A manhunt drama filmed on location in the Wakatipu will be released in about 40 cinemas nationally, including Queenstown, on May 5, Paramount Pictures New Zealand says.
Tracker features English actor Ray Winstone as Arjan, a guerrilla survivor of the South African Boer War who lands in colonial New Zealand and is promised a bounty to capture Kereama (Temuera Morrison), a Maori seafarer accused of killing a soldier.
A dangerous game of cat and mouse begins, as Arjan chases Kereama around Moke Lake, Rees Valley, Nevis Valley, Kawarau River, Queenstown Hill and Glenorchy. Filming took place in November 2009.
Publicist Matt Andree Wiltens, of Auckland, said the distribution of Tracker to Australia and the United States would depend in part on how the movie performed at the domestic box office.
~ Picks of the Week ~
TODAY
• 7pm: Invercargill singer Saelyn Guyton performs with guitar accompaniment in the Friday Jazz Club, in Les Alpes restaurant. Free.
• 10pm: Queenstown DJs Turbohag, D-Jade, Preferinse and Skutch mash up hip-hop, dubstep, drum 'n' bass and glitch, in Subculture. Free entry before midnight, $5 afterwards.
• 11pm: Queenstown roots rock reggae trio Ghetto Blaster play in Searle Lane and Social. Free.
TOMORROW
• 9pm: Dunedin country rock band Ash and the Matadors return to Dux de Lux, with Queenstown rock outfit the Flaming Drivers. Free.
• 10pm: The full line-up of the Sunshine Sound System, with DJs Downtown Brown and Turbohag and MCs KPz and Switch, radiate funk, soul, hip-hop and jungle, in Subculture. Free entry before midnight, $5 afterwards.
• 11pm: Upbeat South American four-piece Inside Out entertain at Searle Lane and Social with originals and covers. Free.
SUNDAY
• 4pm: Queenstown singer-guitarist Mike "Sleemo" Sleeman plays in Dux de Lux. Free.
TUESDAY
• 7pm: World premiere of the play Rita and Douglas is staged in the Queenstown Memorial Hall, as part of the Southern Lakes Festival of Colour. Starring Jennifer Ward-Lealand and Michael Houstoun, based on passionate relationship between painter Rita Angus and composer Douglas Lilburn. Tickets $36.
