Despite starting his career as a director just a decade ago, Taika Waititi is one of the most notorious directors in the industry. His humor, as fresh as it is irreverent, has earned him a certain fame. His meteoric rise came thanks to Marvel’s God of Thunder and although he began to stand out as a result of the vampire mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows , it was Thor Ragnarok who received all the applause from both critics and the public. The Nordic divinity surely came from being the MCU character with the worst solo films, but Waititi managed to provide the necessary humor, without giving up the action that a character that had previously been shown with excessive seriousness and solemnity.
2 years later, Jojo Rabbit was the confirmation that he was not a director who would only narrate franchises. Hitler’s young boy friend gave him the best adapted screenplay and the nomination for best film of the year. His international recognition and the smooth running of Thor Ragnarok prompted Disney’s decision last year that he was the one to direct a new Star wars movie . However, Taika Waititi and Star wars does not finish materializing, in terms of the phases of its production.
After filming Thor: Love and Thunder , Waititi responded in an interview to the Sydeny Morning Herald when asked if his next film would be the Star Wars project signed with Disney: “I don’t know if it will be Star wars. I hope that’s the way it is, but there are a lot of other little things that I have my sticky fingers attached to, so we’ll see . ” At least we know the New Zealander’s desire to return to the universe created by George Lucas, since Taika Waititi and Star Wars already joined forces when he shot a chapter for the epic series The Mandalorian . The level of occupation of the director is not only given by that position, because we must not forget that he is also a screenwriter and an actor, which leads him to work on several productions at the same time. Originally, the Star Wars project is planned for 2025 but will Waititi take any “holes” before to shoot it?
