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EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has learned that seven-time Primetime Emmy nominee Will Arnett has stepped in for Armie Hammer on Searchlight Pictures’ soccer comedy Next Goal Wins directed by Oscar winner Taika Waititi. From what we understand, Waititi held reshoots and Hammer wasn’t available. The role that Hammer was playing…

Earning two Oscar nominations today, for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture, Jojo Rabbit director Taika Waititi isn't one to rest on his laurels. The singular writer/director has already completed production on his next feature, Next Goal Wins, with Thor: Love and Thunder also on the way. "With the Thor film, I…

When production designer Ra Vincent met with Taika Waititi about his 'anti-hate' satire Jojo Rabbit, he was surprised to learn that the director wanted to craft a World War II film unlike any seen before. "Taika was keen to make a Second World War film that had a stronger sense of design about it. The natural default…

Even hard-to-please Marvel fans loved what Kiwi outsider Taika Waititi brought to Thor: Ragnarok—a joyously irreverent approach to the comic-book character, that married a keen eye for the absurd with an emotional and affectionate grounding. Waititi's long-term admirers felt vindicated; the director of such…

EXCLUSIVE: Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins which is currently in production in Hawaii has added to the cast Flight of the Conchords’ Rhys Darby, Mad Max: Fury Road‘s Angus Sampson, Fighting Season‘s Chris Alosio and Smilf‘s Sisa Grey. The foursome join previously announced cast members, Michael Fassbender, Elizabeth…

Taika Waititi’s next movie Next Goal Wins for Fox Searchlight has added to its cast Oscar Kightley (Aroha Bridge, The Breaker Upperers), David Fane (The Barefoot Bandits, Westside), Beulah Koale (Hawaii Five-0), Lehi Falepapalangi (Future Man, Hawaii Five-0), Semu Filipo (Harry), Uli Latukefu (Alien: Covenant), Rachel…

The Handmaid’s Tale star Elisabeth Moss is in talks to join Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins, his next production for Fox Searchlight following Jojo Rabbit which opens October 18. Moss would be joining Michael Fassbender in the project based on the 2014 British soccer documentary directed by Mike Brett and Steve…

Michael Fassbender is nearing the deal to star in Next Goal Wins, Taika Waititi's Fox Searchlight film. It’s based on the 2014 British soccer documentary from directors Mike Brett and Steve Jamison. It follows Dutch coach Thomas Rongen who attempts the nearly impossible task of turning the American Samoa soccer team…

Deadline has learned that Taika Waititi’s Fox Searchlight project will be Next Goal Wins, based on the 2014 British soccer documentary from directors Mike Brett and Steve Jamison. That doc follows Dutch coach Thomas Rongen who attempts the nearly impossible task of turning the American Samoa soccer team from perennial…