Taika Waititi discusses use of humour in Nazi satire Jojo Rabbit

“1917” continued its award-winning streak on Sunday night when it took home the feature motion picture – dialogue award at the MPSE Golden Reel Awards, recognizing outstanding achievement in sound editing. Taika Waititi’s “Jojo Rabbit” won for feature motion picture – music underscore.

By Dino-Ray Ramos

A couple of small surprises went down last night at the 70th Annual ACE Eddie Awards. The editing Guild is a noteworthy one because of how Best Film Editing ties into Best Pictures at the Academy Awards, so plenty of eyes were on this one last night. Interestingly, neither of the presumed favorites at ACE Eddie emerged victorious, perhaps setting the stage for an Oscar update. Read on for more below, including the full list of winners.

“Parasite” and “Jojo Rabbit” have won the top feature film trophies at the 70th Annual ACE Eddie Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

The Jojo Rabbit breakouts are already lining up their next projects.While Archie Yates has been tapped for the Home Alone reboot, now it's the turn of the lead in Taika Waititi's dark comedy — Jojo himself — Roman Griffin Davis.The 12-year-old Golden Globe nominee is to star alongside Keira Knightley in an upcoming Christmas film, The Hollywood Reporterunderstands.The as-yet-untitled project is being produced by Matthew Vaughn's Marv Films, behind Rocketman and the Kingsman franchise,

By Dino-Ray Ramos

Taika Waititi, director of “Thor: Ragnarok” and “Jojo Rabbit,” is in early talks to develop a new “Star Wars” movie, Variety has confirmed.

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By Matt Grobar

Scarlett Johansson and Cynthia Erivo were among the seven people who received double mentions when the The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominations for the 2020 Oscars on Monday morning.Both women were recognized for their acting, nabbing nods for best actress. Johansson was also nominated for her supporting role in Taika Waititi's Jojo Rabbit.

A star is born! Roman Griffin Davis caught the eye of audiences and critics alike as the title character in the satirical film Jojo Rabbit, which is based on Christine Leunens’ acclaimed 2004 novel, Caging Skies.

Star Wars icon Mark Hamill has signed up for a role in the second season of hit vampire comedy series What We Do in the Shadows.

To deliver the “anti-hate satire” of “Jojo Rabbit,” the story of a German boy who idolizes his own particular vision of Hitler before slowly learning the truth, director Taika Waititi followed a simple philosophy when it came to assembling his crew: “I like working with nice people.” 

The Directors Guild of America has nominated Bong Joon Ho for “Parasite,” Sam Mendes for “1917,” Martin Scorsese for “The Irishman,” Quentin Tarantino for “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” and Taika Waititi for “Jojo Rabbit.”

Just in case you weren't aware, Stephen Merchant, who stars in Taika Waititi's Nazi satire Jojo Rabbit, is a very tall man.

Many actors in contention during awards season are already booking notable gigs after their breakout performances.This year's youngest success story could be Archie Yates, the affable sidekick Yorkie in Taika Waititi's Jojo Rabbit. The 11-year-old U.K.