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This story was originally published on The Spinoff. It’s the deadliest fictional town in the country, but which death has been the most bonkers? Alex Casey looks back at 10 seasons of The Brokenwood Mysteries to find out.  The fictional…

The New Zealand Film Commission’s flop productions – fiscal 21/22 and fiscal 22/23 – have left Kiwi audiences without a single character to cheer for. The cast – notably the political appointees of the agency’s board – lurch from bumbling…

NZFC has announced the appointment of Esther Cahill-Chiaroni to the role of Development Lead and Morgan Waru (Ngāti Porou) to the role of Exec – Development and Investment. Esther was Executive Director at Script to Screen for 8 years where…

Starz‘s return to the Spartacus universe with House of Ashur poses the question: What if Ashur (Nick Tarabay) hadn’t died on Mount Vesuvius at the end of Spartacus: Vengeance and instead was gifted Batiatus’s Ludus in return for helping to kill Spartacus and end the slave…

A film about two children from South Auckland exploring the different languages and cultures in the Pacific has debuted in Tāmaki Makaurau. The feature-length film, Digital Navigators, Legacy of the Islands, was launched last week by Pacific Kids Learning (PKL), an…

Data reveals that, except for Amazon and Apple, most major streaming platforms will increase their spending on general entertainment and news content by less than 10% over the next few years. Even Amazon and Apple, the tech giants, will see…

One year ago, Hollywood found itself in the midst a historic work stoppage, with two unions — the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA — walking the picket lines at every major studio in town. While both unions eventually struck…