Above: Jenna and Taika Waititi
According to Hollywood insider Jeff Sneider, Jenna is zeroing in on another major project. She is considering the titular role in Taika Waititi’s Klara and the Sun, a movie based on the book of the same name. The Klara and the Sun film is reportedly in development at Sony’s 3000 Pictures, with Dahvi Waller writing the original draft of the screenplay. Production is set to begin in March.
Waititi is an acclaimed New Zealand filmmaker who got his start by directing Eagle vs. Shark, Boy, What We Do in the Shadows, and Hunt for the Wilderpeople. He also made his way into blockbuster filmmaking, reviving the Thor franchise with Ragnarok and directing its follow-up, Love and Thunder. His latest film, Next Goal Wins, chronicled the American Samoa football club.
Between his Thor films, Waititi directed Jojo Rabbit. The film was an adaptation of Caging Skies and was a big hit for Searchlight Pictures, grossing $90 million at the box office. It was also up for several Oscars. Jojo Rabbit landed six nominations and took home Best Adapted Screenplay. Waititi has a certain attitude of exploring sadness and grief with humor and levity while blending these contradictory emotions to great effect. It should make him ideally suited for Klara and the Sun.
Klara and the Sun is the eighth novel by the Nobel Prize-winning British writer Kazuo Ishiguro. The dystopian science fiction novel is set in a future in which some children are genetically engineered (“lifted”) for enhanced academic ability. As schooling is provided entirely at home by on-screen tutors, opportunities for socialization are limited and parents who can afford it often buy their children androids as companions. The book is narrated by one such Artificial Friend (AF) called Klara. Although Klara is exceptionally intelligent and observant, her knowledge of the world is limited. She is chosen by fourteen-year-old Josie, a sickly child who lives with her mother in a remote prairie region. Klara sets about trying to save Josie and her mother from a life of heartbreak.
Below: For those who are not familiar with Waititi’s work, I’m including the Theatrical Trailer for Jojo Rabbit, along with a BTS clip.
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