Amazon’s ‘The Lord Of The Rings’ Resumes Production In New Zealand, Netflix’s ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Next

Star Wars movie is to take place in the Highlands.A crew will be flying in to Scotland to capture shots of the snow-capped mountains and scenic views.Work will begin in December and is expected to last three days.Plot details of the upcoming movie are being kept under wraps, but New Zealander Taika Waititi will direct the film.He will also co-write with Krysty Wilson-Cairns, who helped script the Oscar-nominated 1917 and Edgar Wright’s upcoming movie Last Night In Soho.A source said: “It’s great

New Zealand general election. Ms Arden won a second term in office as the country's Prime Minister.

6 min read As all eyes are on the United States Presidential Election at the moment, many may not have registered that New Zealand polls close soon, this Saturday in fact.

coronavirus, the Labour Party has called for 'circuit breaker' lockdown. Sir Keir Starmer called for a two to three-week national lockdown on Tuesday that, accusing the Prime Minister of "no longer following the scientific advice".

It’s been three years since Lorde released her last album Melodrama, and almost as long since she spoke out on social media (her last Instagram post is from Apr. 2018).

Lorde has hinted that she could be set to release new music next year while encouraging her fans in New Zealand to vote in the upcoming election.The Kiwi pop star’s latest record, ‘Melodrama’, was released in 2017 to huge critical acclaim.

In the lead up to New Zealand’s general elections on October 17, Jacinda Arden leader of New Zealand Labour and current PM has stated that if re-elected she would ban conversion therapy in the country.The commitment comes, after a recent survey found that more than one in six respondents had been subjected to attempts to stop them being trans or non-binary, Labour Party spokesman Tāmati Coffey said.“Conversion therapy has been linked to severe adverse mental health issues, including depression,

Lord of the Rings TV series could be set to feature sex and nudity.The hiring of an established New Zealand intimacy coordinator, who is tasked with making actors feel comfortable and safe while filming sex scenes, has raised eyebrows about the possible content of the upcoming Amazon Prime Video show.According to fansite TheOneRing.net, a casting call was also sent out by BGT Talent Agency asking for actors who are “comfortable with nudity”.Responding to the rumours on Twitter and comparing the

Matt Ratana has told how a planned holiday to reunite with him will now be a visit to his grave. Matthew Ratana, from New Zealand, had been hoping to meet up with the Kiwi police officer, whose late mother Mary was Scottish, during a planned trip to the UK earlier this year.

Leena Tailor A publicist couldn’t have planned it better.

Chet Faker in five years, after having dropped the moniker in 2016.The single, ‘Low’, is also Murphy’s first single since signing to BMG Australia/New Zealand.Listen to the track below:Murphy announced his return to the Chet Faker moniker earlier this week. In an interview with NME in 2016, Murphy said the decision to drop the name had been a “long time coming”.“When I started Chet Faker it was always a project.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Stefania LaVie Owen, who has starred in Netflix’s Messiah and Hulu’s Chance, has joined the cast of Sweet Tooth.Deadline understands that she is a series regular on the upcoming Netflix drama, which is based on the DC Vertigo comic and comes from Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey’s Team Downey, Jim Mickle, Beth Schwartz and Warner Bros.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorJames Cameron provided his Terminator star Arnold Schwarzenegger with an update on the Avatar sequels during a recent chat for the 2020 Austrian World Summit. Speaking by video conference from New Zealand, Cameron said, “We’re 100% complete on Avatar 2 and sort of 95% complete on Avatar 3.” He added that the team is currently working on shooting the remainder of the live action.

Netflix has snatched up another hot French film, acquiring English-language rights in North America, the U.K., Australia/New Zealand, South Africa and the Middle East for DNA, the latest drama by and starring multitalent Maïwenn (Polisse). In her sixth feature as a director, Maïwenn stars as Neige, a divorced mother of three who retains a close connection to her Algerian grandfather, visiting him regularly in the nursing home where he lives.

Ruby Fields has shared her first new song of 2020.The new song, ‘Pretty Grim’, is out now and the video – directed by Jamieson Kerr – is available to watch below.‘Pretty Grim’ was initially penned by Fields in 2018 following the end of a gruelling Australian tour.