The remake stars Dean O'Gorman, James Rolleston and Ashleigh Cummings as a trio of accidental outlaws who travel the length of New Zealand in a stolen orange New Mini.

[3] Dean O'Gorman, James Rolleston and Ashleigh Cummings were set to star as Jon (John), Luke (Gerry) and Keira (Shirl) respectively.

[6] Pork Pie was released in New Zealand on Thursday, 2 February 2017, and Australia on Wednesday, 5 April 2017, where opening weekend earnings totaled US$204,839 and US$8,715 respectively.

Steve Newall of Flicks.co.nz awarded the film 3 stars out of 5, writing "Pork Pie is probably not as bad as you think it's going to be," and adding "It’s just so depressingly familiar though, driven by predictable plotting, well-worn tropes and unenthusing character arcs.

[13] Eddie Cockrell from Variety describes it as a "sleek, kinetic and eye-catching retooling of the 1981 film", with a story "cleverly updated by writer-director Matt Murphy", and "crucially, the casual misogyny of the 1981 release has been replaced by an unforced social conscience[14]".