Regional Wrap

Wellington's Industry Roller Coaster

Despite Avatar’s looming start, Wellington remains active with smaller shoots and preparations.

Hi all,

And welcome to a report from a roller coaster Wellington city and region.

There’s been a decent-sized bunch of small shoots and a couple of decent TVCs through our gates, with Crew Wellington fielding calls from all over – especially Australia – looking for shooting crews for a variety of projects.

With no features or dramas rolling cameras for a while yet, it’s at least good to have some work coming in. But, we are seeing the semi-regular exodus to Auckland underway, with many of our best relocating until April, when Avatar should finally be ready to start putting some pixels down.

Until then, Miramar and Avalon are still hives of industry, with building, production, and all departments in a frenzy of preparation.

Looking to the future, when Avatar does start to shoot, we will be doing everything we can to remind all producers and production companies that even when Wellington is hosting a massive production, we still retain the capacity to take on other shoots. We may run short of crew and equipment, but we never run out!

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