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Speaker 1: Now Avatar. The new movie Avatar of Fire and Ash,

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Speaker 1: releases in December this year. Have a listen.

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Speaker 2: The blood will still find you wash people a lot

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Speaker 2: like us.

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Speaker 1: They bring ruin. They've turned away from Awa, but maybe

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Speaker 1: not all is lost. It once bright war.

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Speaker 2: Now I want to start it.

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Speaker 1: One of the three Avatar movies that have been produced locally,

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Speaker 1: must have a red carpet, and Wellington at the studio

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Speaker 1: wishes to receive their final payment from the film's rebate scheme. Now,

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Speaker 1: Nicola Willis says, Wellington, she says. December. Chris Henry, managing

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Speaker 1: director at eight one eight Publicity with us this morning. Chris,

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Speaker 1: good morning, Good morning, Ryan.

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Speaker 2: How are you good?

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Speaker 1: Thank you? Now do you remember the Lord of the

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Speaker 1: Rings and Wellington back in the day? It was incredible.

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Speaker 2: Oh, a couple of strapping young men hopping on the

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Speaker 2: train from Paparum into Wellington, thousand people. It was quite special,

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Speaker 2: wasn't that?

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Speaker 1: It really was? So do you think they'll do another

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Speaker 1: one here at Do you think they'll do the Avatar

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Speaker 1: one in Wellington?

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Speaker 2: I would really hope. So, I mean, well, it is

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Speaker 2: a fantastic place to hold a film premiere. It's got

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Speaker 2: thought a wonderful film culture, and it's also the home

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Speaker 2: of the film's director and lots of the stars. They

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Speaker 2: always run out the red carpet and it would be

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Speaker 2: a fantastic way to premier the film. For sure.

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Speaker 1: You mix and mingle with all of the celebs and

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Speaker 1: you know a lot of hob nubbing in your business, Chris,

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Speaker 1: would we get some decent talent here? You know with

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Speaker 1: the big overseas stars, do they do that? Do they

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Speaker 1: come to places like New Zealand still for the for

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Speaker 1: the premiers and the openings and things.

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Speaker 2: Oh? Absolutely. The people that have been involved in the film,

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Speaker 2: the actors that have been in the film, they would

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Speaker 2: have had an incredible experience living and working in Wellington

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Speaker 2: and the chance to come back and experience that again

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Speaker 2: in this environment, I think we'll be really appealing to them. Also,

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Speaker 2: so well known for our wonderful hospitality, that beautiful place

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Speaker 2: late these and Wellington in the summer I think would

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Speaker 2: be a prime location for it and deferently something that

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Speaker 2: would be encouraging to see to come back down.

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Speaker 1: Jeff Wellington more than anyone. When we just need to

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Speaker 1: pray that the pipes don't versed. While it's happening. That's

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Speaker 1: soundly problem. Hey, hey Christmas, before you go, how long

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Speaker 1: would you need to actually plan something like this, Oh.

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Speaker 2: You would need a wee while, But you're amazed. You'd

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Speaker 2: be amazed about how the key ingenuity can can move

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Speaker 2: itself together quite quickly. I'd imagine that that the wheels

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Speaker 2: would be in motion, you know, in the coming months,

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Speaker 2: but it would take a good few months to get

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Speaker 2: it already.

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Speaker 1: Chris, appreciate your time. Chris Henry Managing director at eight

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Speaker 1: one eight Publicity. They do all of the big stuff.

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