The big budget American TV series, Legend of the Seeker, is being shot in Henderson, injecting more than $10 million into the local economy.
Producer Rob Tapert, knows all about shooting in New Zealand. He spent most of the 1990s in the country making Hercules and Xena and married Lucy Lawless.
Two leads in Legend of the Seeker are played by an American (Bridget Regan) and an Australian (Craig Honer) but nearly everyone else working on the series is a Kiwi.
Legend of the Seeker is providing hundreds of jobs for the local industry from film crew to actors, to prop makers. All five directors working on the show are also Kiwis.
It is a homecoming of sorts for Michael Hurst. He is directing several episodes and working with many of the same people he worked with when he co-starred on Hercules.
Hollywood based reporter Sam Rubin was in Auckland to cover the show before it’s US premiere last month. He says it’s producers are hoping to replicate the success they had with Xena and Hercules.
Shooting for the first season ends in April and it’s likely to be on New Zealand screens next year…Report by TVNZ.