Jojo Rabbit (2019)

[Mandalorian]

‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Director Taika Waititi to Play Imaginary Hitler in ‘Jojo Rabbit’ (Exclusive)

“Thor: Ragnarok” director Taika Waititi will star in his upcoming movie “Jojo Rabbit” as an imaginary version of Adolf Hitler, Waititi told TheWrap.

Waititi’s Hitler is an imaginary friend to the protagonist, a 10-year-old boy who is desperate to join the dictator’s ranks during World War II. The film won’t include a sympathetic depiction of the actual Adolf Hitler — no surprise there. Rather, the imaginary Hitler in the film will be the invention of a boy who misses his dad, and, confused by Nazi propaganda, imagines a figure who is a combination of his father and the führer.

“It’s my version of… a lonely boy’s best version of his hero, which is really his dad,” Waititi told TheWrap on Wednesday.

“This is not the Adolf we know and hate, this guy is goofy, charming, and glides through life with a child- like naivety,” a character description obtained by TheWrap said.

“Jojo,” which is eyeing a late May production start, is poised to be one of the first Fox Searchlight releases under new owner Disney.

The indie unit’s co-heads of production Matthew Greenfield and David Greenbaum referenced their purchase of the script in a December interview with Vanity Fair, when Disney’s acquisition of Searchlight was just a twinkle in Bob Iger’s eye.

“We believe in Taika as a filmmaker, and we felt like this was a movie where we can make it on our scale and the right way … he doesn’t have to sand off the edges, doesn’t have to change the humor,” the men said at the time.

Waititi’s voicework was one of the comic highlights of “Thor: Ragnarok.” He played the extremely soft-spoken rock creature Korg, who helps Thor escape from the Grandmaster (Jeff Goldblum) and battle to save Asgard from Hela (Cate Blanchett).

Possesses a body made of a durable, silicon-based substance that grants him superhuman strength, stamina, and durability

Here is an early logline for “Jojo Rabbit,” when it was included on the 2012 Black List, an annual ranking of Hollywood’s best unproduced scripts:

After being severely hurt by a grenade at Hitler youth camp, a prideful and nationalistic ten-year old boy discovers that his mother is hiding a fifteen year old Jewish girl in their house.

Fox Searchlight had no comment beyond the film’s current synopsis:

JOJO RABBIT, by Taika Waititi (“Thor: Ragnarok,” “Hunt for the Wilderpeople”), blends his signature humor, pathos, and deeply compelling characters in a World War II satire about a ten-year-old boy who, ridiculed by his peers and misunderstood by his mother, can’t quite figure out how to fit in. As the naïve young German struggles to understand his place in an increasingly Fascist regime, he resorts to an imaginary friend who can offer advice and help him cope.

Previously a cult favorite for writing, directing, producing and starring in”What We Do in the Shadows,” Waititi emerged as a massive creative and financial force after directing “Thor: Ragnarok” last year. The Chris Hemsworth franchise, in which has earned close to $855 million at the worldwide box office.

https://www.thewrap.com/thor-ragnaro...bit-exclusive/

[Kazutaka]

Sounds like it's gonna be a gas.

I loved Hunt for the Wilderpeople.

[Foggy]

[Skrazem]

“This is not the Adolf we know and hate, this guy is goofy, charming, and glides through life with a child- like naivety,” a character description obtained by TheWrap said.

Oh yeah, nothing will go wrong with this.

[Kazutaka]

Originally Posted by Skrazem

“This is not the Adolf we know and hate, this guy is goofy, charming, and glides through life with a child- like naivety,” a character description obtained by TheWrap said.

Oh yeah, nothing will go wrong with this.

It's been 28 years since Heil Honey I'm Home!

The world is ready for a Hitler reboot, One that today's kids can relate to. He's edgy, he's "in your face." You've heard the expression, "let's get busy"? Well, this is a man who gets "biz-zay!" Consistently and thoroughly.

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by Skrazem

“This is not the Adolf we know and hate, this guy is goofy, charming, and glides through life with a child- like naivety,” a character description obtained by TheWrap said.

Oh yeah, nothing will go wrong with this.

It is from the viewpoint of a child's imagination, I imagine the film will have a fair bit more to it above quirky Hitler.

Heck Germany produced a film not so long ago about Hitler resurfacing in present day and becoming an Internet superstar.

[P-Rock]

I did nazi that coming.

[Darth Marcus]

[Todd Tomorrow]

I’m on board with whatever Waititi does. What We Do in the Shadows is my favourite comedy of the last twenty years. His MCU movie was not bad either.

[bferr1972]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Citizen Kane?

[Creed]

Wow, from Thor to Hitler? What a career!

[Himmel]

Scarlett Johansson Joins 'Jojo Rabbit'



Variety

[Zillamon51]

I really like What We Do in the Shadows, but Thor: Ragnarok was a colossal misfire.

This can go sideways in a hundred different ways.

[kylec123]

I liked WWDITS, Ragnarok, and Hunt for the Wilderpeople a lot.

This sounds like it will be great.

[Mandalorian]

Sam Rockwell Joining Scarlett Johansson in Taika Waititi's 'Jojo Rabbit' (Exclusive)



https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...rabbit-1105058

[Mandalorian]

Rebel Wilson Joins Taika Waititi’s WWII Satire ‘Jojo Rabbit’ As Frightful Fraulein

http://deadline.com/2018/05/rebel-wi...ht-1202395823/

[Himmel]

First pic of Waititi as Hitler.

[Creed]

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic content,
some disturbing images, violence, and language.

[Darth Marcus]

[Foggy]

Pencilled it into my diary. Getting the Three Billboards/The Favourite award-run window.