![]() ![]() But as much as his projects vary, they have some shared elements. He’s directed a funny Maori coming-of-age film, Boy, that became New Zealand’s biggest box-office hit, and a giggly, improv-heavy vampire mockumentary, What We Do In The Shadows, which he also starred in opposite Clement. He’s directed projects with his longtime comedy partner Jemaine Clement, including episodes of Clement’s TV comedy / band spinoff Flight Of The Conchords, and the awkward romantic comedy Eagle vs Shark. He’s directed commercials and PSAs, and an charming Oscar-nominated short film ( Two Cars, One Night) about two bored kids hanging out together in a parking lot. Read Article >įor a filmmaker with such a particular, peculiar sense of humor, New Zealand writer-director Taika Waititi has helmed a surprisingly wide range of projects. I recently talked to Waititi about how and why he brought comedy improv rhythms to the MCU, how he gave a new lighting technology its first test run in cinema, and what it meant to the actors to see all their characters caught in moments of profound personal change. Together, they go into battle against a new threat, with all the big action of the usual MCU films, but with a lot more irreverent, bantery, low-key looseness. ![]() Along the way, they meet characters including Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson, a hard-hitting, no-nonsense fan favorite) and Korg, a mournful, entirely computer-generated rock-monster alien played by Waititi himself. The latest MCU movie sees Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and his brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) trapped on the junk planet Sakaar, in the power of the Grandmaster (Jeff Goldblum), who pits Thor against the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo). Still, his MCU film, Thor: Ragnarok, indisputably feels like one of his movies, not a personality-free cookie-cutter tentpole project. ![]()
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