Waititi’s eccentric drama sends the late actor into the New Zealand wilderness with his young charge, angry authorities in hot pursuit ...

Speaking just before his death, the actor recalled his hostile hunting dog Zag, director Taika Waititi’s comedy genius – and the wild boar scene that left children traumatised ...

Taika Waititi returned to Hunt for the Wilderpeople for its 10th Anniversary Junket in London, sitting down with HeyUGuys to ...

Hunt for the Wilderpeople is a 2016 adventure, comedy-drama film directed by Taika Waititi. It follows a young boy who runs into the wild when his foster mom passes away. Soon, his foster uncle joins ...

"Hunt for the Wilderpeople" is the kind of adorable, coming-of-age dramedy that Pixar would proudly create if it made live-action movies and not cartoons. It’s a well-told adventure spoof with ...

As Waititi reflects on the film a decade after its release, he also remembers his friend and collaborator Sam Neill, who died aged 78 in July. Neill, best known for his roles in the Jurassic Park ...

This week’s episode of the Empire Podcast sees Taika Waititi, director ...

New Zealand isn’t exactly known as a hotbed of regional film production. But this country of 4.4 million people has recently found its top native filmmaker in the unlikely form of 40-year-old comedian ...

Set in the rolling Kiwi hills, Hunt for the Wilderpeople was an unlikely buddy movie, pairing Julian Dennison’s wild Ricky Baker alongside the late Sam Neill’s Hec in a tale that delved into themes of ...

Life in remote parts of New Zealand must forge hardy souls, judging from the characters in “Hunt for the Wilderpeople,” the gifted director Taika Waititi’s last film before heading off to Hollywood.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The coming-of-age tale, the on-the-run road movie, the buddy comedy, the boy's adventure story — all genres that require a steady ...