Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit Gets a Trailer

One commenter described it as Wes Anderson meets Mel Brooks, which sounds about right to me.

There’s much that could go horribly wrong with Jojo Rabbit, the upcoming film from Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok, What We Do in the Shadows). According to the official synopsis, Jojo Rabbit is “a World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.”

A World War II satire about a young boy with Hitler as an imaginary friend? Like I said, it could go horribly wrong. And yet, I love the vibe in the trailer — one commenter described it as Wes Anderson meets Mel Brooks, which sounds about right to me — including Waititi’s goofy take on Hitler. (Which, if nothing else, will hopefully offend real-world Nazis everywhere.)

Jojo Rabbit arrives in theaters on October 18, 2019, and stars Waititi, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell, Rebel Wilson, Stephen Merchant, and Alfie Allen.

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