New Zealand's "fourth most popular guitar-based, digi-bongo, acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo" Flight of the Conchords is set for a reunion, after the pair announced they are in the process of writing a movie.

Jermaine Clement revealed in a series of recent interviews the pair had begun writing the movie, adding the comedy twosome were also plotting a reunion tour for next year.

Rumours of new music from Jermaine and Bret McKenzie have been swirling since the end of Flight of the Conchords' popular HBO TV series back in 2009, mostly in connection to a possible musical or film.

However, in a new interview with Indiewire, Jermaine confirmed the pair had begun discussing ideas for a film.

"We have actually started writing one," he said.

"But who knows if it will ever be made. We've written some notes for some different film ideas.

"We're not down to the stage where we're going, 'the film is going to be like this,' it could be this, this, this, this, this."

Jermaine is set to star in a Steven Spielberg-directed, big-screen adaptation of Roald Dahl's Big Friendly Giant next year, which has delayed a Flight of the Conchords reunion tour.

"We were planning on doing it this summer, but then I ended up doing The BFG instead," Jermaine told Consequence of Sound.

"So it's my fault we didn't do it this time. But we are hoping to announce a tour.

"We'll announce it before the end of the year, hopefully, and then some time next year get on the road ... after we get some new guitar strings and that sort of thing."

In January, Jermaine told Billboard he and Bret had been considering doing a reunion tour of the US.

The band last toured Australia in 2012.

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