie MYSTERIOUS WAYS something extraordinary happens.
Written and directed by New Zealand’s Paul Oremland, the film follows a
media storm that threatens the marriage between a Vicar, portrayed by
Richard Short and his Samoan boyfriend, portrayed by Nick Afoa, after
they announce their intentions to have a traditional wedding in the
church. You can watch the movie trailer below:
Comingfrom celebrated director Lee Tamahori with Guy Pearce as the lead star we have a spectacular trailer for their new historical epic movie THE CONVERT which has the story set in early 19th century New Zealand.
IN THE FILM
Australian star Guy Pearce plays Thomas Munro, a lay
preacher who arrives at a British settlement in 1830s New Zealand. His
violent past is soon drawn into question and his faith put to the test,
as he finds himself caught in the middle of a bloody war between Māori
tribes. It speaks of the early contact between Europeans and Maori, when
European settlers were outnumbered by several hundred to one and Māori
had just acquired muskets. Tamahori and Pearce have been planning to
work together for nearly twenty years now. Jacqueline McKenzie, Antonio
Te Maioha, Te Kohe Tuhaka, Dean O'Gorman also star in the film out next
April in Australia.
A trailer for Celine Dion's new romantic movie coming out May 12th is here and it is rather star studded: beside Sam Heughan and Priyanka Chopra in the leads,
The movie is out this May!
there are also Celia Imrie and our baes Russell Tovey and Nick Jonas! Featuring new music from Dion, it follows Mira Ray who, dealing with the loss of her fiancé, sends a series of romantic texts to his old cell phone number… not realizing the number was reassigned to Rob Burns’ new work phone. A journalist, Rob is captivated by the honesty in the beautifully confessional texts. When he’s assigned to write a profile of megastar Celine Dion, he enlists her help in figuring out how to meet Mira in person…and win her heart.
BELGRAVIA SECOND SEASON
ADS LADY SOPHIE WINKLEMAN
Although it was cancelled at ITV due to poor ratings, and let us be honest a godawful story, Julian Fellowes' BELGRAVIA costume drama is getting a second
Sophie Winkleman might star in new Belgravia
season three years after over at American MGM Plus formerly known as Epix. The first to be added to the cast is a real life royalty Sophie Winkleman, also known as Lady Frederick Windsor, the son of Prince Michael of Kent. As Daily Mail reports, she is set to play the part of aristocrat Lady Rochester, which is one of the pivotal roles in the story! The new series will be set 25 years on from where the last one left off and will tell an entirely new story. She and Fellowes, who is also preparing a second season of Gilded Age at HBO, have worked before on his Titanic mini series.
PUNCH MOVIE TRAILER
LOVE IS WORTH THE FIGHT
We are celebrating the international day of love St. Valentines today with love movies, and here is another heartwarming romantic story: LGBT love drama PUNCH
Welby Ings directed the movie
has been traveling around the world visiting movie festivals since last summer and is continuing to do so coming from New Zealand director Welby Ings who also wrote the script for the movie starring Tim Roth and crazy gorgeous Jordan Oosterhof.
THE STORY FOLLOWS
Jim
(Jordan Oosterhof) a seventeen-year-old boxer in a small town. He's a
golden boy, preparing for a fight that will elevate him to an early
professional status. All bets are on his climb to success. But his
father Stan (Tim Roth) is a
Punch has been visiting movie festivals
demanding coach and a notorious alcoholic.
As Jim begins to rethink why he is fighting, his life tangles with Whetu
(Conan Hayes), a razor-tongued, gay Maori boy who spends his days in an
old shack with his dog Moimoi where he cobbles together a fragile
glamour and dreams of leaving town to become a musician. Away from the
rainbow flags and Pride parades, Jim and Whetu must navigate isolation,
hypocrisy, the brutality of small-town boxing, and an anonymous queer
bashing that no one will talk about. As Jim stumbles towards discovering
what it really is to be a gay man, he is forced to understand that
strength has little to do with heroism.
It was first a movie, back in 2014, and now New Zealand has shot an eight episode fantasy series THE DEAD LANDS which is currently seeking an international distribution. The series, which is not directly connected to the film of the same name and is instead an expansion of the world depicted in said film, is produced by GFC Films and stars Te Kohe Tuhaka, Jordi Webber, newcomer Darneen Christian, Vicky Haughton, Calvin Tuteao and Kirk Torrance. The show already aired on TV NZ and AMC's Shudder streaming service. Check out the trailer below, it is a rather strange mix of cheesy humour and silly gorefest which obviously
The eight episode series is now seeking international distribution
requires a rather open minded viewer, methinks. View it yourself and tell us what you think.
What's The Story Of The Show? A unique new series, combining brilliant action adventure and
mythical Maori culture with stunning locations and more than a touch of
humour, has the story set in a mythical Aoteoroa New Zealand, in a time
before time and
Te Kohe Tuhaka leads the cast of the new series
tells the story of Waka Nuku Rau (Te Kohe Tuhaka), a
dishonoured warrior who dies, but whose ancestors in the afterlife send
him back to the world to find redemption and honour. But the world Waka
returns to is ravaged by the
The series is not directly connected to the 2014 movie
supernatural, as the spirits of the newly
dead now stalk the land and hunt the living. Waka and a young woman
named Mehe must find a way to repair their broken world.
We're having a romantic middle of the week with the first trailer for LAST CHRISTMAS romantic movie based on Wham!'s famous song which hits cinemas this November starring Emilia Clarke, Emma Thompson and Henry Golding (who's just been announced as lead in G.I. JOE spin off Snake Eyes). Kate (Clarke) harrumphs around London, a bundle of bad decisions accompanied by the jangle of bells on her shoes, another irritating consequence from her job as an elf in a year round Christmas shop. Tom (Golding) seems too good to be true when he walks into her life and starts to see through so many of Kate’s barriers. As London transforms into the most wonderful
The movie will also feature a new song from George Michael
time of the year, nothing should work for these two. But sometimes, you gotta let the snow fall where it may, you gotta listen to your heart … and you gotta have faith.
'FALLING INN LOVE' TRAILER
FOR NEW NETFLIX ROMCOM!
Falling Inn Love streams in two weeks!
Netflix has, meanwhile, released a trailer and poster for their own romantic movie FALLING INN LOVE with Christina Milian (who is currently pregnant with French pop star Matt Pokora). The singer and actress stars alongside Adam Demos in the charming romance set in gorgeous New Zealand, which will start streaming at Netflix on August 29.
Here is the official logline of the movie: When city girl Gabriela (Christina Milian) spontaneously enters a contest and wins a rustic New Zealand inn, she teams up with bighearted contractor Jake Taylor (Adam Demos) to fix and flip it. An idyllic inn, food, love and New Zealand, what more could you ask for in a movie?
family and the people who work for them collide over power, loyalty and desire. Rufus Sewell and Frances O’Connor have been set as leads and will be joined by Alycia Debnam-Carey and Te Kohe Tuhaka!
family and the people who work for them collide over power, loyalty and desire. Rufus Sewell and Frances O’Connor have been set as leads and will be joined by Alycia Debnam-Carey and Te Kohe Tuhaka!
