Taika Waititi poses with Mia Wasikowska whereas attending the 2026 Sundance Movie Competition at Eccles Heart Theater on Saturday (January 24) in Park Metropolis, Utah.
The 2 co-stars have been readily available to premiere their new film Fing!, alongside co-stars Blake Harrison, Iona Bell, Yasmin Kassim and Skye Fellman, and director Jeffrey Walker.
Whereas on the premiere, Taika dished on the Star Wars film he wrote and is to direct, which has been within the works for a number of years.
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“I’m simply making an attempt to return and harness a bit of bit extra of the enjoyable from the unique movies, which is what I keep in mind [from] them,” he advised Selection.
“The stakes are very excessive, and there’s critical issues occurring, however there’s additionally plenty of enjoyable available in these movies. That’s what I used to be making an attempt to carry again,” Taika added. “I used to be making an attempt to work in a world that was a bit of bit separate to that as a result of they’ve acquired so many issues occurring inside that house. For me to do one thing there, it might have to be a bit of completely different and a bit of bit extra its personal factor.”
Simply final week, Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy advised Deadline that Taika‘s film was “nonetheless considerably alive,” and she or he confirmed he “turned in a script that I feel is hilarious and nice.”
It was first revealed he was approached to develop a film within the franchise in January 2020 and some months later, he was confirmed to write down and direct a movie.
The final replace we had on his Star Wars challenge was by now former Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy in 2023.
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