Taika Waititi Prepares 2021 Projects for HBOMax, Netflix, Disney

Taika Waititi has a full plate of projects for 2021 and beyond. The Academy Award winning writer (“Jojo Rabbit”), director and producer just signed on to executive produce and direct the pilot for a swashbuckling period comedy called “Our Flag Means Death” for HBO Max. It’s loosely based on the adventures of Stede Bonnet, a pampered aristocrat who abandoned the privileged life to become a pirate. It’s slated to begin production after the “Thor: Ragnarok” director finishes “Thor: Love and Thunder,” which he wrote and will direct for 2022 release.

Waititi has completed “Next Goal Wins,” which tells the story of a soccer team from American Samoa that suffered a 31-0 loss to Australia in 2001. Michael Fassbender and Elisabeth Moss head the cast. He will write and direct a new “Star Wars” film, but it’s not expected until 2025. He’ll also produce and write and direct an episode of the series “Time Bandits,” based on the 1981 time-travel film. 

Other future projects include a new version of “Flash Gordon” and “Werewolves,” about werewolves living in modern-day New Zealand. Waititi is also scheduled to write, direct and executive produce a pair of animated series for Netflix, one based on the world of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and another based on the Oompa-Loompa characters from Roald Dahl’s 1964 children’s novel.