#one winter

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The trailer is out for Uproar and it looks really really good!

and Rhys looks so adorable in his little cardis!

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Principal Photography Underway on Feature Film 'One Winter' with Julian Dennison, Minnie Driver and Rhys Darby

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We must judge the cuteness of the dog, not the number of Newcastle bathrobes he is sleeping on.

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Rhys Darby's upcoming film with Minnie Driver and Julian Dennison "One Winter" just changed to "Uproar", according to IMDB site today

[maybelovesamystery]

a paler shade of white

wrapped in satin one winter night

the reds clinging to my body like tissue

while I remain a moody shade of blue

blacks of nightly skies cloud my mind

until I feel I am practically blind

and I breathe with chills and frostbite

the darkness of the night

consumed by corner shadows

faint green eyes clouded intaking all that is pale and glows

misted glass and the falling white

of pale snowflakes, delicate as this winter’s midnight

-one winter

m.w

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Principal Photography Underway on Feature Film 'One Winter' with Julian Dennison, Minnie Driver and Rhys Darby

Principal photography is underway on the new feature film ‘One Winter’ starring Julian Dennison of Ngāi Takoto (Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Godzilla v Kong), Minnie Driver (Circle of Friends, Good Will Hunting), Rhys Darby (Yes Man, Flight of the Conchords), James Rolleston of Ngāi Te Rangi, Te Arawa, Ngāti Porou, Whakatōhea (Boy, Pork Pie) and Erana James of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei and Waikato Tainui (The Changeover, The Wilds).

Written by Hamish Bennett (Te Arawa, Patuharakeke, Ngāi Tahu) and Sonia Whiteman, and directed by Paul Middleditch and Hamish Bennett, this coming of age story is set in Aotearoa New Zealand in 1981 when the arrival of the South African rugby team sets off nationwide protests against apartheid and racism. Dennison plays Josh Waaka, a 17-year-old who after being a passive bystander all of his life, is suddenly forced to stand up for himself, his family and his future.

“One Winter is a story of hope, courage and standing up for what one believes is right,” says directors Middleditch and Bennett. “It has been incredible to have such a stellar cast join us for this project and we have been blown away with what they have brought to the story.”

One Winter is currently shooting across Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland and Ōtepoti Dunedin by a wealth of incredible local creatives and crew. Ensuring production takes place in the stories home of Ōtepoti Dunedin is integral to the project with consultation with mana whenua from the runaka/tribal councils of Puketeraki and Ōtākou continuing to be a key part of the filmmaking process for Producers and Directors.

The film is produced by Emma Slade, Sandra Kailahi and Angela Cudd (Ngāti Porou, Te-Whānau-Ā-Apanui, Ngāti Wai). Troy Lum is executive producer. Stacey Morrison (Ngāi Tahu, Te Arawa) has supported the film with iwi engagement as well as offering cultural guidance, however the key creative content that emerges from the partnership with the runaka of Ōtepoti is very much from those on the ground in that takiwā/district.

One Winter was made with investment from Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga New Zealand Film Commission, the New Zealand Government’s Screen Production Grant, with financing from Kiwibank. Blue Fox Entertainment are the international sales agents with Kismet distributing the film across Australia and New Zealand.

Source: New Zealand Film Commission

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Spy: UK star Minnie Driver rolls into NZ for shooting of One Winter

English Hollywood star Minnie Driver is in Dunedin filming One Winter alongside Kiwi stars Julian Dennison, James Rolleston and Erana James.

This week the Good Will Hunting star - who famously lives in a double-wide mobile home in Malibu - posted a video wandering through the wilderness of the South Island to the coast, exclaiming "OMG" as she saw this side of the Pacific.

Driver told her Instagram followers she was working on the nicest job with the nicest people. The 52-year-old lost her glasses, so her production team had her script type made larger.

One Winter's story is set in New Zealand in 1981 during the Springbok tour when the arrival of the South African rugby team set off nationwide protests against apartheid and racism. Driver has also posted pictures of herself in character in a 1981 zip-up fleece top with peroxide blonde hair.

In what looks to be Dennison's biggest Kiwi role since Hunt for the Wilderpeople, he stars as Josh Waaka, a 17-year-old of mixed race who has been a bystander all his life but is suddenly forced to stand up for himself, his family and his future.

Irish stars Richard Flood, of Grey's Anatomy and Shameless fame, and Michelle Fairley who played Catelyn Stark in Game of Thrones, are also in New Zealand, filming The Gone. The gripping new TV series is about a young Irish couple who have vanished from an infamous rural North Island town. Flood plays an Irish detective alongside Kiwi actor Acushla-Tara Kupe – of Under the Vines fame - who plays a Kiwi cop.

The six-part New Zealand/Ireland co-production promises a cultural collaboration between the countries, sharing their beauty, complexity and similarities. The series will be filmed in Auckland and Te Aroha, with further shooting in Dublin later this year.

Te Reo Māori will be weaved throughout the series, with a cast of both Irish and Māori actors including Spartacus actor Manu Bennett.

Source: NZ Herald

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Rhys with Minnie Driver filming 'One Winter'

One Winter's is set in New Zealand in 1981 during the Springbok tour when the arrival of the South African rugby team set off nationwide protests against apartheid and racism.