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Taika Waititi would “f*cking love” to direct a Star Wars movie – if it felt right

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Taika Waititi has revealed that he would “fucking love” to direct a Star Wars movie as long as it was right. Report have surfaced in recent months that Thor: Ragnarok and The Mandalorian director Taika Waititi has been in talks to direct a Star Wars movie. However, the man himself has denied it. He recently […]

Thor: Love and Thunder to be co-written by Someone Great’s Jennifer Kaytin Robinson

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According to Variety, Thor: Love and Thunder director Taika Waititi, fresh off his Academy Award for writing JoJo Rabbit, has enlisted Jennifer Kaytin Robinson to co-write the upcoming Marvel film. Robinson wrote and directed the comedy Someone Great for Netflix last year. She will work with Waititi on the script for Love & Thunder before the film enters production […]

Disney and Lucasfilm offer Star Wars movie to Taika Waititi

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With Disney and Lucasfilm currently plotting the next phase of Star Wars movies following the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, it seems that the studios have identified Thor: Ragnarok and Jojo Rabbit helmer Taika Waititi for the director’s chair on the next chapter in the iconic franchise. According to THR, Waititi has […]

The Mandalorian’s Taika Waititi casts doubts on the sex of Baby Yoda

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Taika Waititi, one of the directors of The Mandalorian, has cast doubt on the sex of Baby Yoda. Disney+’s The Mandalorian has reached huge success for multiple reasons but one of the biggest is certainly because of Baby Yoda, the loveable puppet creature that the Mando protects throughout the show. Up until now, it has […]

Taika Waititi on whether he would want to direct a Star Wars feature film

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While speaking to Variety, actor-director Taika Waititi has claimed he has no plans to direct a Star Wars feature film but would want to if Lucasfilm came knocking in the future. “Oh, I don’t know anything about that, but The Mandalorian was my chance to work with some stormtroopers,” Waititi began. “Yes. Obviously I would, but […]

FX’s What We Do in the Shadows season 2 premiering in April, Mark Hamill to guest star

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As part of the Television Critics Winter Press Tour, FX has announced that its acclaimed vampire mockumentary series What We Do In the Shadows will be returning for its second season this April. The second season of the series, based upon Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi’s cult 2014 film of the same name, will get […]

Thor: Love and Thunder is set to start filming this summer, confirms director Taika Waititi

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Actor and director Taika Waititi has confirmed that filming on the fourth instalment in the Thor franchise, Thor: Love and Thunder, will begin this summer after he has finished production on his latest film, Next Goal Wins. In a recent interview with Variety, Waititi discussed when the Phase Four film will begin shooting and if the […]

Taika Waititi confirms ‘Baby Yoda’ does have a name, but we will have to wait “for Favreau to give that away”

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Actor and director Taika Waititi, who played IG-11 and directed the season one finale of The Mandalorian, has confirmed the adorable ‘Baby Yoda’ does indeed have an actual name. Speaking with The New York Times at the Golden Globes, Waititi confirmed the Child does have a real name but we will have to wait “for […]

The Mandalorian Season 1 Finale Review – ‘Redemption’

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Ricky Church reviews the season one finale of The Mandalorian… The Mandalorian‘s inaugural season comes to an end in an exciting and suspenseful fashion as Mando, Cara, Greef and Baby Yoda are cornered by the ruthless Moff Gideon and his Imperial troops. Thor: Ragnarok‘s Taika Waititi directs a tight and focused finale that has a great […]