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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeChris Hemsworth has shared his honest thoughts about his most recent Thor film.The Australian actor reprised the role in Taika Waititi’s 2022 film Thor: Love & Thunder, and didn’t hold back when discussing his views on the movie in a new interview. Hemsworth told British GQ that his kids did not love the film, stating and “critiqued” it for having “too much humour” and weak…

Could another Resident Evil movie be on the way? The live-action Moana remake has found its director. Get a glimpse into Barbie’s dream house. Taika Waititi talks about the struggle of writing his Star Wars movie. Plus, what’s coming on Superman & Lois and Gotham Knights. To me, my spoilers!Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard Nerd Out About Jurassic Park's Returning HeroesThe Thing 2During a recent appearance at Texas Frightmare Weekend (via Creepy Catalog), John Carpenter stated there “may” be a sequel to The Thing…

“As you can tell, there’s a writers strike on, so I didn’t write shit,” Taika Waititi joked upon grabbing the mic at The Hollywood Reporter’s second annual Raising Our Voices luncheon on Wednesday, teasing he initially had chatGPT take a first pass at his speech and it quickly pointed out Hollywood’s issues in diversity and representation. “Now if AI can do that in eight seconds and it gets it, what’s taking so long? This thing can tell me what the problem is and what we need to do to fix it in eight…

via Marvel Studios There are plenty of actors who double as filmmakers that hand themselves roles either big or small on-camera, but few have proven to split opinion quite like Taika Waititi‘s contributions to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, or even the prospect of his in-development Star Wars movie. Whereas the Academy Award-winner’s Korg was fantastic comic relief in Ragnarok, there was a widespread belief he’d taken up a little too much screentime in last summer’s sequel, with his signature comic stylings…

Photo via Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images We’re now in sight of Star Wars Day on May 4. The centerpiece of the annual celebration will be the second season of Star Wars Visions, with the entire second season arriving at once on Disney Plus. This brings together top animation studios from around the world and lets them go nuts in a galaxy far, far away with non-canon stories pushing the boundaries of what Star Wars can be. Bubbling away under that is the continued enjoyment of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. Though…

Photo: Amy Sussman (Getty Images)Taika Waititi has spent time in both the Star Wars and Marvel galaxies, and he’s adding another sci-fi project to his to-do list: a big-screen adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun. The Secret to Taika Waititi’s SuccessDeadline reports the Thor: Love and Thunder helmer (and co-star) is likely to make the project based on the award-winning sci-fi book his next directorial outing. For Waititi fans waiting for another non-franchise heart-wrencher like JoJo Rabbit, this film—based…

Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Despite being an Academy Award-winning filmmaker with a litany of critically-acclaimed film and television projects under his belt, one opinion-splitting Marvel Cinematic Universe blockbuster was all it took the tides to turn against Taika Waititi. In fairness, Thor: Love and Thunder was a massive step down from its predecessor – which comfortably ranks as one of the superhero franchise’s finest installments – but it didn’t take long for the consensus to reach the conclusion that…

x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRH5u5lpArQ On April 11, 2001, the world bore witness to the most overwhelming win/devastating defeat in the history of FIFA World Cup qualification, when the Australian national soccer team defeated the American Samoan team 31-0; indeed, no one knows complete ego death quite like the members of that year’s American Samoa national soccer team. Of course, it’s impossible for a man like Taika Waititi to look at a piece of history like that and not decide to make it the backdrop of…

Taika Waititi Announces His Next Film Titled ‘Next Goal Wins’ With A Surprise Poster, Check Out! ( Photo Credit – Instagram ) Taika Waititi took his Instagram by storm announcing his upcoming feature film. The multi-talented filmmaker has unveiled a tantalizing poster for Next Goal Wins which has left the fans buzzing with excitement. Taika Waititi promises the film to be a departure from his usual style, as he ventures into unfamiliar territory with a sports-themed movie based on a true story. In his Instagram…

Photo by Jeff Spicer/Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Disney Having allegedly flirted with the franchise before, James Mangold was officially announced to be diving into a galaxy far, far away at the weekend’s festivities when Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi was revealed to the world. Having proven himself a supremely talented architect of action-packed blockbuster epics through Knight and Day, The Wolverine, Logan, and the upcoming Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, the Academy Award nominee is going to be a very…