A spokesperson for TVNZ told the Herald it had a curated selection of Neill\u2019s work on its streaming platform TVNZ+, which viewers can find at the top of its homepage under the banner \u201cRemembering Sir Sam Neill\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis includes award-winning series, The Twelve, iconic blockbuster Jurassic Park as well as Under the Mountain, Rams and Sleeping Dogs,” TVNZ said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Sky has announced a last-minute programming change to its free-to-air channel Sky Open tonight, which drops the previously scheduled episode of Traffic Cops from its 8.30pm runtime. <\/p>\n
Instead, Sky said it would pay tribute to Neill by screening his 2024 episode of The Assembly Australia in its place.<\/p>\n
\u201cAustralia\u2019s most renowned interviewer, Leigh Sales, mentors autistic journalism students as they learn their craft and interview well-known personalities,\u201d the accompanying synopsis said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn tonight\u2019s episode, Aotearoa\u2019s award-winning actor Sir Sam Neill takes the hot seat.\u201d<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for Sky told the Herald it didn\u2019t have any licensed content featuring Neill that it could screen on Three or ThreeNow, but it\u2019ll nonetheless be \u201cacknowledging his legacy on various social platforms across Sky\u201d. <\/p>\n
Neill, born in Northern Ireland in 1947, moved to New Zealand with his family as a child and starred in more than 150 films and TV projects over his decades-long career.<\/p>\n
Neill\u2019s work in New Zealand film Sleeping Dogs (1977) \u2013 the first local film to be screened internationally \u2013 is largely credited with helping him break into the global film industry<\/a>.<\/p>\n Aside from his more obvious legacy works, namely the Jurassic Park series and 19th-century period drama Peaky Blinders, he regularly featured across a diverse bunch of local productions during his prolific career.<\/p>\n