Film | YouTube
13 March 2016
Watch the behind the scenes at Weta Workshop as they help to produce a new series of the 1960’s “Thunderbirds Are Go”. The television series made by ITV Studios and Pukeko Pictures, produced using a combination of CGI and miniatures …
Film | YouTube
25 February 2016
Watch the inspiring trailer for the movie Mahana based on Witi Ihimaera novel Bulibasha and directed by Lee Tamahori. Māori cast also includes Temuera Morrison, Nancy Brunning and Jim Moriarty. Mahana debuted at the 2016 Berlin Film Festival.
Film | YouTube
12 January 2016
You better watch out, you better not cry… Because Krampus is here! Weta Workshop brings this terrifying character alive from the depths of the workshop floor, along with a, array of some scary beasties!
Film | YouTube
30 December 2015
Watch this hilarious video published by Peter Jackson on his Facebook page on the possibility of directing the Doctor Who series.
Film | YouTube
28 December 2015
Watch the former All Blacks captain Richie McCaw on the silver screen, with a new trailer showing a glimpse into the upcoming full-length movie about his amazing life as a rugby player.
Film | BBC | YouTube
2 December 2015
For Doctor Who’s 50th Anniversary, watch as Lord Of The Rings & The Hobbit director Peter Jackson wishes Doctor Who a very Happy 50th Anniversary and talks about his favorite episode: “The Empty Child” by Steven Moffat.
Film | YouTube
16 October 2015
Check out the trailer for Banshee’s season 4. Banshee is an American action-drama television series created by Jonathan Tropper and David Schickler and features Kiwi actor, Antony Starr as the main character.
Film | YouTube
12 October 2015
Kiwi actress Rose McIver made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live where she talked about her hit zombie TV Show, iZombie, along with explaining her Kiwi accent.
Film | YouTube
28 September 2015
Watch the intro video for New Zealand Deaf Short Film Festival for 2015 award ceremony. At its conclusion, the two MC’s walked onto the stage. Directed by Jared Flitcroft and produced by Melissa Dodds.
Film
16 September 2015
Celebrated New Zealand performer Jemaine Clement stars as a single father attempting to raise his young twin daughters while navigating life in director James C. Strouse’s touching new dramedy People, Places, Things.
Film
10 September 2015
Director Michael Dougherty brings a terrifying side to Christmas this year with new horror-comedy Krampus which stars Adam Scott and Toni Collette. Krampus was filmed in New Zealand, and features new creature effects by Weta Workshop.
Film
8 September 2015
Director Baltasar Kormákur chronicles an incredible true life story of strength, willpower and courage which explores the tragic 1996 Mt Everest disaster which claimed the lives of famed climbers, New Zealander Rob Hall (Jason Clarke), and American daredevil Scott Fischer …
Film | MTV
2 September 2015
The brand new trailer for MTV’s stunning adaptation of Terry Brook’s The Shannara Chronicles is here. This high fantasy TV series was filmed throughout New Zealand and stars big name stars including Manu Bennett (Spartacus) and John Rhys-Davies (The Lord …
Film
31 August 2015
Director Baltasar Kormákur is set to take audiences to the heights of fear with his new true life disaster movie Everest, which chronicles the failed 1996 Mt Everest expedition and which stars Jason Clarke as New Zealand climbing expert Rob …
Film
26 August 2015
Watch the trailer for New Zealand feature film ‘Born to Dance’ starring Tia-Taharoa Maipi, Stan Walker and Kherington Payne. The movie will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
Film
13 July 2015
Watch the official trailer for a New Zealand feature length documentary following 90 year-old Sister Loyola Galvin in her garden at the Home of Compassion over the course of a year. Filmed by Jess Feast.
Film
6 July 2015
Utu is a 1983 New Zealand film directed by Geoff Murphy. It starred Anzac Wallace. Loosely based on events from Te Kooti’s War, it tells of a Māori soldier’s desire for utu, or vengeance, on his former allies after the …
Film
15 June 2015
Watch the Z for Zachariah trailer about a post-apocalyptic science-fiction novel by Robert C. O’Brien that was filmed in Canterbury, New Zealand.
Film
8 June 2015
Watch the movie trailer for Everest, an story inspired by the incredible events surrounding an attempt to reach the summit of the world’s highest mountain with Jason Clarke as Rob Hall, a New Zealander expedition group leader.
Film
15 May 2015
Take an early look behind the scenes of Fear the Walking Dead, which stars New Zealander Cliff Curtis in the lead role and which will premiere on AMC this summer.
Film
14 May 2015
Mad Max: Fury Road star Tom Hardy and his stunt double Jacob Tomuri talk about the pressure of the stunt work that director George Miller put them under.
Film
13 May 2015
‘Slow West’ is about a 16 year old boy journey across the 19th Century frontier America in search of the woman he loves. ‘Slow West’ was filmed in the South Island, Mackenzie Country region.
Film | Sundance Film Festival
29 April 2015
Actors Kodi-Smit McPhee and Ben Mendelsohn discuss their new movie Slow West which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won the Sundance Institute’s World Cinema Jury Prize for Drama, and has just been shown at the Tribeca Film Festival. The …
Film | New Zealand Herald
22 April 2015
Take a Look at this rare Gallipoli film restored by Peter Jackson for The Auckland War Memorial Museum’s special week of activities leading up to Anzac Day commemorations. This three-minute segment of this rare film was presented by The New …
Film
16 April 2015
Watch this historical video presented by New Zealand National Film, New Zealand Diary no. 8 – Auckland and Kawau Island (1947). The short clip is an overview of Auckland city and Kawau island including shots of Governor Grey’s old residence.
Film
7 April 2015
That Sugar Film is one man’s journey to discover the bitter truth about sugar. Damon Gameau embarks on a unique experiment to document the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body, consuming only foods that are commonly …
Film
1 April 2015
Eternity is a long time. Thank goodness for pottery. “What We Do in the Shadows”, directed by Jemaine Clement & Taika Waititi, about three vampires flatting in the suburbs of Wellington, NZ.
Film
30 March 2015
New Zealand actor Cliff Curtis is set to take on the lead role in the ambitious new horror series Fear The Walking Dead, which will open up, and explore more of the world and mythology that has been created in …
Film
26 March 2015
In this revisionist western tale Kodi Smit-McPhee stars as a love struck young man who comes to America to find his true love and gets embroiled with an enigmatic gunslinger played by acting superstar Michael Fassbender. Slow West was filmed …
Film
23 March 2015
Kiwi hunk Jay Ryan is making waves in America with the gripping romantic-mystery series Beauty and the Beast. An update of the 1987 series, this new takes follows Kristen Kreuk as Detective Catherine Chandler who forms an attachment to Ryan’s Vincent …
Film
9 March 2015
The Ground We Won is a highly authentic, slice of life film about the challenges and joys of manhood, as seen through the rites and rituals of a rural New Zealand rugby club.Beautifully filmed in luminous black and white, The …
Film
2 March 2015
The Sundance Channel continues their ambitious Native American crime drama with The Red Road which is approaching the premiere of its second season. Starring New Zealander Martin Henderson and international sensation Jason Momoa, the series finds police officer Harold Jensen …
Film
23 February 2015
Spinning off from the hit TV show The Vampire Diaries on the CW, The Originals continues the story of the vampiric Mikaelson siblings (Klaus, Elijah, Rebekah) as they return to their hometown of New Orleans and make their move to …
Film
20 February 2015
New Zealand film director Andrew Niccol sits down to talk about his new film Good Kill, an ambitious war drama that stars Hollywood star Ethan Hawke as a disillusioned drone pilot. Niccol talks about his working relationship with Hawke, the …
Film
16 February 2015
New Zealander Cliff Curtis had an awesome 2014 with a career best performance in The Dark Horse, and now he’s back on the big screen in high fantasy action film Last Knights. The film follows Clive Owen as a fallen …
Film
12 February 2015
Directed by Michele Joy Lloyd Sunday stars Dustin Clare (Spartacus, Underbelly) and Camille Keenan in this intimate love story set with Christchurch a year after the devastating earthquake. Charlie (Clare) and Eve (Keenan) are a young couple about to have a …
Film
6 February 2015
New Zealand director Andrew Niccol is returning to film with his new film Good Kill, a dramatic and intense war film that centers on the detachment and mechanization of modern warfare. Ethan Hawke, a regular collaborator with Niccol on films …
Film
30 January 2015
New Zealand actor Antony Starr, who made a name for himself on Kiwi comedy series Outrageous Fortune, is now making big waves overseas with his intense new crime series Banshee, which sees him star as a former criminal who after …
Film
26 January 2015
Director Toa Fraser talks his about his pre-colonial Māori action-adventure The Dead Lands, and his working relationship with star Lawrence Makoare, and the traditional fighting art of Mau rākau.
Film
21 January 2015
New Zealand actress Anna Paquin sat down with Seth Myers to discuss the conclusion of her critically acclaimed television series True Blood. Paquin starred as telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse for seven seasons on the hit show where she tried to …
Film
15 January 2015
New Zealand actress Rose McIver is taking Hollywood by storm with prominent roles in series such as Once Upon A Time, and now she’s set to take on the lead role in The CW’s quirky new TV horror series iZombie. Adapted …
Film
12 January 2015
New Zealand actor Karl Urban is headlining intense new thriller The Loft. Urban stars as the leader of a group of men who each share access to a luxurious loft that they use to carry out their sordid extra-marital affairs. …
Film
5 January 2015
Take a look at the trailer “The Dark Horse” about Genesis Potini, a highly charismatic, Maori, former chess champion goes in search of a life that reflects the truth of the game he adores.
Film
31 December 2014
Don’t know or cannot recall the characters from The Hobbit? The Movieclips Trailers present the Middle Earth Character Guide to keep you informed about your favourite characters.
Film
17 December 2014
Take a look at all the memories throughout the 17 years of the making of The Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit. Peter Jackson and the crew talk about their amazing journey to create the fantasy to reality.
Film
12 December 2014
Peter Jackson landed a choice section of Hollywood Boulevard for his Walk of Fame star outside the Dolby Theatre and joined by his family and friends from “The Hobbit.” Video by The Associated Press.
Film
27 November 2014
In writer/director Paolo Rotondo’s debut feature, three teenagers on the run break into a deluxe Waiheke Island home and find themselves caught in a tense psychodrama with the conflicted owner. Orphans & Kingdoms is a powerful drama about a man …
Film
20 November 2014
Inspired by actual (and unbelievably crazy) events that took place in the Coromandel during the 1980s, The Z-Nail gang is an inspiring story that leads its audience on a journey of empowerment, while celebrating the strength of Kiwi community.
Film | Hollywood Reporter
14 November 2014
The writing and directing team of Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, and their cast mates sat down with the Hollywood Reporter to talk about their new film ‘What We Do In The Shadows’, and talked about their favorite vampires and …
Film
7 November 2014
From Academy Award winning filmmaker Sir Peter Jackson comes The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies the third in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, bringing an epic conclusion to the Middle …
Film
4 November 2014
Amid two warring communities, can an ex-con and a cop forge an unlikely alliance? Or will a dark past bring both men to ruin? SundanceTV’s new drama stars New Zealand’s own Martin Henderson as police officer Harold Jensen and Game Of Throne’s …
Film
28 October 2014
Actor Sam Neill visits the George Stroumboulopoulos show in Vancouver to talk about everything from Princess Diana to Jurassic Park with George.
Film
21 October 2014
New Zealand director Peter Jackson offers the first taste of the epic final chapter of his Middle Earth saga with the teaser trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield, and his Company of …
Film
14 October 2014
A South Auckland petrol station is the setting for this independent drama about graveyard shift worker Tania (Sophie Henderson, also the film’s writer and adapted from her one-woman stageplay), whose long nights are spent chipping away at the savings she needs to …
Film
8 October 2014
Hip Hop-eration tells the unlikely story of a bunch of senior citizens from Waiheke – ranging in age from 65 to 95 – who formed a hip-hop dance crew, and who went on to compete at the World Hip-Hop Championships …
Film
30 September 2014
When Kylie (Morgana O’Reilly) is forced to return to the house she grew up in when the court places her on home detention she becomes privy to unsettling whispers & strange bumps in the night, which are the result of …