{"id":490613,"date":"2026-06-22T23:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T23:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/490613\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T23:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T23:07:10","slug":"taika-waititis-klara-and-the-sun-film-slated-for-october-2026-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/490613\/","title":{"rendered":"Taika Waititi\u2019s Klara and the Sun film slated for October 2026 release"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TaikaTaika Waititi returns behind the camera with an ambitious new adaptation, bringing Kazuo Ishiguro\u2019s Klara and the Sun to the big screen. Photo \/ 3000 Pictures<\/p>\n

The trailer shows the moment Josie and Klara meet, with an unimpressed mother standing by.<\/p>\n

\u201cHoney, if I\u2019m going to buy you a robot, I\u2019m not going to be spending money on an old, outdated one,\u201d Josie\u2019s mother, played by award-winning Amy Adams, says. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou said that I can choose, and I choose Klara. She\u2019s special,\u201d Josie replies.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd she\u2019s on special! 20% off,\u201d the shopkeeper chimes in.<\/p>\n

\"Oscar-winningOscar-winning director Taika Waititi has adapted Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro\u2019s work Klara and the Sun for the screen. Photo \/ 3000 Pictures<\/p>\n

Waititi has been busy this year directing three ads for the Super Bowl, more than any other creative, and pocketing an estimated $10 million for his efforts<\/a>, the Herald reported.<\/p>\n

He had directorial credits on an ad reimagining Jurassic Park for internet company Xfinity, which featured members of the movie\u2019s original cast, including fellow Kiwi, Sir Sam Neill.<\/p>\n

On top of that, Waititi acted in and directed Pepsi\u2019s The Choice commercial, which took aim at rival brand Coca-Cola, and he also directed a heart-warming sequel to his 2025 Lays chips Little Farmer commercial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taika Waititi returns behind the camera with an ambitious new adaptation, bringing Kazuo Ishiguro\u2019s Klara and the Sun…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2246,24752,95,3936,28157,156,593,1888,2082,245973,13457,130,111,139,69,1570,57230,2887,10117,137727,182,29715,131,223,37105,69198,1530,80],"class_list":["post-490613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-2246","tag-ago","tag-and","tag-director","tag-dropped","tag-entertainment","tag-film","tag-first","tag-for","tag-klara","tag-look","tag-more","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-october","tag-oscarwinning","tag-release","tag-shot","tag-slated","tag-sun","tag-taika","tag-than","tag-the","tag-waititi","tag-waititis","tag-years","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}