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Oscar winner and multi-Emmy Award nominee Taika Waititi (What We Do In The Shadows, Jojo Rabbit) and writer David Jenkins (People of Earth) have found their head pirate for HBO Max's upcoming period comedy series Our Flag Means Death With Waititi set to executive produce and direct the pilot, Rhys Darby (Wrecked, "Jumanji" film franchise)[...]

Taika Waititi is one of the busiest creative forces in Hollywood with his work on FX's What We Do in the Shadows, Disney+'s The Mandalorian, and the upcoming Thor: Love and Thunder for Marvel Now his next project will be another comedy for FX Networks with a play on words of Quentin Tarantino-esque title in[...]

So with that in mind, we kick off our year-end countdown with Jemaine Clement-created FX series What We Do in the Shadows. What We Do in the Shadows makes BCTV's Top 10 of 2020 (Image: FX Networks) Based on the feature film from Clement and Taika Waititi, the series focuses on vampire roommates Nandor (Kayvan Novak), Nadja (Natasia[...]

We get a glimpse of Antoine (Taika Waititi), who's the creative force behind the game on the receiving end of said revolution who tries to do everything to quell the rebellion We also see Reynolds' character's best friend in Buddy (Lil Rel Howery), helping him make sense of his newfound awareness Written by Matt Lieberman[...]

It's becoming pretty clear that whether it's writing, working behind the camera, in front of the camera, or offering his voice talents for an animated role, Oscar winner and multi-Emmy Award nominee Taika Waititi (What We Do In The Shadows, Jojo Rabbit) isn't big on having a lot of down time On Tuesday, that impression[...]

Taika Waititi, who wrote and directed the film, returns for Love and Thunder in the same capacity Joining to co-write is Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Sweet/Vicious) The fourth film in the Thor franchise will be the penultimate film of Marvel Phase IV before Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness (2022) Tessa Thompson will reprise her[...]

Th cast includes Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang, Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flagg, David Dastmalchian as Polka-Dot Man, Steve Agee as King Shark, Daniela Melchior as Ratcatcher 2, John Cena as Peacemaker, Flula Borg as Javelin , Nathan Fillion as T.D.K., Mayling Ng as Mongal, Pete Davidson as Blackguard, Sean Gunn as Weasel, Joaquin Cosio, Juan Diego Botto, Storm[...]

Of course, rumored to be in the cast and the roles that they have been linked to include Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang, Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flagg, David Dastmalchian as Polka-Dot Man, Steve Agee as King Shark, Daniela Melchior as Ratcatcher, John Cena as[...]

The BBC recently got a chance to speak to Taika Waititi and revealed what hard time he is having balancing being a dad that has to homeschool his kids and the various movies that he's currently working on Spoiler alert: he's balancing it all about as well as the rest of us are, which is not[...]

Disney+'s The Mandalorian stars Pedro Pascal, Gina Carano, Nick Nolte, Giancarlo Esposito, Ming-Na Wen, Carl Weathers, Emily Swallow, Omid Abtahi, Werner Herzog, Taika Waititi, Bill Burr, and Mark Boone Jr star. Okay, now this is just starting to get silly. Disney+'s live-action Star Wars spinoff series The Mandalorian somehow found a way to pretty much fly above the[...]

Joining Favreau were directors Filoni, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rick Famuyiwa, Deborah Chow, and Taika Waititi Chow is set to direct the streaming service's upcoming Obi-Wan series, while Waititi is developing his own film set in the Star Wars universe Favreau revealed that because of the complexities of how television/streaming schedules run, the second season feels[...]

Credit Mondo "Taika Waititi's THOR: RAGNAROK is one of the best the MCU has to offer It's hilarious, full of great characters and moments, advances the story arcs of several characters we've grown to know and love, and even brilliantly weaves in elements of the "Planet Hulk" comic book storyline – all while retaining Taika's signature[...]

As far as Marvel is concerned, the Thor franchise is Taika Waititi's as long as he wants The director invigorated the franchise since his stellar outing in Thor: Ragnarok (2017) Bringing Mark Ruffalo's Bruce Banner/Hulk and Cate Blanchett's Hela certainly helped as the film grossed $122.7 million domestically and $853 million globally at the box[...]

PETA suggests that director Taika Waititi uses a vegan die to explain how Thor could drop the weight from Avengers: Endgame to be back in fighting shape for Love and Thunder A press release from PETA explains that going vegan would both "explain any weight loss and be a natural extension of his compassion for[...]

James Gunn, Taika Waititi, and more have all done similar things with their own films as well.   Happy Death Day Tweet Along With Cast Will Happen On Friday. Happy Death Day Fans Are Excited The film has quite the online following Whole websites and social media threads about the mechanics of the film are everywhere, with many theories[...]

The world of Willy Wonka, Charlie, Oompa-Loompas, and everlasting gobstoppers are being placed in the imaginatively masterful hands Taika Waititi (JoJo Rabbit, Thor: Love and Thunder) The Academy Award-winner will write, direct, and executive produce a pair of animated series for Netflix based Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Editorial credit: Denis Makarenko / Shutterstock.com[...]

The leader of said cult is played by Taika Waititi, and many familiar faces play members The film debuted in 2018 at the Tribeca Film Festival during their Midnight offerings Check out the insane trailer below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd3MVoqbvG8&feature=youtu.beVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Seven Stages To Achieve Eternal Bliss – Official Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd3MVoqbvG8&feature=youtu.be) In this unorthodox[...]

Academy Award-winning writer/director/actor Taika Waititi (JoJo Rabbit) and The New Pope star Jude Law may not be looking to "bite the hand that feeds them" with their reported-but-not-yet-confirmed limited series The Auteur, it appears Showtime is looking to bite on the project in a big way. Cubankite / Denis Makarenko (Shutterstock.com) Based on the graphic novel The[...]

Following Taika Waititi's triumphant win for Jojo Rabbit at the Oscars, the director refocused his efforts on his latest Marvel sequel Thor: Love and Thunder He recruited Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, who wrote and directed Someone Great for Netflix to help him with the script according to Variety. DFree / Shutterstock.com The Success of "Thor: Ragnarok" Marvel Studios made[...]

The final episode of The Mandalorian was directed by Taika Waititi and fans have latched onto the idea that Waititi is the one who should direct a movie now that David Benioff and D.B Weiss' trilogy is no longer happening According to The Hollywood Reporter fans might be getting their wish as Waititi has been approached to[...]

Taika Waititi is currently hard at work on promoting Jojo Rabbit and prepping Thor: Love and Thunder He was recently part of a roundtable interview with other Hollywood writers about how they approach their craft that is a fascinating and insightful read on a variety of topics Unfortunately, they asked Taika about those darn Martin[...]

Director/actor/awesome human Taika Waititi has apparently already gone in front of the camera for whatever part he is playing in the film Gunn has been doing fan q&a on his Instagram stories on the weekends as of late, and he confirmed it during this latest round this morning. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width:[...]

In his upcoming adaptation of the 2014 documentary Next Goal Wins, Taika Waititi tells the story of the American Samoa soccer team and their fight to end the longest losing streak in FIFA history Joining the cast, which already includes Michael Fassbender and Elisabeth Moss, is Kaimana in the role of Jaiyah Saelua, the first non-binary player to play in[...]

It also began a six-month bout of depression that was tenacious and unrelenting. Warning for minor spoilers for Jojo Rabbit.  So there's my bias going into to Taika Waititi's latest movie Jojo Rabbit In some ways, a story about the impact of white supremacy and Nazi ideology is something I'm a sucker audience for, having heard about those[...]

Jojo Rabbit aims to tackle the difficult subject matter blind devotion and a coming-of-age film with grace and comedic flair that just works. [rwp-review-recap id="0"] Director: Taika Waititi Summary: A young boy in Hitler's army finds out his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home. The coming-of-age story paired with the imaginary friend trope is as old[...]

If you're going to do a live-action Star Wars series, this is the way to do it." The Mandalorian/Disney+ Set between the events in Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, the drama from showrunner Favreau (The Lion King) and Dave Filoni (The Clone Wars) takes place after the fall of the Empire and before the[...]

If you're going to do a live-action Star Wars series, this is the way to do it." The Mandalorian/Disney+ Set between the events in Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, the drama from showrunner Favreau (The Lion King) and Dave Filoni (The Clone Wars) takes place after the fall of the Empire and before the[...]

If you're going to do a live-action Star Wars series, this is the way to do it." The Mandalorian/Disney+ Set between the events in Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, the drama from showrunner Favreau (The Lion King) and Dave Filoni (The Clone Wars) takes place after the fall of the Empire and before the[...]

If you're going to do a live-action Star Wars series, this is the way to do it." The Mandalorian/Disney+ Set between the events in Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, the drama from showrunner Favreau (The Lion King) and Dave Filoni (The Clone Wars) takes place after the fall of the Empire and before the[...]

If you're going to do a live-action Star Wars series, this is the way to do it." The Mandalorian/Disney+ Set between the events in Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, the drama from showrunner Favreau (The Lion King) and Dave Filoni (The Clone Wars) takes place after the fall of the Empire and before the[...]