The Kiwi classic Goodbye Pork Pie is being re-heated for a new generation and has been shooting on the streets of Wellington this weekend.
Newshub visited the set today, for a chat with the new Blondini Gang.
Don't tell Dean O'Gorman and James Rolleston, but arguably the biggest star of Pork Pie is the little yellow Mini. And while the new Mini may go a bit faster, the spirit and indeed the number plate of its predecessor stay true.
Along with the new Mini, we have a new Blondini Gang.
We last saw O'Gorman as the dwarf Fili in The Hobbit. Car chases in Hobbiton are not really a thing, so his new role in Pork Pie makes a rather nice change.
"Yesterday we were hooning around in a Mini," he says. "We've got the pod on top so the stunt driver gets to drive it as fast as he wants while we sit inside, but it's really good because it feels like we're driving incredibly fast and dangerously but we're not doing it. It's a little bit nauseating at times to be honest."
Also part of the new gang is James Rolleston.
"We get to rip around in these bad boys, so I'm not complaining," says Rolleston.
Producer Tom Hern worked with Rolleston on his award-winning film, The Dark Horse. Pork Pie is a different kettle of fish for them both.
"It's a privilege and an honour to be retelling and reimagining such an iconic story, and tipping our hats to true pioneers and legends of the New Zealand film industry. But in the same breath it's really important we make it our own, and that it has a reason for being for a new generation."
Much has changed since 1979. This new Blondini gang might be able to escape the cops, but they can't hide from Snapchat.
"Our Blondini Gang really can't hide; there is nowhere to hide," says Hern. "The whole country is watching them. That's a new aspect to our reimagining."
Newshub.
