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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 […]

Chris Hemsworth and Taika Waititi have discussed ideas for Thor 4

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Following their collaboration on Thor: Ragnarok, it seems that star Chris Hemsworth and director Taika Waititi have developed quite the friendship. Speaking to Elite Daily, Hemsworth revealed that the two spent New Year’s Eve together in Australia, during which they began tossing around ideas for a fourth solo outing for the God of Thunder. “We […]

Take a tour of the Thor: Ragnarok set with Taika Waititi in new featurette

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Following yesterday’s Blu-ray release announcement of Thor: Ragnarok, a ‘Filming with Taika’ featurette has arrived online for the Marvel blockbuster sequel which sees cast members Cate Blanchett, Tessa Thompson, and Chris Hemsworth discuss working with Waititi and includes a rather humourous tour around the set from the director. SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Amazon US or Amazon UK […]

Thor: Ragnarok Blu-ray release date announced, new trailer released

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Marvel Studios has announced the home release for its hit film, Thor: Ragnarok. The latest Marvel Cinematic Universe film garnered $850 million at the box office, becoming the most successful entry in the Thor series, one of Marvel’s most successful solo movies and the eighth highest grossing film of 2017. Thor: Ragnarok will be available on digital February 20th and […]

Wellington Paranormal: New details on Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement’s What We Do in the Shadows spin-off

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After the success of vampire mockumentary What We Do In The Shadows, which is easily one of the funniest films of the past decade, we were already eagerly anticipating the Rhys Darby-headlined lycanthrope sequel, We’re Wolves. Now it appears that following his Thor: Ragnarok stint, Taika Waititi has caught the cinematic universe bug, which means […]

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 […]