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What We Do In the Shadows TV series gets a teaser and March premiere date

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Fans of Taika Waititi’s What We Do In the Shadows won’t have to wait too much longer for the upcoming TV series adaptation. While a formal date has yet to be set, FX has announced the series will premiere sometime in March, with a new teaser trailer arriving online to accompany the news. Watch it below… What […]

Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi reveals inspiration for Korg

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Taika Waititi, the director of Thor: Ragnarok, has revealed the inspiration behind Korg – the character he also played on screen. There was a lot to love about Thor: Ragnarok but one facet of the film that resonated with fans as well as any other was Korg, the hilarious alien creature voiced by Taika Waititi. Korg […]

Taika Waititi teases possible cameos in What We Do In the Shadows TV series

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Back in May, FX announced that it had given a series order to What We Do In the Shadows, a U.S. version of Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement’s acclaimed vampire mockumentary. The show will shift its focus from Wellington in New Zealand to New York City in the United States, as a documentary crew catches […]

First image of Star Wars’ The Mandalorian, directors include Dave Filoni, Bryce Dallas Howard and Taika Waititi

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After yesterday’s announcement the live-action Star Wars series from Jon Favreau is called The Mandalorian, Lucasfilm has yet another surprise in store. As production on the series begins, Lucasfilm has released the first official image from the show that presumably showcases the galaxy-wandering lone Mandalorian warrior who is at the centre of the story. Check out the image […]

Marvel puts Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 on hold

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This probably won’t come as too much of a surprise given the firing of writer-director James Gunn, but THR is reporting that Marvel Studios has officially put Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 on hold. According to the site, the small group of pre-production crew members assembled for the film have been dismissed while Marvel […]

Taika Waititi reprises Korg role for Marvel Contest of Champions video

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Kabam has unveiled its latest video for the mobile fighting game Marvel Contest of Champions, a a motion comic featuring a humorous scene with Thor: Ragnarok stars Korg and Miek recruiting Champions for “The Revolution 2.0” – or as he likes to call it “The Re-Revolution.” And, as a special treat, Ragnarok director Taika Waititi has reprised […]

The era of big stars is over, so are we on the cusp of the era of directors?

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George Chrysostomou on whether we’re entering the era of the director… For many a year now, movies have been marketed and sold on the big name stars who appear in them. For a very long time, this method of selling a movie worked. There were periods of time that people would see Sylvester Stallone attached […]

Funko’s Marvel Comic-Con exclusives includes Thor: Ragnarok, Cheerleader Deadpool, Iron Man Mark I, Jessica Jones and more

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Funko has unveiled its range of Marvel San Diego Comic-Con 2018 exclusives which includes Pop! vinyl figures for Thor: Ragnarok’s Thor, Valkyrie and director Taika Waititi, an Iron Man Mark I Marvel 10th Anniversary Edition, Kraglin from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, classic Ant-Man and pink glitter Cheerleader Deadpool, along with a Jessica Jones Rock Candy, […]

Stephen Merchant joins Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit

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Stephen Merchant (Extras, Logan) has become the latest addition to the cast of Jojo Rabbit, the World War II satire from Hunt for the Wilderpeople and Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi. Merchant announced his casting on Instagram, with a photo of him in costume as his character, Gestapo agent Captain Deertz. SEE ALSO: Taika Waititi […]

Taika Waititi is Adolf Hitler in first image from Jojo Rabbit

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After kicking off production last week, 20th Century Fox has now released the very first image from What We Do In the Shadows, Hunt for the Wilderpeople and Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi’s next film Jojo Rabbit, which sees young German boy Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis) having dinner with his mother Rosie (Scarlett Johansson) and […]