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Taika Waititi to direct adaptation of critically-acclaimed novel Klara and the Sun

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Taika Waititi has decided on his next film, and while it does feature robots, it’s not set in a galaxy far, far away. Instead the JoJo Rabbit director has lined up an adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s New York Times bestselling novel Klara and the Sun.  Deadline is reporting that Waititi is in negotiations to direct for […]

Meet the line-up for the world’s worst soccer team in the trailer for Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins

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Searchlight Pictures has dropped the trailer for the oft-delayed but eagerly anticipated feel-good soccer comedy Next Goal Wins, the latest film from writer/director Taika Waititi, loser of the Best Picture Academy Award for Jojo Rabbit, and loser of the Teen Choice Award for Thor: Ragnarok. Co-written by Waititi and The Inbetweeners Iain Morris, Next Goal Wins features an impressive […]

Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins releases poster and delays kick off until November

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Taika Waititi’s football-comedy Next Goal Wins has been warming up on the sidelines for a few years now. Shot way back in 2019, the adaptation of the 2014 documentary of the same name suffered a career-threatening injury when the Armie Hammer controversy struck and forced reshoots, before kick-off was once again delayed from April 2023 to […]

First look at Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins starring Michael Fassbender

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Considering it was shot way back in 2019 (with subsequent reshoots to remove Armie Hammer post-controversy), you’d think that Searchlight Pictures would have taken the opportunity to coincide the release of Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins with the World Cup, but as it happens we’re going to have to wait another few more months for […]

Lisa Kudrow cast in Taika Waititi’s adaptation of Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits

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Lisa Kudrow is making yet another comeback to TV, and this one will be her strangest yet as the Friends and Comeback actress will lead the cast of Taika Waititi’s Time Bandits for Apple TV+. Per Deadline, joining Kudrow as series regulars on the series adaptation of the 1981 Terry Gilliam movie. are Kal-El Tuck […]

Disney pulls Star Wars: Rogue Squadron from schedule, sets new Star Wars movies for 2025 and 2027

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This has most likely been on the cards since Lucasfilm delayed the project indefinitely after seeing Wonder Woman 1984 due to the filmmaker’s schedule, but it’s now been made official that Patty Jenkins’ Star Wars: Rogue Squadron has been completely removed from Disney’s release calendar. Announced back in 2020, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron was being […]

Movie Review – Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

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Thor: Love and Thunder, 2022. Directed by Taika Waititi. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Christian Bale, Natalie Portman, Tessa Thompson, Jaimie Alexander, Taika Waititi, Russell Crowe, Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, and Sean Gunn. SYNOPSIS: Thor takes some undue time off to find himself, but gets drawn back to the […]

Thor: Love and Thunder deleted scene introduces another son of Zeus

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With less than a week to go until Thor: Love and Thunder arrives on Disney+, a deleted scene from the film has been released which sees Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson) and Korg encountering another of Zeus’ (Russell Crowe) sons, the Greek god of wine, fertility, and ritual madness, Dionysus (Simon Russell Beale); check […]

Marvel’s Thor: Love & Thunder 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD details and deleted scenes revealed

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Marvel Studios’ Thor: Love and Thunder comes to Disney+ next week, but for those who still prefer their media physical we now have word that the 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD editions of Taika Waititi’s Phase Four sequel will arrive on September 27th; check out the cover artwork and details below…   Marvel Studios’ Thor: […]

Movie Review – Lightyear (2022)

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Lightyear, 2022 Directed by Angus MacLane. Featuring the voice talents of Chris Evans, Keke Palmer, Dale Soules, Taika Waititi, Peter Sohn, Uzo Aduba, James Brolin, Mary McDonald-Lewis, Efren Ramirez, Isiah Whitlock Jr., and Keira Hairston. SYNOPSIS: Legendary Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear embarks on an intergalactic adventure alongside a group of ambitious recruits and his robot […]