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Parts of Dunedin were turned into an 1800s-style Californian town over the weekend as Hollywood heavyweights filmed a new Netflix drama. Academy Award nominee Florence Pugh is one of the actresses starring in a new adaptation of the 1952 John…

Unless you’ve been in orbit without an internet connection for six months, you’ll have noticed that we’re living in a rather special time. AI is very obviously changing everything and doing so rapidly. But there are some other aspects of…

The age profile of horror audiences is fascinating. Horror has a relatively low percentage of the youngest audience segment (just 15.8% are under 18) while also having the lowest percentage of the oldest audience segment (11.8% are over 45 years…

This story was originally published on The Spinoff. You may know him best as Murray from Flight of the Conchords, or Stede Bonnet from Our Flag Means Death, but Rhys Darby is taking time away from the small screen to…

This story was originally published on The Spinoff. 2025 is a brand new year, and with it comes a brand new year of television and films. While the local screen industry endured a brutal year in 2024 – and there…

Emilia Pérez leads the 2025 Oscar nominations, which were revealed Thursday morning. The film scored 13 noms, setting a record for a non-English-language film. That surpasses the previous record holders, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Roma, which each earned 10. Following Emilia Pérez were The Brutalist and Wicked, which tied with…

A Luminate report finds the total number of TV episodes produced in 2024 fell by nearly 5,000 compared to just two years earlier as streaming and broadcast networks curb spending. In a bit of positive news for those following film…

When even Shortland Street is no longer safe, you know screen production in Aotearoa is feeling the pinch.  Spada – New Zealand’s Screen Production and Development Association – has its finger on the pulse of the sector, a pulse that…