The capital is on track for a star-studded Saturday with the premiere of ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’.
Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, and Jemaine Clement are all set to hit the red carpet in Wellington.
The 13th and 14th are set to be a huge boost for the local economy, hospitality, and screen sectors, the City Council says – the franchise now bringing $1.1 billion into New Zealand’s economy.
NZ Film Commission’s Head of International Attraction and Marketing, Philippa Mossman told Heather du Plessis-Allan the premiere is a really important and exciting occasion for the country.
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Episode Transcript
Out a big old weekend in Wellington. The premiere of
the new Avatar film is tomorrow. Kate Winsley, Cliff Curtis,
Jermaine Clement, They're all going to hit the red carpet.
Two cruise ships ad you and maybe maybe the cricket
will still be on. Philippa Mossman is the head of
International Attraction and Marketing at the New Zealand Film Film
Commission and with us morning.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Philippa, good morning, good morning.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
Imagine you're going to be there as well.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
I'll be there. There'll be a group of us there tomorrow.
And I must say the Wellington city is looking very
beautiful at the moment.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Well have you gone out and had to look and
made sure it's all up to standard and being cleaned?
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Yeah? Yeah, the red carpet's cleaned and the Embassy Theater
is looking sparkling and it feels like every postcover in
those cities flowering all at once.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Yeah, beautiful.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
There's real buzz about the place.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Does it actually even really matter what Courtney Place looks like?
Because I can't imagine. I mean, what do you people?
Do you go to the premiere and then do you hit?
Do you hit the strip afterwards.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
So there will be function after the premiere, not on
Courtney Place. But look, I think everybody's just really excited
to be gathering in that beautiful Embassy theater and s
this is the Australasian premiere for Avatar. James Cameron himself
(01:18):
will be there and it's just going to be a
really important and exciting occasion for the country.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Do you expect that this latest Avatar film is going
to be as successful as the predecessors?
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Oh god, I couldn't. I couldn't possibly imagine it, gom
In on that. I know that there's legions of fans.
I had spoken to a few people in Los Angeles
who had seen the film and you know, say it
absolutely spectacular, which is I'm sure is the case. So
(01:51):
here's hoping that it is absolutely as successful as the
last two.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
So Philippa, when this was announced that the premiere would
be in Wellington, it did feel like it was slightly
surprising given the negative store as a negative narrative around
the capitol. Do you think it's the last of the
big premieres or have we got more and enough pipe
work in the pipeline to actually have more of these?
Do you think.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Look, we have definitely have more in the pipeline and
the premiere is in Wellington actually as part of what
has been agreed with the companies in terms of what
they return to us for the incentives they get for
the production here, so that's part of that negotiation. I
(02:38):
do think there are still big productions that are going
to be attracted to New Zealand, and some of them
will will do you know, world premieres like this, but
not all of them.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Well yeah, hey, thank you very much and enjoy the evening.
I hope you've got a beautiful frog for It's Philippa Mossman,
the head of the Internetational Attraction and Marketing at the
New Zealand Film Commission. Kate Winslette. That's a proper big star,
isn't it. Where do you think you take Kate Winslet out?
When for dinner you're in Wellington? You've got to go
eat out. Everybody goes to that for shack, now, don't
(03:14):
they all? Tiger for Shack just off off Courtney Place.
So probably just have to go there because because just
follow the crowd. Basically. For more from the Mic Asking Breakfast,
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