Mountain climbing, Middle-earth and Melanie Lynskey - there have been three announcements about local films making headlines across the globe.
Hobbitses rejoice, because Warner Bros. have announced two more Lord of the Rings films are coming to the big screen.
And with the OGs back at the helm (or should I say Helm's Deep), Sir Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens are tasked with bringing Middle-earth back to the fans.
"It is an honour and a privilege to travel back to Middle-earth with our good friend and collaborator, Andy Serkis, who has unfinished business with that Stinker - Gollum!" said Jackson, Walsh and Boyens in a joint statement.
"As lifelong fans of Professor Tolkien’s vast mythology, we are proud to be working with Mike De Luca, Pam Abdy and the entire team at Warner Bros. on another epic adventure!"
Speaking of the OG, the original Gollum will also return, and not just as the slippery hobbit himself.
Andy Serkis will also direct the first film, which has a working title of Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum.
Serkis is clearly stoked, confirming that Wētā FX will return to the fray, but not quite confirming whether the films will once again be shot in Aotearoa.
"Yes, precious. The time has come once more to venture into the unknown with my dear friends, the extraordinary and incomparable guardians of Middle-earth: Peter, Fran and Philippa," said Serkis.
"With Mike and Pam, and the Warner Bros. team on the quest as well, alongside Wētā and our filmmaking family in New Zealand, it’s just all too delicious," he added.
From Middle-earth's snowy mountains to Planet Earth's highest mountain, British actor Tom Hiddleston will play Kiwi icon Sir Edmund Hillary in a new biopic about legendary sherpa Tenzing Norgay.
There's no word yet on who will be cast as Norgay.
And a first-look image has been released for an upcoming film called Pike River, of course based on the Pike River Mine tragedy, with two phenomenal Kiwi actors Melanie Lynskey and Robyn Malcolm in the lead roles of Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse.
Osborne and Rockhouse are two women who lost men in the mine.
Rob Sarkies directs, shooting on location in Māwhera/Greymouth, Te Whanganui a Tara/Wellington, and Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland.
"I couldn’t be more thrilled to have actors of Melanie and Robyn’s calibre in the film," Sarkies commented.
"Their outstanding performances will remind audiences everywhere of the human cost of these kinds of events, as well as the importance of fighting for what you believe is right.
"Our entire cast and crew were inspired by the courage of the Pike River families and have worked so hard to do their story justice," he added.
Pike River is set for release later in the year.
Watch the video above.
