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Taika Waititi and Flash Gordon? Perfection

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Tom Jolliffe on Taika Waititi’s upcoming live action Flash Gordon movie… Sam J. Jones and Timothy Dalton are chained up in a prison and it seems like doom is certain. Dalton (as Prince Barin) turns to Earthling football hero, Flash and asks, “tell me again about this Houdini…” It’s one of many irreverent gags throughout […]

The Marvel Cinematic Universe Indie Director Conundrum

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Tom Jolliffe on Marvel Studios bringing indie directors into a huge studio set up to direct its pictures… Indie cinema has been on something of an upsurge in recent years. Whilst there is still the general feeling that mainstream entertainment, namely anything under the Disney wing, is monopolising the cinemas, we’ve still seen an increase […]

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 […]

Taika Waititi says Jeff Goldblum and Peter Dinklage’s Thor: Love and Thunder cut scenes weren’t “good enough”

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Having made his feelings clear about the potential for a Thor: Love and Thunder: Directors Cut, Taika Waititi has now been speaking about two high-profile cameos which found their way into the edit-suite recycle bin, revealing that the scenes featuring Jeff Goldblum and Peter Dinklage’s returning characters weren’t “good enough”.  Waititi was speaking to Insider about […]

Taika Waititi says there’s no Thor: Love and Thunder Director’s Cut: “Directors need to be controlled sometimes”

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We are in a new era of the Director’s Cut. Since we saw the The Snyder Cut movement for Zack Snyder’s Justice League, it seems that every film gets an online campaign for more footage.  One person we won’t see trying to get an extended or different cut of their films however is Taika Waititi, […]