A TV spin-off of New Zealand vampire film What We Do In The Shadows and a Māori-focused sketch show are on their way, after New Zealand On Air (NZOA) announced funding for the two series.
The two programmes are due to air on New Zealand television screens next year.
Paranormal Event Response Unit - conceived by Flight of the Conchords star Jemaine Clement and director Taika Waititi, is a six-episode spin-off from the highly acclaimed feature film, What We Do In The Shadows, which the pair wrote, directed and starred in. The movie featured a sly look at a flat full of vampires in modern-day Wellington.
The show will screen on TVNZ 2 and feature police officers Karen and Mike, who "keep us safe from supernatural phenomena in their own police reality series", NZOA said.
Paranormal Event Response Unit has received $1.4 million from NZOA, while eight episodes of Only In Aotearoa have been funded for $241,000.
From the same people who made the movie, only this is focused on the two awkward cops. Could be interesting
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In an hour-long interview with the BUILD series while out promoting “Thor: Ragnarok,” Waititi confirmed the rumors that not only would there be a sequel, but that he would reunite with Clement to co-write and co-direct the film. “The rumor is true,” said Waititi. “[Jemaine’s] been hounding me to do this [sequel].”
This time around the fake documentary crew will follow a pack of werewolves. “The movie is called ‘We’re Wolves'”
Three months after handing out a pilot order for a reboot of Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi's What We Do in the Shadows, the cable network has handed out a 10-episode series order for the comedy.
The show is so awkwardly silly and yet so charming with that cozy familiar and personal lighthearted feeling a là comedic Kiwi X-Files, many genuine chuckles were had. It's only six short episodes but each one of them has a unique paranormal theme (with some nice cameos as well). #batlivesmatter
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