HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE Trailer Watch the new HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE trailer! The film, directed by Taika Waititi (What We Do in the Shadows), stars Julian Dennison, Rachel House, Rima Te Wiata, and Sam Neill. HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE will be released in theaters on the US on a date TBD. A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush.