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Taika Waititi's unrealized projects

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The following is a list of unproduced Taika Waitit projects in roughly chronological order.

2010s

We're Wolves

In 2015 Jemaine Clement annouced that a follow up to 2014's What We Do in the Shadows was in develoment, which Waititi later announced to be titled We're Wolves, in addition to confirming he would return co-write and co-direct with Clement. The film was postponed until Waititi had finished his resposabilities with Marvel Studios' Thor: Ragnarok. [1][2] In 2017 he reaffirmed his intentions to do the film, while noting develoment would be done be slowly. [3]

Bubbles

In May 2017 it was announced Waitii was set to co-direct the stop motion animated film Bubbles with Mark Gustafson, based on the Black List screenplay of the same name by Isaac Adamson focusing on Michael Jackson's pet monkey.[4] Mark Gustafson departed departed the project in late 2018 to work on Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio. [5]

Akira

Flash Gordon

2020s

The Auteur

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Charlie and the Glass Elevator

Untitled Star Wars film

The Incal

James

References

  1. ^ Chavez, Danette (17 August 2015). "What We Do in the Shadows Is Getting a Sequel." Archived 26 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine AVClub.com. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
  2. ^ Saathoff, Evan (25 January 2016). "What We Do in the Shadows Follow-up Gets A Snappy Title". Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  3. ^ O'Falt, Chris (2 November 2017). "'Thor: Ragnarok' Director Taika Waititi Confirms 'What We Do in the Shadows' Sequel". IndieWire.
  4. ^ Fleming, Mike (18 May 2017). "Netflix Landing 'Bubbles', Film About Michael Jackson's Chimpanzee Companion – Cannes". Deadline.
  5. ^ Amidi, Amid (22 October 2018). "Guillermo Del Toro Will Direct Stop-Motion Musical Feature 'Pinocchio' For Netflix". Cartoon Brew.