Taika Waititi's Hunt for the Wilderpeople Drops Trailer, Lifts Spirits
Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 2:14PM 
Taika Waititi on setAs the bells of Captain America: Civil War consume the airwaves, the name Taika Waititi tends to ring more recognition as the director of the upcoming Thor: Ragnarok than for his most recent film. Playing like gangbusters at both the Sundance and Tribeca Film Festivals – check out Jason’s positive review here – Waititi’s kid adventure flick Hunt For The Wilderpeople is primed to warm and race hearts as he zips across the New Zealand countryside with an adorable ragamuffin and a grizzly Sam Neill.
Fans of Waititi’s previous film, the vampire mockumentary What We Do In The Shadows, will be glad to know he’s got another zany, zesty romp under his belt before he applies his comic panache to the latest Thor movie (an underrated chapter of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the most potential for silly fun). After breaking box office records in New Zealand last month, its American trailer has arrived...