The film's maker, South Vineyard, met Waitaki District Council representatives on Monday at Falstone to discuss the future of the Kingdom Come film and the set, built under resource consents originally granted in 2008 by the council and Environment Canterbury.
The council's property manager, Dougall McIntyre, yesterday said South Vineyard still hoped to make the film and was putting out an offer to creditors.
It still hoped to secure funding for the film and reach agreement on an estimated $4.4 million of debt.
The company was given resource consent for 12 months in 2008 by the council and ECan to build a set of about 100 facades and a jetty at the Falstone reserve to represent the 3000-year-old Galilee village and harbour of Capernaum.
The set was supposed to be removed in November 2009, but consents were extended in February last year.
Mr McIntyre said ECan had already extended the consent for the harbour in the lake, and an application would be made to the Waitaki council to extend the consent for the film set on the Falstone reserve.
The company indicated it planned to film the movie within 18 months and was confident of getting the finance.
It was aiming to carry out filming at the earliest in autumn, but wanted extra time. Once completed, the company had to remove the set.
However, Mr McIntyre said if engineering design was acceptable, the jetty would remain for public use on Lake Benmore.
The Waitaki council had a $10,000 bond for removal of the set if filming did not proceed.
Since the set had been built, the company had paid the council more than $100,000 in rent.
