Film & Television

Major Indian Bollywood producers Dharma Productions will film in Queenstown in late January 2010, putting New Zealand on screen in front of up to 150 million viewers.

New Zealand actor and film-maker Taika Waititi’s latest feature film, 'BOY', has been chosen for competition at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival.

New Zealand will be the star of a new project that is offering aspiring film-makers the chance to get their work in front of Academy Award-winning director Peter Jackson.

New Zealand’s award winning special effects company Weta Workshop is taking an exhibition of unique work to Chengdu, China, in a bid to support Sichuan earthquake relief efforts.

'The Lovely Bones' – the latest movie from New Zealand’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ producer Peter Jackson – has had its world première at a royal gala event in London.

Sir Ian McKellen, who played Gandalf in the ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy, is itching to revisit Middle Earth after reading the script for the first of ‘The Hobbit’ films.

New Zealand movie-goers flocking to see the recently released 'Julie and Julia', based on the life of Julia Child, have discovered that the US celebrity chef’s former personal assistant is now living on their doorstep.

Americans have a better idea of where New Zealand is but have questions about the local lingo after New Zealand Prime Minister John Key’s guest appearance on David Letterman’s Late Show.

One of New Zealand’s best known entertainers, Sir Howard Morrison, has died at his home in the North Island city of Rotorua.

The 13-year-old lead star of 'The Strength of Water', due to hit New Zealand cinemas this week, has his own real life story to tell involving the harrowing path from cancer victim to world screen.