New Zealand comedian Bret McKenzie has found his next big project, playing one of the lead roles in new film Two Little Boys.
McKenzie, one half of New Zealand’s “almost award-winning fourth-most-popular folk duo” Flight of the Conchords, will star alongside Australian TV and radio personality Hamish Blake.
In the movie, McKenzie will play Nige, the best mate of Blake’s character Deano. Deano has been recently divorced, and the strain this has placed on the friendship is causing it to collapse – though an incident involving a meat pie, ginger cat and the death of a Scandanvian football star doesn't help things.
Based on the novel of the same name written by Duncan Sarkies, it will be directed by Robert Sarkies and produced by Vicky Pope and Tim White. Filming will begin in Southland in January next year, thanks to support from the NZ Film Production Fund Trust, NZ On Air and other organisations.
"The Sarkies brothers have written a brilliant script and I'm really excited to be involved. There's only so much time you can spend in New York before you wake up and think 'Take me to Invercargill'. I can't wait to get down there and make a New Zealand film about New Zealanders, and an Australian,” says McKenzie.
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