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Taika David Cohen ONZM (born 16 August 1975), known professionally as Taika Waititi(/ˈtaɪkə ˈwaɪtɪti/ TY-kə WY-tee-tee), is a New Zealand filmmaker, actor and comedian. He is known for directing quirky comedy films and has expanded his career as a voice actor and producer on numerous projects. He has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and a Grammy Award. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022. His feature films Boy (2010) and Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) have each been the top-grossing New Zealand film. Waititi's 2003 short film Two Cars, One Night earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film. He co-wrote, co-directed and starred in the horror comedy film What We Do in the Shadows (2014) with Jemaine Clement, which was adapted into a television series of the same name in 2019. The series has been nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. His directing credits include the superhero films Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), as well as the black comedy film Jojo Rabbit (2019), the last of which he also wrote and starred in as an imaginary version of Adolf Hitler. Jojo Rabbit received six Academy Award nominations and won Best Adapted Screenplay. Waititi also earned a Grammy Award for producing the film's soundtrack. In television, Waititi co-created and produced the comedy-drama series Reservation Dogs and directed, produced, and starred in the comedy Our Flag Means Death. In addition to directing an episode of The Mandalorian series, he voiced the character IG-11, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance. Description above from the Wikipedia article Taika Waititi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
In "Planet Hulk", a movie that takes place in the new MCU (after Secret Wars), the story follows the trajectory of the Hulk, who is exiled from Earth by the Illuminati, a group of superheroes concerned about his threat. He is sent to a distant planet called Sakaar. There, he is forced to become a gladiator known as "The Anomaly Plunderer" in the tyrannical regime of the Red King (Angmo-Asan), the cruel ruler of Sakaar. The Hulk quickly rises to prominence as one of Sakaar's most powerful gladiators and gains allies, including warriors like Caiera and fellow gladiators. As time passes, he leads a revolt against the oppressive rule of the Red King, who rules Sakaar with an iron fist. The plot focuses on the Hulk's fight to overthrow the Red King's regime, as he faces colossal challenges and faces moral dilemmas about justice and revenge. The film promises an epic action-adventure narrative, as the Hulk faces the cruel Red King and seeks justice for the people of Sakaar.
