White Lies (Tuakiri Huna), the New Zealand Film Commission funded Maori language feature film written and directed by Dana Rotberg, has been submitted as the official New Zealand entry for consideration for Best Foreign Language film for the 86th Academy Awards. This news coincides with the movie’s premiere in Toronto, playing in three sold-out sessions in the film festival.
We found a lot to like in the three-actress period drama (which is still playing in cinemas), saying “Whirimako Black is a revelation in her first film role, while Rachel House (Whale Rider) does the heavy emotional lifting and a porcelain and prim Antonia Prebble (TV’s The Blue Rose) does terse and tragic with equal aplomb.”
World Premiere of Mr. Pip
Kiwi filmmaker Andrew Adamson (Shrek) premiered his latest film in Auckland last night, the Hugh Laurie-led drama Mr. Pip set in 1990s Papua New Guinea. Mr. Pip opens in cinemas Thursday, October 3rd.
Below are a couple of shots from the world-first screening (click to enlarge):
(Photo Credit ©Michael Bradley)
(Photo Credit ©Michael Bradley)
(Photo Credit ©Michael Bradley)
Things That Will Happen
Sir Ian McKellen will play an elderly Sherlock Holmes in a feature directed by Bill Condon, who wants to ask “Who is Holmes without his mental acuity?” (via Collider)
Joel Edgerton, Aussie actor who was great in the… erm… The Great Gatsby, will make his feature directorial debut with his ‘man haunted by a past’ film Weirdo. (via Screen Daily)
Screenwriter Evan Daugherty (Snow White and the Huntsman) will pen the third G. I. Joe film, adding to his scripting CV that also contains upcoming sci-fi Divergent and Michael Bay’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (via Deadline)
Channing Tatum will make his directorial feature debut with Magic Mike 2. Tatum is also hoping to add his White House Down bromie Jamie Foxx to the cast too.
