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deadline.comToby Stephens & Umi Myers Lead Māori Gothic Horror ‘Mārama’ Toby Stephens (Black Sails, Die Another Day) and Uni Myers (Bob Marley: One Love, Dope Girls) are starring in Māori Gothic horror Mārama, which has also cast Ariāna Osborne (Madam, In a Flash) in a lead role.
Shooting on the gender-bending film is underway in New Zealand, which is known as Aotearoa in the Māori language. Set in North Yorkshire in Victorian England in 1859, the film follows a young Māori woman’s fight to reclaim her identity and indigenous culture.
It comes from Māori writer-director Taratoa Stappard (Taumanu, Emkhatsini) and also features Erroll Shand (Savage, The Luminaries) and Jordan Mooney (The Bluff, Pike River).
Sharlene George, Co-CEO and founding Partner of international production company The Sweetshop, is producing. Rickylee Russell-Waipuka and Rouzie Hassanova are also producing with Paraone Gloyne as Māori language and culture producer.
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