Shrek<\/i>, one of Disney’s most famous franchise films, is set to return to the big screen in te reo M\u0101ori next year.<\/p>\n
M\u0101oriland Charitable Trust has announced a collaboration with DreamWorks Animation to dub the film. It is the first time a DreamWorks animation film is being adapted into the language.<\/p>\n
Special screenings will be held across New Zealand after a world premiere at the M\u0101oriland Film Festival in March, 2025.<\/p>\n
“We are hugely excited to re-imagine this phenomenal and captivating story, which has captured the hearts of families worldwide in te reo M\u0101ori,” said M\u0101oriland producer Libby Hakaraia.<\/p>\n
Lead translator of\u00a0Shrek<\/i>\u00a0Te Kiwa Goddard said he understood the popularity of mainstream films for everyone.<\/p>\n
“I’m a father of six, and I see this film as not only being gratefully received by my tamariki, their friends and wh\u0101nau but by non-M\u0101ori speaking people as well as it’s that sort of film where you are carried away by the story and the music.<\/p>\n
“There’s a hunger for stories in te reo that bring the world to our tamariki. The biggest challenge is to find the ‘sweet spot’ when it comes to matching the humour – which is funny when expressed in English – and then find its equivalent in M\u0101ori.”<\/p>\n
DreamWorks Animation localisation vice president Scott McCarthy said the project celebrated cultural diversity.<\/p>\n
“Just as Shrek brings unlikely friends together, this project highlights that same unifying power.”<\/p>\n
The project has funding support from Te M\u0101ngai P\u0101ho and Te Tumu Whakaata T\u0101onga.<\/p>\n
Shrek<\/i>, the first in the franchise which was originally released in 2001, has been dubbed into more than 40 languages.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a te reo M\u0101ori version of Disney’s animation\u00a0Encanto\u00a0<\/i>was released last week, just in time with te wiki o te teo M\u0101ori.<\/p>\n
T\u0101maki Makaurau-based M\u0101tew\u0101 Media developed the new version of the film adding to the list of Disney animations translated into te reo M\u0101ori including\u00a0Moana<\/i>,\u00a0Lion King<\/i>,\u00a0Frozen\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0Coco<\/i>.<\/p>\n
M\u0101tew\u0101 producer Chelsea Winstanley told\u00a0Midday Report<\/i>\u00a0there was “absolute delight” at the premiere.<\/p>\n
“We went out into the theatres on Thursday, that was our opening, and we were number two at the box office,” she says, adding it raked in about $20,000 on the night.<\/p>\n
“Since then, we’ve made lots more but we’re hoping this week will really show the commitment that people have to te reo M\u0101ori, because we’ve got so many schools going through this week, it’s kind of become almost like part of school curriculum in a way, people are like waiting for us for the next one to be put out.”<\/p>\n
For her, this proved the demand for te reo M\u0101ori in the cinema.<\/p>\n
“This is also not just for M\u0101ori, this is for nationwide, we have P\u0101keh\u0101 kids going and enjoying it and loving it. and Disney now can actually see they have an audience here, and that’s not just for Disney that’s for every studio, if you like, every company that wants to make a film here, or release a film here, they should know now that we are a bilingual nation and that we deserve to have both languages.”<\/p>\n
Disney had seen the talent with stars coming back for the second\u00a0Moana<\/i>\u00a0film, Winstanley said.<\/p>\n
“They are blown away by the talent we have. And, you know, now you can see the progression in talent.\u00a0Moana 2<\/i>, we’ve got one of our incredible singers and talent Awhimai Fraser [who] has gone all the way through, now she’s in\u00a0Moana 2<\/i>, the English version.<\/p>\n
“Of course, you’ve got our OGs from that, Rachel House, Temuera Morrison, they’re all coming back for\u00a0Moana 2<\/i>. So it’s a no-brainer for them.”<\/p>\n
She could not hint at what the next dubbed film could be, but said she wanted to keep the momentum going to normalise te reo.<\/p>\n
“I can’t say but let me just tell you, the train isn’t stopping.”<\/p>\n
Source: RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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