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Taika Waititi has dismissed critics of Klara and the Sun as "irrelevant" and "out of touch". The 51-year-old filmmaker's latest movie - which stars Jenna

Entertainment News / Netflix Junkie / November 1

'Sad Lost Souls'— Taika Waititi Hits Back at Critics After ‘Klara and the Sun’ Becomes His Lowest-Rated Film

After Klara and the Sun received a bruising critical reception, the director took to Instagram to dismiss reviewers as “sad lost souls,” questioning their creative ambitions and calling them irrelevant.

Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / October 28

Taika Waititi considers Klara and the Sun to be his 'most dramatic movie'

Taika Waititi rejects the claim that Klara and the Sun is a "fun romp with robots". The 51-year-old filmmaker has helmed the new movie, which sees Jenna Ortega's titular android trying to adapt to human life after becoming Josie's (Mia Tharia) companion, and described it as the "most dramatic" project he has ever worked on.

Entertainment News / Nerdist / October 19

Taika Waititi says his 'Star Wars' movie is 'on ice'

Six years ago, Disney announced Thor: Ragnarok director and Academy Award winner Taika Waititi would write and direct his own Star Wars movie. While development on the film has clearly not moved at hyperspeed since then, it was moving.

Entertainment News / Netflix Junkie / October 17

Taika Waititi’s ‘Klara and the Sun’ Debuts With 20% on Rotten Tomatoes, Marking Director’s Career Low

It takes a special kind of effort to go wrong with a story by Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro, but Hollywood has never been short of impossible experiments.

Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / July 31

Taika Waititi sees death 'very differently' to other people

Taika Waititi sees death in a “very different way to other people”. The actor and director became close friends with the late Sam Neill after the pair co-starred in Hunt for the Wilderpeople - the 2016 comedy movie Taika also produced, wrote and directed.

Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / July 28

Taika Waititi promises there's no 'murdering robot twist' in Klara And The Sun

Taika Waititi has promised there’s no “big twist where robots start murdering everyone” in his new movie Klara And The Sun. The director hasn’t released a film since football documentary Next Goal Wins three years ago, but is now gearing up for his latest project - an adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s acclaimed novel - to hit screens.

Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / July 25

Rita Ora's husband Taika Waititi grateful she froze her eggs

Taika Waititi is grateful Rita Ora froze her eggs in her mid 20s. The 35-year-old singer took steps to preserve her fertility when she was 24 and 27 and

Entertainment News / Total Apex Entertainment / June 23

Klara and the Sun Ignites Taika Waititi’s Emotional Firestorm

Taika Waititi, the madman who turned vampire flatmates and Hitler youth into comedy gold, is now gunning for our tear ducts with his take on Kazuo Ishiguro’s highbrow sci-fi novel about a toaster with feelings.

Entertainment News / Netflix Junkie / June 18

Taika Waititi Reveals 'Cool and Weird' Jenna Ortega Was the Perfect Choice for 'Klara and the Sun'

Taika Waititi explains that the eccentric yet compelling nature of Jenna Ortega made her the ideal match to bring the titular character to life in Klara and the Sun .

Entertainment News / Nerdist / May 18

'Very Young Frankenstein' pilot gets series order at FX

During the height of his filmmaking prowess, the legendary Mel Brooks parodied some of Hollywood’s biggest properties and genres. Westerns in Blazing Saddles, space operas in Spaceballs, Alfred Hitchcock movies with High Anxiety, etc.

Entertainment News / Nerdist / February 3

The Jurassic Park Xfinity Super Bowl commercial has really weird de-aging

We’re less than one week away from the Super Bowl LX face-off between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots. With that comes a new wave of the year’s biggest, most outlandish advertisements.

Ritz Super Bowl spot brings Bowen Yang, Jon Hamm and Scarlett Johansson to a party island

Ad nauseam: The 25 worst Super Bowl commercials

Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / February 1

Rita Ora's perspective on life has changed since she became a stepmother to Taika Waititi's kids

Rita Ora has revealed that being a stepmother has changed her perspective on life. The 35-year-old pop star is stepmum to her husband Taika Waititi's children Te, 13, and Matewa, 10 - whom the filmmaker has with his ex-wife Chelsea Winstanley - and explained that it has made her realise that "there's so much more" to life.

Entertainment News / Yardbarker

The 20 best vampire movies by decade

Given that vampires have been a focus in the movies since at least the 1920s, it’s worth taking a closer look at the various fanged creations that have graced the cinema over the decades. The vampire, like so many other figures in horror, offers a fascinating look at what a given culture fears and desires at a given moment.

Entertainment News / Nerdist / August 20, 2025

THREE Frankenstein Movies (And One TV Show) Are In the Works

It’s been an exciting time in the world of Universal Monsters. We absolutely loved Nosferatu, Robert Eggers’ darkly poetic take on Dracula, which released last winter.

Entertainment News / Yardbarker

20 great TV shows you can finish over the weekend

Looking for a new weekend binge? We've got you covered. From scandalous docuseries to addictive dramas, these 20 TV shows are perfect for watching start to finish.

Entertainment News / Yardbarker

20 TV shows you may not know were based on films

You've got 20 new movies to watch. These 20 TV series were all based on movies that came before them.

Entertainment News / Total Apex Entertainment / July 31, 2025

Weird Working Titles Revealed for Star Wars: Starfighter and Mysterious Taika Waititi Project

Star Wars movies can have weird working titles. For example, the working title of Return of the Jedi was “Blue Harvest,” and the working title of Solo: A Star Wars Story was “Harry and the Boy.” Now, the working titles of two upcoming Star Wars movies have been revealed, and they are as bizarre as you’d expect.

Entertainment News / Total Apex Entertainment / July 19, 2025

Taika Waititi to Direct New Judge Dredd Film, with Drew Pearce Penning the Script | July 19

Alright, Judge Dredd fans, get ready. Taika Waititi is officially stepping in to direct a brand-new Judge Dredd movie, and he’s bringing along longtime collaborator (and fellow comic nerd) Drew Pearce to write the script.

Entertainment News / Nerdist / July 17, 2025

Taika Waititi May Direct a New JUDGE DREDD Film

While it looks like Taika Waititi’s live-action remake of Akira may never happen, the director of Thor: Ragnarok and JoJo Rabbit is looking to reboot Judge Dredd for the big screen.

Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / June 25, 2025

Rita Ora went against tradition by proposing to Taika Waititi

Rita Ora broke from tradition by proposing to her husband Taika Waititi. The 34-year-old singer has revealed how she went against convention by getting down on one knee to propose to the Thor: Love and Thunder filmmaker as the pair holidayed in Palm Springs during the summer of 2022.

Entertainment News / Nerdist / November 12, 2024

Disney Dives Into the Holiday Spirit with Taika Waititi Short, ‘THE BOY & THE OCTOPUS’

It’s officially the holiday season! Settle down, settle down. Yes, we know that means stress. But it also mean rewatching our favorite Christmas movies to remember why we love this time of year.

Entertainment News / Yardbarker

The 20 best LGBTQ+ couples on TV

Even though it took a long time, television is catching up to the fact that LGBTQ+ make up a sizable audience and want to see themselves reflected and represented on the screen. While not every single one of them gets a happy ending, they all manage to show how the joyously complicated nature of love.

Entertainment News / Men's Journal / February 8, 2024

Taika Waititi’s Adaptation of Klara and the Sun Gets New Cast Members

New cast members have been added to the upcoming Taika Waititi-directed adaptation of popular dystopian sci-fi novel from Kazuo Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun.

Entertainment News / Yardbarker

20 TV shows that are great to lift one's mood

There’s something uniquely joy-inducing about situation comedies, particularly those that seem to love their characters and invite the audience to do the same. Such feel-good shows are timely reminders that not every show has to be hard-hitting, dark, or cynical to provide pleasure and emotional satisfaction.