EXCLUSIVE: For Taika Waititi, the birth of Jojo Rabbit goes back to mom. It was his Jewish mother who brought Christine Leunens’ novel Caging Skies to his attention, and he became immediately smitten.

World War II comedy 'Jojo Rabbit' features a Nazi youth and his imaginary friend Adolf Hitler. The film is a surprising crowd-pleaser thanks to its provocative and timely message about ...

It took a while. But Waititi found the gentle comedic tone for this Hitler comedy that has been embraced by movie audiences. Taika Waititi, the 44-year-old actor-writer-director, comes from a small ...

'Jojo Rabbit' teaser continues tradition of mocking Hitler The new teaser trailer for Taika Waititi's upcoming dark comedy "Jojo Rabbit" promises to "go to war on hate" -- which may be an interesting ...

The attention-grabbing pitch for Jojo Rabbit — a little German boy near the end of World War II has an imaginary friend, and it's Hitler — is ultimately secondary in importance to the film's more ...

Taika Waititi made my night at the BAFTAs. After the writer-director won best adapted screenplay for "Jojo Rabbit," which has also been nominated for six Oscars, he came backstage, and I was lucky ...

“Now I’m laying down,” Taika Waititi says at the top of our interview, swinging his feet up onto the bench where he’s seated in the Bowery Hotel’s lobby café. He’s in New York City for a long press ...