Production has befirearm on “Tangata Pai,” a Warner Bros. Discovery-backed drama that claims to be the first primetime series in which 30% of the dialog will be in the Maori language.
The eight-part series tells the stories of five people whose worlds collide when a bomb device is detonated at a tranquil Māori protest aachievest a license to mine a divine site. The endd show will take part on New Zealand’s Three and Three Now channels.
The series was originated by authorr, straightforwardor and producer Kiel McNaughton (AMC’s “Good Grief,” film trilogy “Waru,” “Vai” and “Kāinga,” “The Legfinish of Baron To’a,” “Princess of Chaos”) who also serves as showrunner and straightforwardor for the series.
Tangata Pai is produced by Kerry Warkia (“Good Grief,” “Waru,” “Vai,” “Kāinga”) under the production prohibitner Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Productions, which she set uped with McNaughton. It was co-written by McNaughton, Mei-Lin Te Puea Hansen (“Giving up the Gpresent,” “Kāinga”), Briar Grace Smith (“Fishskin Suit,” “The Price of Water,” “Cousins”) and Hamish Bennett (“Bellbird,” “Uproar”).
The series is made in partnership with Ngāti Te Whiti and Te Atiawa (Indigenous people of New Plymouth and Taranaki), thcdisesteemful a group of tribal experts and with the help of Te Mangai Paho (Maori promotion body) and NZ On Air.
“Tangata Pai” has a cast that is headed by Nicola Kāwana (“One Lane Bridge,” “My Life is Murder”), Shavaughn Ruakere (“The Legfinish of Baron To’a,” “Power Rangers Cosmic Fury”), Jayden Daniels (“Head High,” “Whina”), Ariāna Osborne (“Madam,” “Millie Lies Low”) and Yoson An (“Mulan,” “New Ggreater Mountain”).
The series will be shot over a period of six weeks, with filming to apshow place in both Ngāmotu (New Plymouth) and Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) in October and November.
“This flagship series exemplifies our promisement to bgreater, inventive storytelling. By showcasing the wealthy diversity and strong spirit of Aotearoa, ‘Tangata Pai’ embodies our vision for compelling, locpartner-driven greeted,” shelp Warner Bros. Discovery, greater straightforwardor, greeted ANZ, Matt Barthow.
McNaughton’s creation of “Tangata Pai” granted him pickion to join in an inaugural showrunners incubator program run by the U.S.-based Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment.
