Here's what the cast of Taika Waititi's Oscar-winning WWII dramedy Jojo Rabbit is doing next.
Hours after Collider revealed that Alex Wolff is in talks for one of the main roles in M. Night Shyamalan's next movie, Variety reports that Jojo Rabbit star Thomasin McKenzie and Phantom Thread actress Vicky Krieps are in talks to join the cast along with Eliza Scanlen (Little Women) and Aaron Pierre (Krypton). Plot details for the untitled genre movie are being kept under wraps. All we know at this point is that Universal announced that Shyamalan would write and direct two self-financed thrillers for the studio, which would release them in theaters on Feb. 26, 2021 and …
Even as he gets ready to return to the MCU, director Taika Waititi is now officially an Oscar winner.
Taika Waititi's Jojo Rabbit is the kind of movie that should not work but somehow does. Through satire, it exposes a dark part of history.
Searchlight Pictures has released the laugh-tastic Jojo Rabbit blooper reel ahead of the Oscar-nominated film's release on Bluray, 4K Ultra HD, and DVD. Featuring the film's stars Scarlett Johansson, Roman Griffin Davis, and Sam Rockwell as well as director/writer/actor Taika Waititi, the Jojo Rabbit blooper reel is a true treat for fans. [caption id="attachment_871681" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via Searchlight Pictures[/caption] Thanks to Entertainment Weekly, we got an early look at what will be one very popular featurette: the blooper reel. Running a little over a minute, the blooper reel is …
The 72nd annual Writers Guild Awards took place on Saturday, February 1 to honor writing across a variety of forms, including film, television, and digital media. Among the biggest winners of the night were Bong Joon ho for his work on Parasite, Taika Waititi for his adaptation work on Jojo Rabbit, and HBO, who emerged victorious in the top TV categories as some of their biggest shows — Succession, Barry, and Watchmen — all scooped up awards. The biggest awards of the evening, Original Screenplay and Adapted Screenplay, were handed out at the start of the ceremony to accommodate those nominees (and …
Taika Waititi's Oscar-nominated Jojo Rabbit is polarizing for its tonal shifts. We share the funniest and saddest moments of this Nazi satire.
EXCLUSIVE: The cast of Jojo Rabbit discuss the story for director Taika Waititi's unconventional WWII film in a behind the scenes clip.
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There’s a lot about Jojo Rabbit that makes it an especially bold and challenging concept to pull off. Adapted from the Christine Leunens penned novel Caging Skies, the film puts the spotlight on 10-year-old Jojo Betzler (Roman Griffin Davis) growing up in Germany during the later years of World War II. Told largely from Jojo’s perspective, the film explores his enthusiasm for Nazi Germany including frequent visits from his imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler (Taika Waititi). If that concept once gave you pause, it’s easy to understand why, but the final film wound up being an …
Ahead of Jojo Rabbit's big six-nomination Oscar night, 20th Century Fox has announced digital and Blu-ray details for filmmaker Taika Waititi's WWII satire. The film will arrive on digital on February 4th, and then 4K Ultra-HD, Blu-ray, and DVD on February 18. Jojo Rabbit stars newcomer Roman Griffin Davis as Jojo, a lonely boy living in Nazi Germany, his only friend an imaginary version of Adolph Hitler (Waititi). Jojo's life gets upended when he discovers his mother (Scarlett Johansson) is harboring a young Jewish girl named Elsa (Thomasin McKenzie) in their attic. Last …
Jojo Rabbit is a loose depiction of history, but it retains historical connections to World War II for a movie featuring imaginary Adolf Hitler.
Taika Waititi's polarizing Jojo Rabbit is an awards season contender. Here are behind-the-scenes facts about this imaginative comedy.
The Directors Guild has announced its feature nominees, and if there's a notable surprise, it's that Jojo Rabbit director Taika Waititi made the cut over Todd Phillips (Joker) and Greta Gerwig (Little Women), among many other equally deserving filmmakers. Waititi, though, navigated a very fine line and pulled off a careful balancing act of genres that blend heart and humor with the Holocaust. It shouldn't have worked, but it did, and now Waititi finds himself in esteemed company. Waititi will compete against Oscar-winning directors such as Martin Scorsese (The Irishman) and Sam Mendes (1917), as well …
Taika Waititi's comedy film Jojo Rabbit is generating huge controversy for making light of Hitler and the Nazis. Is it funny or did it go too far?