{"id":6430,"date":"2016-07-22T10:02:19","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T14:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/cleverman-heads-to-new-zealands-tvnz\/"},"modified":"2016-07-22T12:33:48","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T16:33:48","slug":"cleverman-heads-to-new-zealands-tvnz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/cleverman-heads-to-new-zealands-tvnz\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleverman Heads to New Zealand&#8217;s TVNZ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUCKLAND: The futuristic drama <em>Cleverman<\/em> has been picked up by TVNZ to air across New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>The six-episode series, which was recently renewed for a second season, will be available from July 25 on TVNZ OnDemand, and the series will air on DUKE at a later date. <em>Cleverman<\/em> is an official Australian\/New Zealand co-production between Goalpost Pictures Australia and Pukeko Pictures.<\/p>\n<p>The drama is an original concept commissioned by the ABC TV Indigenous Department and co-produced with SundanceTV and Red Arrow International, which handles rights outside Australia and New Zealand, with the assistance of Screen Australia, Screen NSW and the New Zealand Screen Production Grant. For the TVNZ deal, Entertainment One (eOne) brokered the sale on behalf of Goalpost Pictures and Pukeko Pictures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled that we are taking <em>Cleverman<\/em> to its \u2018second home,\u2019 New Zealand, following the first season broadcast in Australia on ABC TV and in the U.S. on SundanceTV,\u201d said Goalpost Pictures\u2019s Rosemary Blight. \u201cWe couldn\u2019t wish for better production partners than Pukeko Pictures, and local distribution partners in eOne, and we are thrilled to be working with them again as we prepare production of season two.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt Pukeko Pictures we are extremely proud of <em>Cleverman<\/em> and its premiere success in both Australia and the U.S.,\u201d commented Clive Spink, CEO of Pukeko Pictures. \u201cWe are very excited that eOne has secured the first season premiere in our homeland of New Zealand on TVNZ especially as it has given us the opportunity to again work closely with our Miramar Peninsula creative colleagues Park Road Post Production and Weta Workshop. We are now looking forward to continuing this working relationship and our one with Goalpost Pictures Australia on the series\u2019 second season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Cleverman<\/em> stood out as a unique dramatic proposition on many levels,\u201d said Andrew Shaw, the general manager of acquisitions, commissioning and production at TVNZ.\u00a0\u201cIt is clever, subtle and compelling storytelling peppered with extraordinary characters. We believe it is an ideal fit for our on-demand platform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jude Troy, executive VP of acquisitions and TV development at Entertainment One Australia &amp; New Zealand, said, \u201cWe are delighted to have closed the deal on both seasons of <em>Cleverman<\/em> with TVNZ where the show will be seen by a very broad audience. The series extends our relationship with both Goalpost, Pukeko Pictures and TVNZ, and supports eOne\u2019s commitment to working with the finest talent in Australia and New Zealand.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUCKLAND: The futuristic drama Cleverman has been picked up by TVNZ to air across New Zealand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":6431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[376,1145],"class_list":["post-6430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-cleverman","tag-tvnz","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cleverman Heads to New Zealand&#039;s TVNZ - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/cleverman-heads-to-new-zealands-tvnz\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cleverman Heads to New Zealand&#039;s TVNZ - 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