TV show The Tribe, which was produced in New Zealand, is heading to the big screen in the US.
Series creator Raymond Thompson is developing the film.
According to Variety.com, “Peter Jackson's Weta Workshop has already agreed to tackle the project's special effects and overall design duties should the bigscreen project land a greenlight.
“Richard Taylor and his team there would oversee the project. Weta worked on episodes of the TV show.”
A Weta spokesperson told 3 News, “I can confirm that Weta Workshop would very much like to be involved should this project receive a green-light (and subject to our schedule).”
The Tribe, which last aired in 2003, is set in a post-apocalyptic world where adults have been wiped out by a virus and young people have to fend for themselves.
3 News