The trailer for Guns Akimbo has dropped today, starring Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and Samara Weaving (Ready or Not).

The action-comedy feature film, written and directed by New Zealand filmmaker Jason Lei Howden (Deathgasm) received its world premiere at Toronto Film Festival and will be released nationwide on March 5th, 2020.

Largely filmed in Auckland, New Zealand, Guns Akimbo’s international cast also includes Kiwi actor and comedian Rhys Darby (Hunt for the Wilderpeople), Irish actor Ned Dennehy (Peaky Blinders) and Australian actress Natasha Liu Bordizzo (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny).

The hilariously dark and viciously violent film follows Miles Harris (Daniel Radcliffe), a nerdy video game developer whose world is turned upside-down when he’s enrolled in a dark social media movement that forces strangers to fight in a citywide game of death.

Daniel Radcliffe said he was drawn to the film’s exciting and fun script, particularly the bizarre concept of having guns for hands: “It’s not just a device for crazy fight scenes… It’s also a device for a lot of physical comedy that I really enjoyed. ‘How do you dress yourself, how do you pick up your phone, how do you go through life.’”

Guns Akimbo is produced by New Zealander Tom Hern (The Dark Horse), Joe Neurauter (The Hallow) and Felipe Marino (The Wackness). The film is distributed in New Zealand by Madman and was made with investment from The New Zealand Film Commission.

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NOW CLOSED – Having released to New Zealand cinemas in January this year (2017) Tom Hern  and Matt Murphy’s reimagining of the classic kiwiana film Goodbye Pork Pie (1981) Pork Pie is a roadie film with humour and bravado that sees an unlikely trio go against the man, each in pursuit of their own goals.

Facing trials, obstacles and the law in full force it is the locally made adventure and action film of 2017, starring Dean Gorman, Ashliegh Cummings, James Rolleston and even a cameo from the iconic Tim Shadbolt. (You can read our Film Review HERE)

Thanks to StudioCanal and Sony Pictures StG has FIVE DVD copies of Pork Pie to Giveaway!

To Enter our Pork Pie DVD Giveaway you need to answer this Question correctly (and we have made it super easy):

Dean Gorman, Ashliegh Cummings and James Rolleston team up for the roadie adventure film of the year in Pork Pie. What make of vehicle do they use to go across the length of New Zealand?

A: Nissan

B: Mini

C: Toyota

You can give us your Answer by placing a Comment below, hitting us up on Facebook, Tweet to us, or Email Us.

* Winner(s) will be randomly selected from those that Comment below / Facebook Comment / Email in accordance to the above Question. Winner(s) will receive a DVD copy of Pork Pie. Competition ends on the 25th of June, 2017. Pork Pie has a M Age Rating in New Zealand. Entries only valid within New Zealand.

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In the lead up to the release of the re-imagined New Zealand iconic film Pork Pie (derived from the 1981 Kiwi Classic Goodbye Pork Pie), starring local New Zealand acting talent; Dean O’Gorman, James Rolleston and Ashleigh Cummings, Shane the Gamer (StG) was able to spend a few minutes with the film’s Producer; Tom Hern and have a chat about his work, his history in the New Zealand acting and film industry and of course, the upcoming movie.

Tom Hern | Producer | Pork Pie 2017

Shane: Hi Tom, thanks for talking with us today. Can you give us a little bit of info on your background as an Actor and Producer and how you came to be Producing the remake of a NZ Classic from 1981 – Pork Pie?

Tom: I started out when I was still at High School in Christchurch where I got an aftershool job working as a reporter for the kids show ‘What Now?’, when I was only 13 or 14 (years old). So, it was a pretty cool job, I got to interview a lot of my favourite bands when they came to town and actually and actually review Video Games back then. I would do Games and Music reviews, it was a kids dream job really and that’s how I got into the industry.

Then I moved from that in to acting when I was 15 (years old) and started out on a SciFi Show called ‘The Tribe’ and I played a paraplegic polygamist on that show, a bit of a gnarly villain. Then I was on Power Rangers for a Season and then Shortland Street, then I reached a point where I wanted to be involved in Films and I wasn’t getting cast in them as an actor so I thought, well I’ll go and Produce one.

It was with my buddy James Napier Robertson who was another actor friend of mine and we decided to make our first movie which was called ‘I’m Not Harry Jensen’. So we raised the money and made that movie, then I just started moving away more and more from acting towards being behind the camera, which I love.

Shane: Is this the first feature film that you have Produced in New Zealand?

Tom: No, it’s my fourth. So I produced ‘I’m Not Harry Jensen’ an arthouse one called ‘Everything We Love’, The Dark Horse which was quite a big hit for us, starring Cliff Curtis and then Pork Pie is my fourth feature film.

Shane: What inspired you in to remaking Pork Pie?

Tom: It was initially Matt Murphy who came to me with the idea. He had been developing a script for a few years but had a few road-blocks with it. I came onboard to get the movie made, basically, to get the finance and get it moving. Matt and I became a partnership on the project, worked really closely together, worked on the script a bunch and then brought all of the money together. I read Matt’s script and I could see a rollicking, length of the country, road movie doing as well in 2017 as it did in 1981. I felt that we could bring a real fresh energy to a new generation. That’s how it all started.

Shane: Were there any of the original cast or production staff from the 1981 film that contributed to Pork Pie 2017?

Tom: Heaps. The Writer / Director (Matt Murphy) he worked on the original film, his Dad was the Director (of Goodbye Pork Pie 1981), he worked on it as a teenager. And his sister; Robin Murphy worked on the original film as a costume person, and on our film she was the On-Location Manager. Then a bunch of Bruno Lawrence’s kids and grandkids and also a bunch of Murphy’s, so yeah, there’s a real strong whakapapa (family) there.

Shane: Now that production on Pork Pie has wrapped up and is releasing to cinemas on the 2nd of February 2017 what is next in line for you?

Tom: I’ve got around six or seven Feature Films in development, and I don’t know yet which one of these will push its head forward and be the next project to be honest. But we actually have our first (TV) Series in development, which we are really excited about making. It’s about the Polynesian Panthers, I can’t talk about it too much.

Shane: Very awesome. Thanks for chatting with us at StG today. Really appreciate it and we are looking forward to the film; Pork Pie.

Tom: No worries, thank you so much man.

Pork Pie 2017 is the re-imagining of the legendary New Zealand road film 1981 Goodbye Pork Pie. The Feature Film releases to Cinemas across New Zealand from the 2nd of February 2017. Be sure to see it and experience NZ Film History in the making for a new generation. Pork Pie is Rated M.

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