Waititi's fourth feature, "Hunt for the Wilderpeople", premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. When it was released in New Zealand, the comedy adventure broke Waititi's own record for a New Zealand film in its opening weekend. Based on a book by Barry Crump, the film centres around a young boy and a grumpy man (played by Sam Neill) on the run in the forest. Waititi wrote the initial screenplay for the 2016 Disney film "Moana", which focused on gender and family. Those elements were passed over in favour of what would become the finalised story.