# Warren's Vortex > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Warren's_Vortex > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Warren's_Vortex.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren's_Vortex > Source revision: 1354707994 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|New Zealand television series}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | alt_name = | genre = {{Plainlist| * [Science fiction comedy](/source/Science_fiction_comedy) * [Fantasy](/source/Fantasy_television) * [Science fiction](/source/Science_fiction_on_television)}} | creator = Nick Ward
Paul Yates | based_on = | developer = | writer = Rosie Howells
Dana Leaming
Jamie McCaskill
[Tom Sainsbury](/source/Tom_Sainsbury)
Nick Ward
Paul Yates | screenplay = | story = | director =Tim Van Dammen
Jason Stutter | creative_director = | presenter = | starring = [Maaka Pohatu](/source/Maaka_Pohatu)
[Milo Cawthorne](/source/Milo_Cawthorne)
Louise Jiang
Millen Baird | theme_music_composer = MONIKER | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = | country = New Zealand | language = English | num_seasons = 1 | num_episodes = 6 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = | producer = Paul Yates
Michelle Turner | editor = | location = [Lower Hutt](/source/Lower_Hutt), [Wellington, NZ](/source/Wellington_Region) | cinematography = Simon Tutty | camera = [Single-camera](/source/Single-camera_setup) | runtime = 6 x 23 minutes | company = Kitchen Table Productions (WV) Limited | budget = | channel = [TVNZ 2](/source/TVNZ_2) | released = | first_aired = {{Start date|df=yes|2025|8|24}} | last_aired = | related = ''[Wellington Paranormal](/source/Wellington_Paranormal)''
''[What We Do in the Shadows](/source/What_We_Do_in_the_Shadows)'' }} '''''Warren's Vortex''''' is a New Zealand [science fiction comedy](/source/science_fiction_comedy) television series which is due to begin screening on 24 August 2025 on [TVNZ 2](/source/TVNZ_2). The series is in the same vein as the 2018 television series ''[Wellington Paranormal](/source/Wellington_Paranormal)'', which itself is a spin-off of the 2014 film ''[What We Do in the Shadows](/source/What_We_Do_in_the_Shadows)''. Unlike either of those productions, this series is a [single camera](/source/Single-camera_setup) narrative comedy. The actor [Maaka Pohatu](/source/Maaka_Pohatu), who has the title role of Warren, previously appeared as Police Sergeant Ruawai Maaka in ''Wellington Paranormal''. ==Premise== Warren Harrison is a husband and father, living in suburban [Lower Hutt](/source/Lower_Hutt), [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand), who happens to have an [interdimensional vortex](/source/Wormholes_in_fiction) in his shed. For the past twenty years, Warren has used it mainly to get rid of his garden rubbish. Lucy, his 18-year-old daughter, is sucked into the vortex and Warren follows her. The pair travel to a series of different future realities. Several of the supporting cast play variations of their same character in different [timelines](/source/timelines). ==Production history== The series was created by Nick Ward and Paul Yates, both of whom were involved with ''Wellington Paranormal'' as directors and writers. In July 2024, [NZ On Air](/source/NZ_On_Air) was announced that the production would receive $1,227,000 of funding, though the ''[New Zealand Listener](/source/New_Zealand_Listener)'' later gave the amount as $1,465.000. Filming took place over the 2024–25 Christmas and New Year period across Lower Hutt. The main characters' house was filmed on location in [Fairfield](/source/Fairfield%2C_Lower_Hutt), with other locations including [Kelson](/source/Kelson%2C_New_Zealand), [Naenae](/source/Naenae), [Taitā](/source/Tait%C4%81%2C_New_Zealand), and the [Avalon studios](/source/Avalon_studios).{{Cite web |last=Chumko |first=André |date=26 August 2025 |title=New comedy series spins New Zealand into parallel chaos |url=https://www.thepost.co.nz/culture/360801924/new-comedy-series-spins-new-zealand-parallel-chaose |access-date=2025-08-30 |website=[The Post (New Zealand){{!}}](/source/The_Post_(New_Zealand)%7B%7B!%7D%7D)}} ==Cast== ===Main=== * [Maaka Pohatu](/source/Maaka_Pohatu) as Warren Harrison * Louise Jiang as Lucy Harrison (Warren's daughter) * Kali Kopae as Hine Harrison (Warren's wife) * [Ginette McDonald](/source/Ginette_McDonald) as Mrs Schrödinger (the Harrisons' neighbour) * Sophie Hambleton as Laurel, a family friend * Cohen Holloway as Muzz, Laurel's estranged husband * Tinorawe Hawkins as Bo, Laurel and Muzz's teenage son * Millen Baird as Inspector Phil * [Milo Cawthorne](/source/Milo_Cawthorne) as Darren * Mayen Mehta as Ian * [John Bach](/source/John_Bach) as the Narrator ===Guest=== * [Hilary Barry](/source/Hilary_Barry) as Empress Gold (voice role) * [Peter Hambleton](/source/Peter_Hambleton) as Stanky Steve * [Tanea Heke](/source/Tanea_Heke) as Aunty Marama * Liz Wyatt as Mombie ==Episodes== {{Episode table |background=#FFDE00 |overall=5 |series=5 |title=30 |director=20 |writer=20 |airdate=10 |country=NZ |episodes={{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 1 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Desolation of Smugg |DirectedBy = Tim van Dammen |WrittenBy = Paul Yates |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2025|8|24}} |ShortSummary = Everyman Warren and his daughter Lucy are hurled through time to a world where intelligent refrigerators have taken over. |LineColor = FFDE00 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 2 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Detached from Reality |DirectedBy = [Jason Stutter](/source/Jason_Stutter) |WrittenBy = Dana Leaming |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2025|8|31}} |ShortSummary = Warren and Lucy land in a world where every Kiwi backyard has been turned into a reality TV competition and the stakes are high: you lose, you die! |LineColor = FFDE00 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 3 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Unreal Estate |DirectedBy = Tim Van Dammen |WrittenBy = Rosie Howells |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2025|9|7}} |ShortSummary = Warren and Lucy arrive in a world where all the houses are unaffordable and empty, and the real estate agents are laser-eyed robots with familiar faces. |LineColor = FFDE00 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 4 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Mombified |DirectedBy = Jason Stutter |WrittenBy = Jamie McCaskill |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2025|9|14}} |ShortSummary = Warren and Lucy return to their street to find everyone zombified by a mobile game. With the help of Darren and a guitar, they fight to snap everyone out of it. |LineColor = FFDE00 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 5 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = Mystery at Schrodinger Hall |DirectedBy = Tim Van Dammen |WrittenBy = Nick Ward |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2025|9|21}} |ShortSummary = Warren and Lucy land in a 1930s murder mystery time loop. With reality fraying and tension rising, the real mystery becomes how to escape it all. |LineColor = FFDE00 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 6 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Lost Forward |DirectedBy = Jason Stutter |WrittenBy = Tom Sainsbury |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2025|9|28}} |ShortSummary = Warren and Lucy land in a cultured, rugby-free utopia. But when Warren reintroduces the sport, chaos erupts, landing him on death row. |LineColor = FFDE00 }} }} ==Broadcast== The series began broadcasting on [TVNZ 2](/source/TVNZ_2) on 24 August 2025, with catch-up availability on TVNZ's streaming service [TVNZ+](/source/TVNZ%2B). ==See also== * ''[Sliders](/source/Sliders_(TV_series))'' – TV series featuring a similar plot device * ''[Time Bandits](/source/Time_Bandits)'' – a film also featuring time travel ==References== {{cite news |last1=Croot |first1=James |title=Wellington Paranormal's writers have another hit on their hands |work=[Manawatu Standard](/source/Manawatu_Standard) |date=19 August 2025 |page=16 |publisher=[Stuff Limited](/source/Stuff_Limited) |location=[Palmerston North](/source/Palmerston_North), NZ |issn=1176-3558|language=en}} {{cite journal |last1=Baillie |first1=Russell |title=Shed a new twilight |journal=New Zealand Listener |date=23 August 2025 |pages=49–50 |publisher=Are Media Ltd |location=Auckland, NZ |issn=2381-9553|language=en}} {{cite web |title=Warren's Vortex |url=https://www.nzonair.govt.nz/search/?search_type=decisions&q=vortex |publisher=[NZ on Air](/source/NZ_on_Air) |access-date=23 August 2025}} {{cite web |title=Watch Warren's Vortex |url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/warrens-vortex |publisher=[TVNZ OnDemand](/source/TVNZ_OnDemand) |access-date=23 August 2025}} ==External links== *{{IMDb title|36770799}} Category:2025 New Zealand television series debuts Category:2020s New Zealand television series Category:2020s television series about time travel Category:Fantasy comedy television series Category:New Zealand television sitcoms Category:Television shows set in Wellington Category:TVNZ 2 original programming Category:Urban fantasy television series Category:Wellington in fiction Category:New Zealand television series about time travel Category:Television series set in 2025 Category:Television series set in 2043 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Warren's Vortex](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren's_Vortex) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren's_Vortex?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.