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The other elements of the Taika Waititi film are there, including Waititi himself returning to voice Korg, Jeff Goldblum (The Grandmaster), Tessa Thompson (Valkyrie), and Josh Brolin (Thanos). Jeff Goldblum and Mick Wingert in "Marvel's What If…?" Image courtesy of Marvel Studios What If Goes 'Death Race' Instead of 'Gladiator' Don't hold your breath when it comes to[...]

Take the What If…? season two premiere episode "What If…Nebula Joined the Nova Corps?" Image: Marvel Studios Screencap Karen Gillan, Seth Green & Taika Waititi Shine in Rare MCU Opportunity in "What If…" There is certainly no shortage of redemption stories within the MCU If you followed all three Guardians of the Galaxy films, you see Karen Gillan's[...]

Director Taika Waititi is currently doing the rounds for his new film Next Goal Wins, but since he has been involved and will be involved with some major franchises in the future, people are asking him about that So far, we have learned from him that if Thor 5 happens, he isn't planning on being involved[...]

Director Taika Waititi was recently on the SmartLess podcast (via Entertainment Weekly) with Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, and Sean Hayes, and he explained that he initially signed on to do Thor: Ragnarok because he needed the money, he'd just had a second kid and needed the money. "I had no interest in doing one of those films," Waititi[...]

The mockumentary series was created by Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement, hot off the movie Imagine The Office crossed with The X-Files with beat cops dealing with the supernatural as part of their job The series originally premiered on TVNZ, ran four seasons, and aired on The CW and HBO Max in the US, Sky[...]

Taika Waititi had his heart in the right place with this one, but some of the more touchy material in this story is not handled properly, to the film's detriment Overall, many sweet moments are mixed throughout, but the film never takes off like it should. The cast of NEXT GOAL WINS Photo by Hilary Bronwyn[...]

Director and writer Taika Waititi was on the red carpet for his new film Next Goal Wins, and Business Insider went straight to the point to ask if Thor 5 would be happening. "I wouldn't know if that's accurate," Waititi said "I know that I won't be involved … I'm going to concentrate on these other[...]

In an attempt to help Blackbeard (Taika Waititi) turn poison into positivity, Stede (Rhys Darby) helps his love throw a Calypso party for the ship's crew In a magnificent tribute to the legendary drag queen, Divine,  Wee John (Kristian Nairn) adorns himself in similar makeup and garb The actor himself has a history in the[...]

We get a new Taika Waititi film next month when Next Goal Wins is released on November 17th It's sort of his next film since Waititi actually filmed this before he filmed Thor: Love and Thunder, but sometimes things get weird, and this is how they play out There have been some lukewarm festival reactions so far, but[...]

An antique shop is one of the best places I could imagine Stede (Rhys Darby) and Blackbeard (Taika Waititi) reconnecting or addressing what they've been holding inside The setting holds and molds the emotions put forth by the actors and what's been written, this was an episode full of perfect places. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float:[...]

When it comes to Next Goal Wins and director Taika Waititi, he is self-aware enough to know that there are elements of Thomas (Michael Fassbender) that are reflections of himself that have made it on screen, specifically, as he explained to Empire, regarding patience. "There are probably elements of the character we created around Thomas that I[...]

In a brand new clip for the first episode of Max's Our Flag Means Death season two, Izzy (Con O'Neill) is taking out some frustrations with Blackbeard (Taika Waititi) on the crew of The Revenge The eight-episode second season of the Max Original comedy series, from creator-showrunner David Jenkins, Emmy-nominated executive producer, and star Waititi, and Emmy-nominated executive[...]

Taika Waititi is at his best when he is telling stories like this, so maybe this will be a return to form for him Plus, we could always use a few more feel-good comedies in the awards season The new trailer is also kind of a featurette that was released today. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float:[...]

Love is complicated, and so are reunions in the trailer for this new season of the highly anticipated series featuring Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby The eight-episode second season of the Max Original comedy series, from creator-showrunner David Jenkins, Emmy-nominated executive producer, and star Waititi, and Emmy-nominated executive producer Garrett Basch, debuts with three episodes on Thursday,[...]

Max's Our Flag Means Death season two is on the horizon, and the long-awaited teaser promises a challenging reunion between Stede (Rhys Darby) and Blackbeard (Taika Waititi) awaits fans this October The gay pirates that stole our hearts (they certainly captured mine) are back, and some things haven't changed As Stede writes love letters, Blackbeard promises[...]

Our favorite gentleman pirate, Stede (Rhys Darby), his crew, and Blackbeard (Taika Waititi) return in first-look images for the highly-anticipated second season of Max's Our Flag Means Death The series created by David Jenkins is returning for its second season in October, and fans have been waiting for a glimpse at what remains after a cliff-hanger season[...]

From Co-Creators and Executive Producers Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi, the series is a half-hour comedy that follows the exploits of "Elora Danan" (Devery Jacobs), "Bear Smallhill" (D'Pharaoh Woon- A-Tai), "Willie Jack" (Paulina Alexis) and "Cheese" (Lane Factor), four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma The final season begins airing on August 2nd and can be[...]

Variety did a lengthy interview with Scarlett Johansson and buried in the article was the fact that she confirmed that the Tower of Terror movie, directed by Taika Waititi, is still happening. Scarlett Johansson attends "Marriage Story" photocall during the 76th Venice Film Festival at Sala Grande on August 29, 2019, in Venice, Italy Editorial credit:[...]

Next Goal Wins is the latest film from award-winning director Taika Waititi, and it stars Michael Fassbender, Elisabeth Moss, Oscar Kightley, Uli Latukefu, Rachel House, Kaimana, David Fane, Beulah Koale, Chris Alosio, Waititi, Will Arnett, and Rhys Darby It tells the story of the American Samoa team that lost an infamous FIFA game 31-0 in[...]

Finally, the most surprising thing was the lack of information on Taika Waititi's Star Wars film All of the rumors seem to suggest that his movie was the furthest along in production, yet he was nowhere to be seen Kennedy provided an update, and now it sounds like it isn't as far along as people[...]

As HBO Max continues drastically changing its streaming landscape, the Our Flag Means Death cast posted about the end of Season 2 filming.

Struggling to earn the respect of his potentially mutinous crew, Stede's fortunes changed after a fateful run-in with the infamous Captain Blackbeard, played by Taika Waititi To their surprise, the wildly different Stede and Blackbeard found more than friendship on the high seas… they found love Now they have to survive it.   View this post on[...]

Yang and executive produced by Taika Waititi, who will also direct the pilot. "Interior Chinatown" cover Yang will play Willis Wu, a background actor in a procedural cop show called Black & White Relegated to the background all the time, Willis goes through the motions of his on-screen job, waiting tables and dreaming about a whole world[...]

With everything that Taika Waititi has going on just on the television side alone (FX's What We Do in the Shadows & Reservation Dogs, and HBO Max's Our Flag Means Death), we forgot that Waititi was teaming up with Apple TV+ for a series adaptation of Terry Gilliam's 1981 film, Time Bandits Well, we got[...]

Taika Waititi and Sterlin Harjo co-created something significant together with this show There are some incredible talents on the show, such as D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Devery Jacobs, Paulina Alexis, Lane Factor, Zahn McClarnon, Elva Guerra, Sarah Podemski, Lil Mike, FunnyBone, Dallas Goldtooth, Jon Proudstar, and Gary Farmer. Bear (D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai), Elora (Devery Jacobs), Cheese (Lane Factor) and Willie[...]

(Photo Courtesy of FX on Hulu) From Co-Creators and Executive Producers Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi, Reservation Dogs is a half-hour comedy that follows the exploits of four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma who steal, rob, and save in order to get to the exotic, mysterious, and faraway land of… California. Reservation Dogs has Native rappers, catfish, Indigenous[...]

The song originally caught the ears of creators Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement to use for their 2014 film of the same name as well as adapt it later on for the TV spinoff, which captures the macabre themes The FX series, which is currently in its fourth season, exists in the same universe as[...]

Kathleen Kennedy has offered some updates that we thought we wouldn't be getting until later this month at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim at the earliest. Taika Waititi walks the red carpet ahead of the 'At Eternity's Gate' screening during the 75th Venice Film Festival at Sala Grande on September 3, 2018, in Venice, Italy Editorial credit: Denis[...]

Unless you just arrived back from the International Space Station, we're assuming you've either seen the teaser for Marvel Studios' Taika Waititi-directed Thor: Love and Thunder or you've seen snippets/clips from it And while it's safe to say that the entire preview made an impact, the scene of Natalie Portman wielding Thor's hammer as an[...]

Our line-up of news, opinions & commentary for this morning includes looks at Aaron Paul discussing what (or more like who) he would need to return for him to consider a Breaking Bad sequel, Amazon's The Boys appreciating Taika Waititi (belatedly) taking them up on their offer, HBO Max's Titans actor Joseph Morgan getting into[...]