We're nearing the halfway point of 2024, and Apple is still doing its best to mimic Pinky and the Brain with world domination in mind, at least on the streaming front.
Credit where credit is due. Apple is nothing if not on-brand when it comes to quality over quantity.
There's little doubt that some programs popping up on Apple TV + over the years have been duds, but quality duds indeed.
What Is Time Bandits About?
Apple has announced its next assault on our streaming lives by turning back the clocks to an oldie but goodie known as Time Bandits.
For the uninitiated, Time Bandits is a 1981 film by Terry Gilliam. It is a dark comedy filled with Gilliam's bizarre filmmaking aesthetic.
Taika Waititi, Iain Morris, and Jemaine Clement lead the way as co-creators and co-showrunners.
With Lisa Kudrow (Friends and The Comeback) on board in a leading role, prepare for some serious buffoonery.
Credit where credit is due. Apple is nothing if not on-brand when it comes to quality over quantity.
There's little doubt that some programs popping up on Apple TV + over the years have been duds, but quality duds indeed.
What Is Time Bandits About?
Apple has announced its next assault on our streaming lives by turning back the clocks to an oldie but goodie known as Time Bandits.
For the uninitiated, Time Bandits is a 1981 film by Terry Gilliam. It is a dark comedy filled with Gilliam's bizarre filmmaking aesthetic.
Taika Waititi, Iain Morris, and Jemaine Clement lead the way as co-creators and co-showrunners.
With Lisa Kudrow (Friends and The Comeback) on board in a leading role, prepare for some serious buffoonery.
- 5/23/2024
- by Thomas Godwin
- TVfanatic
In Taika Waititi's 2022 film "Thor: Love and Thunder," an emotionally wounded man named Gorr (Christian Bale) has learned that the very real gods of the Marvel universe are selfish, uncaring, and are more interested in cavorting with nymphs and naiads than answering prayers. By happenstance, he comes into possession of a magical sword specifically designed for killing gods and takes on a quest to rid the universe of its living deities. "Love and Thunder" could have brought up some tantalizingly difficult questions about atheism, or the role of faith in the modern world. It could have mentioned the dubious function of gods in a universe that regularly produces superpowered uber-beings. It didn't. Instead, it was a whimsical slapstick comedy starring a hero who, like Homer Simpson, became dumber and dumber as the series progressed.
Partway through "Love and Thunder," Gorr kidnaps the children of Asgard and imprisons them in the Shadow Realm,...
Partway through "Love and Thunder," Gorr kidnaps the children of Asgard and imprisons them in the Shadow Realm,...
- 5/8/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Chelsea Winstanley is opening up about the end of her marriage to Taika Waititi.
If you didn’t know, the former couple, both 48, married in 2011, share two daughters Te Hinekahu, 11, and Matewa Kiritapu, 8, and split in 2018.
In a new interview, Chelsea got “brutally honest” while reflecting on feeling “resentment” towards Taika while he worked on Thor: Ragnarok and she raised their daughters.
Keep reading to find out more…“I didn’t want to be the dutiful wife and race over to the Gold Coast where he was making Thor and sit in an apartment all day long f—king day, twiddling my thumbs,” Chelsea recalled on the It’s Personal With Anika Moa podcast. “You don’t make a human being on your own, therefore you shouldn’t have to raise a human being on your own either.”
Chelsea noted that moving to be Taika while he worked on the...
If you didn’t know, the former couple, both 48, married in 2011, share two daughters Te Hinekahu, 11, and Matewa Kiritapu, 8, and split in 2018.
In a new interview, Chelsea got “brutally honest” while reflecting on feeling “resentment” towards Taika while he worked on Thor: Ragnarok and she raised their daughters.
Keep reading to find out more…“I didn’t want to be the dutiful wife and race over to the Gold Coast where he was making Thor and sit in an apartment all day long f—king day, twiddling my thumbs,” Chelsea recalled on the It’s Personal With Anika Moa podcast. “You don’t make a human being on your own, therefore you shouldn’t have to raise a human being on your own either.”
Chelsea noted that moving to be Taika while he worked on the...
- 2/26/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Any other director would have probably made a typical “white savior” story out of the American Samoa football team’s incredible win against Tonga during the FIFA World Cup qualifiers back in 2011, but thanks to both his Indigenous roots and his directorial skill, Taika Waititi has managed to avoid that in Next Goal Wins. However, only someone like Waititi, who has a penchant for telling strange but very powerful “humane” stories, would choose a topic like this. The “white savior” here is football coach Thomas Rongen, who made it happen for the American Samoans. Michael Fassbender plays the part with the utmost earnestness, but Waititi makes sure that the film remains about the Samoan people, the culture, and their achievements. Next Goal Wins does have all the usual sports film clichés, but Taika has infused it with his signature style of humour. The result is not exactly promising like his earlier films,...
- 1/18/2024
- by Rohitavra Majumdar
- Film Fugitives
Based on the documentary of the same name, Next Goal Wins starts with a notice that it's "inspired by true events." Director (and co-writer) Taika Waititi appears on screen to tell us that we're going to get "a tale of whoa," though that homonym works rather differently when delivered from behind a handlebar moustache above a t-shirt bearing a Christian painting that's only an airbrush and some prog rock away from belonging on the side of a van. Taika's sensibilities are all over this, written with Inbetweeners scribe Iain Morris, and while there's some inaccuracies that are forgiveable for reasons of story, I did find myself tracking down a copy of The Laws Of The Game because there have been changes to penalties in the intervening years. I personally think there was also an offside, but we are denied anyone sitting down with a cruet set or American...
- 12/21/2023
- by Andrew Robertson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Rita Ora has never shied away from a daring fashion choice, but she one-upped herself when she attended British Vogue’s 2023 Forces for Change Party on Thursday night (November 23) at The Maine Mayfair in London, England.
The 32-year-old “Body On Me” hitmaker stepped out in a totally sheer, high-low dress with a high neck. The black gown put her whole body on display. The only things covering her chest were strategically placed, three-dimensional black roses.
She completed the outfit with a matching futuristic mask that covered the lower half of her face and accessorized with strappy black heels and a jeweled handbag.
Keep reading to find out more…
Rita wore her hair in a swept-back style. Her glam was completed with a razor-sharp black cat eye.
Other stars in attendance at the event included Stormzy, Little Simz and Maya Jama. We’ve got pics of them in the gallery!
The...
The 32-year-old “Body On Me” hitmaker stepped out in a totally sheer, high-low dress with a high neck. The black gown put her whole body on display. The only things covering her chest were strategically placed, three-dimensional black roses.
She completed the outfit with a matching futuristic mask that covered the lower half of her face and accessorized with strappy black heels and a jeweled handbag.
Keep reading to find out more…
Rita wore her hair in a swept-back style. Her glam was completed with a razor-sharp black cat eye.
Other stars in attendance at the event included Stormzy, Little Simz and Maya Jama. We’ve got pics of them in the gallery!
The...
- 11/24/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Taika Waititi has talked about the tone he wants to strike in his long-gestating Star Wars project, saying he wants it to capture the “joy and entertainment” of The Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi.
Among the numerous Star Wars projects announced during Disney’s Investor Day in 2020, one of the biggest was an untitled film written and directed by Taika Waititi.
Three years on, that film doesn’t appear to have moved along all that much, not least because Waititi’s had other projects on the boil, including Thor: Love And Thunder and his football comedy-drama, Next Goal Wins, which is finally out in UK cinemas on 29th December after assorted delays.
During an interview on The Kelly Clarkson Show (as spotted by IGN), Waititi talked briefly about his Star Wars project – and the most interesting morsel to come from it is the kind of tone he’s hoping to strike.
Among the numerous Star Wars projects announced during Disney’s Investor Day in 2020, one of the biggest was an untitled film written and directed by Taika Waititi.
Three years on, that film doesn’t appear to have moved along all that much, not least because Waititi’s had other projects on the boil, including Thor: Love And Thunder and his football comedy-drama, Next Goal Wins, which is finally out in UK cinemas on 29th December after assorted delays.
During an interview on The Kelly Clarkson Show (as spotted by IGN), Waititi talked briefly about his Star Wars project – and the most interesting morsel to come from it is the kind of tone he’s hoping to strike.
- 11/24/2023
- by Ryan Lambie
- Film Stories
Taika Waititi is opening up about his relationship with wife Rita Ora and how he knew she was “the one.”
The Oscar-winning filmmaker said in a new interview that he knew Rita was the person for him before they even started dating!
“It might’ve been when we first met, which was even years before we got together,” Taika said on SiriusXM’s The Morning Mash Up.
Keep reading to find out more…
Taika confirmed they first met at a barbecue.
“We became very good friends and, you know, we were always the last people hanging out at the end of the night just chatting and then she’d say, ‘Okay, cool. I hope you got an Uber,’ and I was like, ‘Okay, see ya,’ and then a few years of that, and then she eventually, she said, what I love about her is that she knows exactly what she wants when she wants it,...
The Oscar-winning filmmaker said in a new interview that he knew Rita was the person for him before they even started dating!
“It might’ve been when we first met, which was even years before we got together,” Taika said on SiriusXM’s The Morning Mash Up.
Keep reading to find out more…
Taika confirmed they first met at a barbecue.
“We became very good friends and, you know, we were always the last people hanging out at the end of the night just chatting and then she’d say, ‘Okay, cool. I hope you got an Uber,’ and I was like, ‘Okay, see ya,’ and then a few years of that, and then she eventually, she said, what I love about her is that she knows exactly what she wants when she wants it,...
- 11/21/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Taika Waititi never thought he’d make a sports film.The 48-year-old filmmaker’s latest project, ‘Next Goal Wins’ tells the story of Michael Fassbender as Dutch-American coach Thomas Rongen as he looks to improve the results of the American Samoa national football team – ranked as one of the weakest teams on the planet – and he admitted he didn’t do a lot of research about soccer.Discussing how he never thought he’d make a sports movie, he told Empire magazine: “Especially not about a sport that I’m not passionate about.“I love watching the games, I just don’t follow any teams, I don’t care about who’s playing.“My main thing was to represent the players and the people of the Pacific Islands more.“Which is my roundabout way of explaining why I didn’t do research.”Because of the poor form of the American Samoan team,...
- 10/15/2023
- by Viki Waters
- Bang Showbiz
For once, Stede Bonnet and Blackbeard aren’t the most dysfunctional pirate couple on the deck of Max’s comedy series “Our Flag Means Death.”
In Season 2’s fourth episode, titled “Fun and Games,” that distinction belongs to legendary pirates Anne Bonny (Minnie Driver) and Mary Read (Rachel House). As the series has done with the shared history between the real-life Stede and Blackbeard, “Our Flag Means Death” interprets the fearsome women pirates as a couple. But they’ve been at the whole dating thing a lot longer than the boys.
Anne and Mary are running a jungle-bound antique shop when Stede (Rhys Darby) and Blackbeard (Taika Waititi) stumble upon them during a lover’s spat. The long-awaited reunion of the couple –– after Stede abandoned their plans to run away to China in the Season 1 finale –– is off a bumpy start to say the least. A barely alive Blackbeard (who...
In Season 2’s fourth episode, titled “Fun and Games,” that distinction belongs to legendary pirates Anne Bonny (Minnie Driver) and Mary Read (Rachel House). As the series has done with the shared history between the real-life Stede and Blackbeard, “Our Flag Means Death” interprets the fearsome women pirates as a couple. But they’ve been at the whole dating thing a lot longer than the boys.
Anne and Mary are running a jungle-bound antique shop when Stede (Rhys Darby) and Blackbeard (Taika Waititi) stumble upon them during a lover’s spat. The long-awaited reunion of the couple –– after Stede abandoned their plans to run away to China in the Season 1 finale –– is off a bumpy start to say the least. A barely alive Blackbeard (who...
- 10/13/2023
- by Hunter Ingram
- Variety Film + TV
Watch out! This post contains spoilers.
David Jenkins, creator and showrunner of Max's pirate comedy "Our Flag Means Death," didn't know that episodes four and five would be released together at the same time when the show's creative team was first dreaming them up, but he tells Popsugar the pairing "makes sense" to him. "With a half-hour show particularly, the episodes can kind of build on each other in a nice way," he explains. And four and five do that really well since the relationship between Stede Bonnet (Rhys Darby) and Blackbeard, aka Ed Teach (Taika Waititi) goes through some big changes during that time.
"Four is kind of them coming back together and talking again and even working through some of the issues and seeing a more f*cked up couple than them," Jenkins explains, referring to the relationship between Minnie Driver's Anne Bonny and Rachel House's...
David Jenkins, creator and showrunner of Max's pirate comedy "Our Flag Means Death," didn't know that episodes four and five would be released together at the same time when the show's creative team was first dreaming them up, but he tells Popsugar the pairing "makes sense" to him. "With a half-hour show particularly, the episodes can kind of build on each other in a nice way," he explains. And four and five do that really well since the relationship between Stede Bonnet (Rhys Darby) and Blackbeard, aka Ed Teach (Taika Waititi) goes through some big changes during that time.
"Four is kind of them coming back together and talking again and even working through some of the issues and seeing a more f*cked up couple than them," Jenkins explains, referring to the relationship between Minnie Driver's Anne Bonny and Rachel House's...
- 10/12/2023
- by Victoria Edel
- Popsugar.com
As the recently concluded WGA strike conclusively proved, a TV writer’s work doesn’t stop the moment they shut Final Draft. A TV showrunner all the more so. For both Season 1 and Season 2 of “Our Flag Means Death,” creator David Jenkins has had to weigh in on every facet of the series: from the biker-gang look of Blackbeard’s (Taika Waititi) crew to the comic-splash-panel style of the cinematography in romantic moments between the notorious pirate and the show’s more low-key infamous lead Stede Bonnet (Rhys Darby) to the quality of clouds brought in by the VFX team for the show’s LED background.
So while stepping into the director’s chair for the first two episodes of Season 2 did give Jenkins even more and new choices to make, he found it was a smooth transition; the work of directing honestly offered a bit of a break from...
So while stepping into the director’s chair for the first two episodes of Season 2 did give Jenkins even more and new choices to make, he found it was a smooth transition; the work of directing honestly offered a bit of a break from...
- 10/12/2023
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
Taika Waititi approves of the Et Canada team’s fashion sense
On Sunday, the director premiered his comedy “Next Goal Wins” at the Toronto International Film Festival, and our own Carlos Bustamante caught up with him on the red carpet.
Read More: Taika Waititi Reveals His Plans For A Potential ‘Thor 5’, Including ‘Outlandish & Crazy’ Monsters & A ‘More Formidable’ Villain
“What does it mean for you to be premiering this story here?” Bustamante asked.
“Whenever you get to see people like yourself and people who represent your culture and cultures related to your culture, it’s really important.”
”It was important because we shot the film a few years ago, we had a delay with the pandemic, and finally people get to see it, and it’s a film I’m really proud of,” Waititi said. “Coming from New Zealand and being able to showcase Pacific Islanders on screen, whenever you...
On Sunday, the director premiered his comedy “Next Goal Wins” at the Toronto International Film Festival, and our own Carlos Bustamante caught up with him on the red carpet.
Read More: Taika Waititi Reveals His Plans For A Potential ‘Thor 5’, Including ‘Outlandish & Crazy’ Monsters & A ‘More Formidable’ Villain
“What does it mean for you to be premiering this story here?” Bustamante asked.
“Whenever you get to see people like yourself and people who represent your culture and cultures related to your culture, it’s really important.”
”It was important because we shot the film a few years ago, we had a delay with the pandemic, and finally people get to see it, and it’s a film I’m really proud of,” Waititi said. “Coming from New Zealand and being able to showcase Pacific Islanders on screen, whenever you...
- 9/11/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Taika Waititi had two goals when approaching Next Goal Wins: one was to make sure people who looked like him found their way onto mainstream screens; two was making sure they were depicted taking the piss out of each other. He joked, after the world premiere, that Pacific Islanders are always shown playing majestic music and looking regal when reality was an infinite wealth of good-natured ribbing. And who better to embody that lack of self-satisfied pretension than arguably the worst soccer team to ever hit an international pitch: the American Samoa national football team, which lost to Australia 31 to nil in 2001.
As the island’s priest (Waititi) explains during his opening narration, the squad might have played even worse in the decade-plus that goes by once the film hits 2014. It’s here that Football Federation American Samoa president Tavita (Oscar Kightley) decides something needs to change. With World Cup...
As the island’s priest (Waititi) explains during his opening narration, the squad might have played even worse in the decade-plus that goes by once the film hits 2014. It’s here that Football Federation American Samoa president Tavita (Oscar Kightley) decides something needs to change. With World Cup...
- 9/11/2023
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Filmmaker Taika Waititi’s new film ‘Next Goal Wins’ is based on the true story of the American Samoa soccer team, infamous for their brutal 31-0 FIFA loss in 2001. Their story was immortalised in the 2014 documentary of the same name by Mike Brett and Steve Jamison.
Waititi has admitted that he took some creative liberties in adapting the story for the screen, reports Variety. “I had to twist the truth,” he told the audience before the world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. “Otherwise, watch the documentary.”
‘Next Goal Wins’ picks up with the World Cup Qualifiers approaching, as the team hires down-on-his-luck coach Thomas Rongen (Michael Fassbender) in the hopes he will turn around their bleak track record.
Waititi, who was last at the festival with 2019’s Oscar-winner ‘Jojo Rabbit’, said that the film is about finding your family. “Sometimes it doesn’t need to be related by blood,...
Waititi has admitted that he took some creative liberties in adapting the story for the screen, reports Variety. “I had to twist the truth,” he told the audience before the world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. “Otherwise, watch the documentary.”
‘Next Goal Wins’ picks up with the World Cup Qualifiers approaching, as the team hires down-on-his-luck coach Thomas Rongen (Michael Fassbender) in the hopes he will turn around their bleak track record.
Waititi, who was last at the festival with 2019’s Oscar-winner ‘Jojo Rabbit’, said that the film is about finding your family. “Sometimes it doesn’t need to be related by blood,...
- 9/11/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Spike Lee blasted critics who suggested that “Do The Right Thing” would spark riots when it opened in 1989, while honoring one of the reviewers who came to the film’s defense. The remarks came as Lee received the Ebert Director Award, named for the late film critic Roger Ebert, at the Toronto International Film Festival Tribute Awards on Sunday.
“Your husband got behind me when those mother f–kers in the press were saying that ‘Do the Right Thing’ was going to incite Black people to riot,” Lee said, as he accepted his prize from Chaz Ebert, the late critic’s wife. “That this film should not be shown in the United States.”
Lee cited David Denby and Joe Klein as two of the most prominent critical voices against the film, which has gone to be considered one of the greatest films ever made. The pair wrote, Lee recalled, that...
“Your husband got behind me when those mother f–kers in the press were saying that ‘Do the Right Thing’ was going to incite Black people to riot,” Lee said, as he accepted his prize from Chaz Ebert, the late critic’s wife. “That this film should not be shown in the United States.”
Lee cited David Denby and Joe Klein as two of the most prominent critical voices against the film, which has gone to be considered one of the greatest films ever made. The pair wrote, Lee recalled, that...
- 9/11/2023
- by Brent Lang and Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Taika Waititi’s new film “Next Goal Wins” is based on the true story of the American Samoa soccer team, infamous for their brutal 31-0 FIFA loss in 2001. Their story was immortalized in the 2014 documentary of the same name by Mike Brett and Steve Jamison, so Waititi admits he took some creative liberties in adapting the story for the screen.
“I had to twist the truth,” he told the audience before the world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. “Otherwise, watch the documentary.”
“Next Goal Wins” picks up with the World Cup Qualifiers approaching, as the team hires down-on-his-luck coach Thomas Rongen (Michael Fassbender) in the hopes he will turn around their bleak track record.
Waititi, who was last at the festival with 2019’s Oscar-winner “Jojo Rabbit,” says the film is about finding your family. “Sometimes it doesn’t need to be related by blood,” he said, adding in a sing-songy voice: “Find your tribe.
“I had to twist the truth,” he told the audience before the world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. “Otherwise, watch the documentary.”
“Next Goal Wins” picks up with the World Cup Qualifiers approaching, as the team hires down-on-his-luck coach Thomas Rongen (Michael Fassbender) in the hopes he will turn around their bleak track record.
Waititi, who was last at the festival with 2019’s Oscar-winner “Jojo Rabbit,” says the film is about finding your family. “Sometimes it doesn’t need to be related by blood,” he said, adding in a sing-songy voice: “Find your tribe.
- 9/11/2023
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Singer Rita Ora and her Hollywood director husband Taika Waititi have finally shared details of their wedding, a year after the intimate ceremony. The singer-actress married Waititi back in August 2022, in an impromptu wedding, marrying after having known each other for four years and dated for one.
The ceremony was planned in just two weeks with eight people in attendance, after Ora, 32, popped the question during a trip to Palm Springs.
Ora shared a gallery of images from their wedding with Vogue magazine, and revealed she wore three different Tom Ford looks for her big day, as she and Waititi exchanged vows at their home in Los Angeles.
As per Daily Mail, Taika, 47, revealed: “She proposed to me, and I said ‘yes’ instantly.”
Discussing the ceremony, the director added: “There were about eight people there – just close friends and family, and parents on Zoom.”
Ora’s sister Elena was a bridesmaid,...
The ceremony was planned in just two weeks with eight people in attendance, after Ora, 32, popped the question during a trip to Palm Springs.
Ora shared a gallery of images from their wedding with Vogue magazine, and revealed she wore three different Tom Ford looks for her big day, as she and Waititi exchanged vows at their home in Los Angeles.
As per Daily Mail, Taika, 47, revealed: “She proposed to me, and I said ‘yes’ instantly.”
Discussing the ceremony, the director added: “There were about eight people there – just close friends and family, and parents on Zoom.”
Ora’s sister Elena was a bridesmaid,...
- 8/5/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
In late June, it was announced that Reservation Dogs‘ third season would be its last.
“That’s a difficult line to write and a more difficult decision to make,” co-creator Sterlin Harjo said in an Instagram post announcing the show’s final season ahead of its Aug. 2 premiere. “Almost all television and film depictions about Native people are mostly inaccurate. And most of them have been untruthful.”
Co-created by Harjo and Taika Waititi and debuting in August 2021, the writer would go on to celebrate the “gift” of his series, which helped foment one of the first, major TV network pushes of modern Native and Indigenous storytelling. Reservation Dogs has offered a “different perspective of Indigenous people and our culture,” he wrote. “Most important of all, it has been a dream to collaborate and make a show that is entirely written by, directed by and stars Native people.”
The decision was...
“That’s a difficult line to write and a more difficult decision to make,” co-creator Sterlin Harjo said in an Instagram post announcing the show’s final season ahead of its Aug. 2 premiere. “Almost all television and film depictions about Native people are mostly inaccurate. And most of them have been untruthful.”
Co-created by Harjo and Taika Waititi and debuting in August 2021, the writer would go on to celebrate the “gift” of his series, which helped foment one of the first, major TV network pushes of modern Native and Indigenous storytelling. Reservation Dogs has offered a “different perspective of Indigenous people and our culture,” he wrote. “Most important of all, it has been a dream to collaborate and make a show that is entirely written by, directed by and stars Native people.”
The decision was...
- 8/2/2023
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Following on from (even if it was shot before the Marvel movie)Thor: Love And Thunder, Taika Waititi's going back to more of a light-hearted, gentle comedy mode with Next Goal Wins. And, after a long wait, we finally have a first trailer.
Based on true events (and the eponymous 2014 documentary), Waititi's latest tells the story of the American Samoa soccer team, who suffered the worst loss in World Cup history, losing to Australia 31-0 in 2001. With the 2014 World Cup approaching, the team recruits a down on his luck, maverick coach (Michael Fassbender) to help turn their fate around.
There are strong Ted Lasso vibes here, but it's all shot through with Taika's trademark wit, a product of him writing the script with Iain Morris. And the co-writer/director talked to Empire about the movie last year.
Elisabeth Moss, Oscar Kightley, David Fane, Beulah Koale, Lehi Falepapalangi, Semu Filipo,...
Based on true events (and the eponymous 2014 documentary), Waititi's latest tells the story of the American Samoa soccer team, who suffered the worst loss in World Cup history, losing to Australia 31-0 in 2001. With the 2014 World Cup approaching, the team recruits a down on his luck, maverick coach (Michael Fassbender) to help turn their fate around.
There are strong Ted Lasso vibes here, but it's all shot through with Taika's trademark wit, a product of him writing the script with Iain Morris. And the co-writer/director talked to Empire about the movie last year.
Elisabeth Moss, Oscar Kightley, David Fane, Beulah Koale, Lehi Falepapalangi, Semu Filipo,...
- 4/27/2023
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
At one time, Searchlight Pictures was planning to release director Taika Waititi‘s new movie Next Goal Wins on April 21st. We already would have had the chance to see it last weekend. The release date ended up shifting back to September 22nd – and five days after the original release date, a trailer for the film has now arrived online! You can check it out in the embed above.
Scripted by Waititi and Iain Morris, Next Goal Wins is based on the 2014 documentary from Mike Brett and Steve Jamison. The movie is about “the worst soccer team in the world, who famously experienced the biggest loss in an international match against Australia, 31-0, which is about a goal every four minutes,” Taika Waitit told Entertainment Weekly. “After suffering that huge defeat, they applied to the soccer federation to find a coach who could get them from the very, very bottom of the FIFA rankings.
Scripted by Waititi and Iain Morris, Next Goal Wins is based on the 2014 documentary from Mike Brett and Steve Jamison. The movie is about “the worst soccer team in the world, who famously experienced the biggest loss in an international match against Australia, 31-0, which is about a goal every four minutes,” Taika Waitit told Entertainment Weekly. “After suffering that huge defeat, they applied to the soccer federation to find a coach who could get them from the very, very bottom of the FIFA rankings.
- 4/26/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Kathleen Kennedy has confirmed that the newly-announced 'Star Wars' films are "pretty far along" in development.Three new live-action movies in the sci-fi franchise were announced at 'Star Wars Celebration' in London and the Lucasfilm president has revealed that the new pictures from directors Dave Filoni, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and James Mangold have been in the works for some time.Kathleen told IGN: "We're pretty far along. These are things, as you can imagine, certainly looking at what Dave's been doing with Ahsoka, that'll be at least six, seven years building to what it is we're going to be doing in a movie."As far as Sharmeen, we've been working on that for a couple of years already. And with what Jim's doing, Jim and I, because we had the benefit of doing 'Indiana Jones' together, there was a lot of discussion about what the story is."What's great about Jim,...
- 4/11/2023
- by Joe Graber
- Bang Showbiz
Cate Blanchett is returning to her Marvel roots.
The “TÁR” Best Actress nominee was seen posing alongside cosplaying Disneyland characters Loki and Thor. Blanchett previously starred in 2017’s “Thor: Ragnarok” as the duo’s half-sister Hela.
Co-star Chris Hemsworth, who plays Thor, shared on Twitter, “What a nice reunion…still mad at Mjolnir though” with a laughing-crying face emoji. During “Ragnarok,” Blanchett’s character Hela destroyed Thor’s signature hammer Mjolnir. The weapon briefly returned in “Avengers: Endgame” as part of a multiverse moment.
Blanchett addressed being deemed Marvel’s first female villain at the time of the film’s release, telling Collider that she didn’t feel “pressure” in the role.
“You only feel pressure if you think this is the only shot that women will have, which is ridiculous,” the Oscar winner said. “I mean, there’s a huge female fan base and having a daughter myself, you...
The “TÁR” Best Actress nominee was seen posing alongside cosplaying Disneyland characters Loki and Thor. Blanchett previously starred in 2017’s “Thor: Ragnarok” as the duo’s half-sister Hela.
Co-star Chris Hemsworth, who plays Thor, shared on Twitter, “What a nice reunion…still mad at Mjolnir though” with a laughing-crying face emoji. During “Ragnarok,” Blanchett’s character Hela destroyed Thor’s signature hammer Mjolnir. The weapon briefly returned in “Avengers: Endgame” as part of a multiverse moment.
Blanchett addressed being deemed Marvel’s first female villain at the time of the film’s release, telling Collider that she didn’t feel “pressure” in the role.
“You only feel pressure if you think this is the only shot that women will have, which is ridiculous,” the Oscar winner said. “I mean, there’s a huge female fan base and having a daughter myself, you...
- 3/15/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
You know those directors you keep rooting for, even though they've yet to really knock one out of the park? That's Elizabeth Banks for me at this stage in her career behind the camera. Her first two times at bat, on "Pitch Perfect 2" and the 2019 "Charlie's Angels," provide fun-if-hollow female empowerment, though that's more to do with their energetic performances than their direction, which tends to be flat and lacking for flair.
Luckily, Banks' next outing as a director, "Cocaine Bear," is the perfect chance for her to turn on the juice and see what shakes loose. Will it be the next "Snakes on a Plane," i.e. a very R-rated comedy-thriller that couldn't quite live up to its outlandish title and capitalize on the sheer hype it generated among the Very Online demographic, or will it be a riotous good time that doubles as a searing indictment of...
Luckily, Banks' next outing as a director, "Cocaine Bear," is the perfect chance for her to turn on the juice and see what shakes loose. Will it be the next "Snakes on a Plane," i.e. a very R-rated comedy-thriller that couldn't quite live up to its outlandish title and capitalize on the sheer hype it generated among the Very Online demographic, or will it be a riotous good time that doubles as a searing indictment of...
- 2/8/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
It should be one of the most famous TV casting stories out there. Two days before production began on “What We Do in the Shadows,” Harvey Guillen, now known for playing the vampires’ human servant Guillermo, wasn’t in pre-production — in fact, he hadn’t even been cast.
“It was Martin Luther King weekend, on a Sunday, and I knew they started production that Tuesday,” Guillén told IndieWire over Zoom. “I booked it on a Sunday afternoon, through Taika [Waititi] and Jemaine [Clement]. I had to call my agents and tell them that I booked it — they didn’t even call them, they called me directly and one day later I was in a fitting and the next day I was on set.”
Guillen was one of the only actors auditioned from the United States, the other being contenders for Mark Proksch’s role as energy vampire Colin Robinson. But when a...
“It was Martin Luther King weekend, on a Sunday, and I knew they started production that Tuesday,” Guillén told IndieWire over Zoom. “I booked it on a Sunday afternoon, through Taika [Waititi] and Jemaine [Clement]. I had to call my agents and tell them that I booked it — they didn’t even call them, they called me directly and one day later I was in a fitting and the next day I was on set.”
Guillen was one of the only actors auditioned from the United States, the other being contenders for Mark Proksch’s role as energy vampire Colin Robinson. But when a...
- 1/3/2023
- by Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
In celebration of “Thor: Love and Thunder” hitting Blu-ray and DVD this week, we here at TheWrap have an exciting giveaway to share.
Not only do we have three copies of the “Thor: Love and Thunder” Best Buy Steelbook on Blu-ray to give out, but each copy of the Blu-ray will be paired with an exclusive poster from D23 Expo that was signed by the visual development team.
Andy Park, Jana Schirmer, John Staub, Ian Joyner and Jackson Sze, who all worked on “Thor: Love and Thunder,” signed each poster, and it can be yours for the low price of free.
All you have to do is sign up to enter our giveaway right here.
The cover art for the “Thor: Love and Thunder” Steelbook from Best Buy
The Marvel sequel – which is also available to own on Digital and streaming on Disney+ – finds “Thor: Rangarok” director Taika Waititi returning...
Not only do we have three copies of the “Thor: Love and Thunder” Best Buy Steelbook on Blu-ray to give out, but each copy of the Blu-ray will be paired with an exclusive poster from D23 Expo that was signed by the visual development team.
Andy Park, Jana Schirmer, John Staub, Ian Joyner and Jackson Sze, who all worked on “Thor: Love and Thunder,” signed each poster, and it can be yours for the low price of free.
All you have to do is sign up to enter our giveaway right here.
The cover art for the “Thor: Love and Thunder” Steelbook from Best Buy
The Marvel sequel – which is also available to own on Digital and streaming on Disney+ – finds “Thor: Rangarok” director Taika Waititi returning...
- 9/30/2022
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
Fans can’t get enough of FX’s What We Do in the Shadows, which is airing its fourth season, and apparently neither can the critics. The show is nominated for seven Emmy Awards including Outstanding Comedy Series.
Emmy-nommed writers Sarah Naftalis and Stefani Robinson (the latter also an executive producer) chalk up the show’s popularity to something very simple: It’s hilarious.
Contenders TV: The Nominees — Deadline’s Complete Coverage
“From a writing standpoint, for us, I think as much as the show is an escape for others, it’s also an escape for us,” Robinson said during Deadline’s Contenders Television: The Nominees panel. “I think it’s a real opportunity for us to turn off and not be so handcuffed to making a show that is about what’s going on in the world.”
Added Naftalis: “This is a show where it’s truly whatever the funniest,...
Emmy-nommed writers Sarah Naftalis and Stefani Robinson (the latter also an executive producer) chalk up the show’s popularity to something very simple: It’s hilarious.
Contenders TV: The Nominees — Deadline’s Complete Coverage
“From a writing standpoint, for us, I think as much as the show is an escape for others, it’s also an escape for us,” Robinson said during Deadline’s Contenders Television: The Nominees panel. “I think it’s a real opportunity for us to turn off and not be so handcuffed to making a show that is about what’s going on in the world.”
Added Naftalis: “This is a show where it’s truly whatever the funniest,...
- 8/7/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Click here to read the full article.
[This story contains spoilers for Thor: Love and Thunder.]
For screenwriter Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, landing Thor: Love and Thunder was the good news in a good news/bad news conversation.
When she booked the job, she had already been in contention to write several Marvel Studios projects, including Black Widow and Hawkeye. In February 2020, she learned that while she hadn’t landed her latest pitch on Captain Marvel II, she’d be teaming with filmmaker Taika Waititi for Love and Thunder, a film she never even pitched for.
After spending a month writing at Marvel’s Burbank headquarters, Robinson — like the rest of the world — was sent home as the coronavirus pandemic spread. Eventually she headed to Australia, where she ran around set with a laptop, reworking scenes on the fly as part of Waititi’s fluid creative process.
The film included a pivotal scene in which Gorr...
[This story contains spoilers for Thor: Love and Thunder.]
For screenwriter Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, landing Thor: Love and Thunder was the good news in a good news/bad news conversation.
When she booked the job, she had already been in contention to write several Marvel Studios projects, including Black Widow and Hawkeye. In February 2020, she learned that while she hadn’t landed her latest pitch on Captain Marvel II, she’d be teaming with filmmaker Taika Waititi for Love and Thunder, a film she never even pitched for.
After spending a month writing at Marvel’s Burbank headquarters, Robinson — like the rest of the world — was sent home as the coronavirus pandemic spread. Eventually she headed to Australia, where she ran around set with a laptop, reworking scenes on the fly as part of Waititi’s fluid creative process.
The film included a pivotal scene in which Gorr...
- 8/6/2022
- by Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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