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Wellington Paranormal Announcement
By: Penguin022 Date: January 8, 2018, 10:14 pm
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HTML https://www.horrornewsnetwork.net/shadows-television-spin-off-wellington-paranormal-feature-zombies-demons-werewolves/
[quote]Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi’s vampire mockumentary
What We Do in Shadows will be receiving a television spin-off
entitled Wellington Paranormal.
According to Stuff, the series will consist of “six 30-minute
episodes … and follow What We Do in the Shadows’ police unit
members Mike Minogue and Karen O’Leary, as they hunt out ghosts,
werewolves and demonic possessions. They were the cops that were
hypnotized to not see the blood or dead bodies in the vampires’
home.”
Producer Paul Yates “…said the series was similar to What We Do
In The Shadows, but more documentary style”, a combination of a
standard Cops type reality show and the X-Files.
Yates also joked that while Waititi has provided creative input
into the script, that”He’s been slightly busy with some hero
movie” (Thor Ragnarok).
Waititi has also promised an additional spin-off of Shadows in
the form of a follow-up feature called We’re Wolves, which will
explore the werewolf characters who interacted with the vampires
in the original film.
The series will air in New Zealand in mid-2018 before it makes
its way to international markets and the United States.
Stay tuned to Horror News Network for more information on these
exciting projects.[/quote]
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Re: Wellington Paranormal Announcement
By: Sylwia Date: January 11, 2018, 4:54 pm
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HTML https://www.fandango.com/movie-news/taika-waititi-is-planning-an-american-version-of-what-we-do-in-the-shadows-752752
[quote]October 26th 2017
Waititi also confirmed that the previously announced spin-off
involving the two cops from What We Do in the Shadows is still
happening, with production beginning soon. "We're also trying to
start shooting in New Zealand. A spin-off following the two cops
from the movie, as a sort of mockumentary X-Files [that takes
place in] a certain small New Zealand town where they
investigate paranormal activity," he said.[/quote]
HTML https://thespinoff.co.nz/tv/12-01-2018/whats-new-or-coming-back-to-new-zealand-telly-in-2018/
[quote]What’s new (or coming back) to New Zealand telly in
2018?
Alex Casey | Television Editor
Taika & Jemaine & Ghosts
One of the most exciting new scripted series coming this year is
sure to be Paranormal Unit, created by Jemaine Clement and Taika
Waititi. The faux Police 10-7 show follows constables Karen and
Mike from 2014’s What We Do In The Shadows as they work to
protect New Zealand from a myriad of local supernatural spooks.
Described by Taika as “mockumentary X-Files,” this
is sure to be one to crack open a big bag of ghost chips for.
HTML https://imgur.com/RsE4Tss.jpg[/quote]
[spoiler=Interview with Jemaine for Under the Radar]
I'm posting just the part where he's talking about Wellington
Paranormal. Follow the link to read the full article.
HTML http://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/jemaine_clement_on_humor_me_and_wellington_paranormal
[quote]Jemaine Clement on “Humor Me” and
“Wellington Paranormal”
The Actor, Comedian, and Conchord talks about his latest
projects
Jan 12, 2018 By Austin Trunick Web Exclusive
...he’s directing a spinoff TV show, Wellington
Paranormal, which will debut on New Zealand television sets
later this year...
Jemaine Clement hopped on the phone with us from New Zealand
after a late night of filming the TV show Wellington Paranormal.
You can read part of our conversation about his latest projects
below, and look out for another article on him in Issue 63 of
Under the Radar.
Austin Trunick [Under the Radar]: Do I understand that you were
up all night shooting? You’re just just starting your day
there, right?
Jemaine Clement: Yeah. We were shooting until, like, 4 a.m.? It
wasn’t as bad as we thought it was going to be. We thought
we were going to have to go until 5. We finished early.
What were you working on?
I’m shooting a TV series in New Zealand called Wellington
Paranormal. It’s set in a police station, about police who
investigate paranormal things around Wellington. They always
turn out to be real.
I’ve read a little bit about this. Are these the same
actors, the same cops, from What We Do in the Shadows?
Yeah, yeah! We didn’t really know them. A lot of people in
that movie were friends of ours, but we didn’t know the
people playing the cops. When they came in, they just cracked us
up so much. We were laughing more than any other day on that
film. We said to each other, “These guys, they should be a
show.”
You co-directed What We Do in the Shadows. Are you directing
this, as well?
Yes, I’ll be directing.
You’ve worked with Steven Spielberg since then, on The
BFG. Did you pick up any directing tips from him?
I probably should think of Steven Spielberg more when I’m
doing this. He’s a very kind and supportive director, and
sometimes I’ll just go up and just immediately express my
disappointment to my actor. [Laughs] He’s probably a good
model, I’d say. The other thing about Steven Spielberg is
that he, like, paints with his imagination as he’s
filming. He’s coming up with things as you’re
filming, and it’s quite interesting to
watch.[/quote][/spoiler]
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Re: Wellington Paranormal Announcement
By: Penguin022 Date: January 12, 2018, 6:23 pm
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[quote author=Sylwia link=topic=38.msg96#msg96 date=1515711281]
Described by Taika as “mockumentary X-Files,”[/quote]
In.
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Re: Wellington Paranormal Announcement
By: Sylwia Date: January 15, 2018, 10:25 am
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Kasesa Tauaneai
14 December 2017
It was such a great opportunity to work for one of NZ greatest
actors/directors (Jermaine Clement) as an extra over the last
couple of days for his and Taika’s new Tv series spin off
to their movie “What we do in the shadows” Hope to
do more work for him in future such a down to earth guy yeah was
just humbled that I got a picture with him when we had finished
shooting early this morning[/quote]
HTML https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/99958364/wellington-paranormal-jemaine-clement-and-taika-waititis-latest-spinoff-takes-the-mickey-out-of-police
[quote]Wellington Paranormal: Inside Jemaine Clement and Taika
Waititi's latest venture
Dani McDonald
December 18, 2017
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HTML https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/99958364/wellington-paranormal-jemaine-clement-and-taika-waititis-latest-spinoff-takes-the-mickey-out-of-police]VIDEO[/URL]
Undead members of the Wellington public will feature on a local
police mockumentary after getting up to mischief in suburban
areas.
Wellington Paranormal is the latest television spinoff created
by Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement, after the success of their
2014 horror comedy film What We Do In The Shadows that followed
vampire housemates (Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Jonathan
Brugh) as they try to cope with the complexities of modern life
in Wellington.
The six 30-minute episodes are due to air on TVNZ 2 in mid-2018,
and follow What We Do in the Shadows' police unit members Mike
Minogue and Karen O'Leary, as they hunt out ghosts, werewolves
and demonic possessions. They were the cops that were hypnotised
to not see the blood or dead bodies in the vampires' home.
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MONIQUE FORD/STUFF
Left Wellington Mayor Justin Lester chats with Jemaine Clement
New Zealand comedian, actor and musician in Opera Lane.
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The pair are under the watchful eye of Sergeant Maaka Pohatu,
who performs in Modern Māori Quartet during the day.
Clement said paranormal activity was rampant in Wellington.
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MONIQUE FORD/STUFF
Jemaine Clement New Zealand comedian, actor and musician in
Opera Lane, has seen some dodgy stuff.
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"It's surprising how many demonic possessions there are," he
said, straight-faced.
"There was a very tense situation at the Bucket Fountain –
I can tell you it involved a possible Gateway from Hell. We're
very concerned about this kind of stuff."
One or two werewolves pop-up from the original movie, as well as
a vampire – understood to be Cori Gonzalez-Macuer's Nick
– and they're causing "a lot of trouble".
The film crew has followed the "Wellington Paranormal Unit of
the New Zealand Police" for about a month, with just a week left
of filming, Clement said.
"We had an incident with some zombies which got pretty tense
there. So luckily they're taken care of. A couple of crew
members were turned into zombies – I think. It's hard to
tell sometimes.
"Also, some very worrying things have happened in Lower Hutt as
well. There was a party in Khandallah that got a bit out of
hand, too, with some undead member of the Wellington public."
That party was in an abandoned house in Woodmancote Rd,
Khandallah. Locals have considered the five-bedroom, musty house
to be haunted.
They made to sure to have the property blessed after hearing
stories of an old lady called Mrs Pack, who was thought to
inhabit the house.
Wellington's recent sunny weather has been a bonus for the
mockumentary-makers as they follow the Police Paranormal Unit.
"It's good, it's been very sunny. That's good for following
werewolves, because its hard to find werewolves when its
cloudy," Clement revealed.
"Yeah, 'cause the moon doesn't come out. You want clear skies
for finding werewolves.
The supermoon earlier this month was also very beneficial to the
team. "That was a very intense night," Clement said.
Producer Paul Yates, the third member of the New Zealand
Documentary Board (alongside Taika Waititi and Clement), said
the series was similar to What We Do In The Shadows, but more
documentary style.
"It's like Police Ten7 meets The X-Files," he said.
He said they were "taking the mickey out of" police television
reality shows.
"There's one of those shows in every country in the world," he
said.
Yates said Waititi was providing creative input into the
script.
"He's been slightly busy with some hero movie," he said.
Waititi, still in the States, has been enjoying some R&R,
before his "big year, next year", Yates said. He wouldn't
elaborate on what Waititi was doing in 2018.
"He's got lots of stuff on," he said.
When asked whether Wellington Paranormal was different to the US
version that Waititi had discussed previously, Clement said,
"The American one is about vampires in America. Our one is about
cops."
Wellington Paranormal is scheduled to air on TVNZ2 in mid-2018.
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