Taika Waititi has frolicked in each the Star Wars and Marvel galaxies, and he’s including one other sci-fi undertaking to his to-do checklist: a big-screen adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Solar.
Deadline studies the Thor: Love and Thunder helmer (and co-star) is more likely to make the undertaking based mostly on the award-winning sci-fi ebook his subsequent directorial outing. For Waititi followers ready for one more non-franchise heart-wrencher like JoJo Rabbit, this movie—based mostly on probably the most current works of the By no means Let Me Go and The Stays of the Day writer—looks as if an ideal match for the director’s quirky however deeply emotional wheelhouse.
Ishiguro’s ebook facilities on a robot girl who kinds a novel bond with a human household. The ebook is summarized as “The story of Klara, an Synthetic Pal with excellent observational qualities, who, from her place within the retailer, watches rigorously the habits of those that are available to browse, and of those that go on the road exterior. She stays hopeful {that a} buyer will quickly select her. Klara and the Solar is an exhilarating ebook that gives a take a look at our altering world by means of the eyes of an unforgettable narrator, and one which explores the elemental query: what does it imply to like?”
The script is ready to be written by Dahvi Waller; Waititi—whose subsequent launch is soccer-themed comedy-drama Subsequent Purpose Wins, out in November—is negotiations to supply alongside David Heyman for Heyday Movies, and Garrett Basch. Writer Ishiguro will likely be govt producing.
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