Hosted at the town’s Kiwi Park, a five-acre wildlife sanctuary dedicated to the conservation of New Zealand’s native species, tickets for LUMA Enchanted go live on April 25, with the experience running through winter 2025.
The show will air in Germany, the US, and New Zealand with commissioning broadcasters ZDF (Germany), Acorn TV (UK), and TVNZ (New Zealand). It will be distributed globally by Banijay Rights.
The news follows confirmation that the balloon competition will be held in Germany and Australia. This is the fourth commission for the format, and the second this autumn.
The title, produced by Screentime Banijay for Nine Network Australia, in association with Screen NSW, was also sold to ITVX and ITV – UK, RTE – Ireland, C-More – Scandinavia and Warner Bros Discovery – New Zealand.
Production has began for the Screentime and Endemol Shine Australia production, which serves as the first the first original drama series co-commission between 9Network and Stan.