The text captioned a series of photos depicting Waititi and
Thor star Chris Hemsworth at the ceremony. Hemsworth also posted the photos alongside an appeal to change the date of Australia Day, which was observed on Tuesday, because it celebrates what indigenous Australians perceive as racist colonial acts against them. ”Indigenous Australians may be just as proud of this country, but many see January 26th as a date signifying the beginning of dispossession, disease epidemics, frontier violence, destruction of culture, exploitation, abuse, separation of families and subjection to policies of extreme social control,” Hemsworth wrote. “Let’s begin the healing and stand together in unity and support with our First Nations people with solidarity and compassion. Let’s find a date where all Australians can celebrate this beautiful country together.
Taika Waititi acknowledges Australia s 1st Nations people ahead of filming new Thor film
27 Jan, 2021 02:11 AM
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Acclaimed director, Waititi, has acknowledged Australia s 1st Nations people as he prepares to start filming the next Thor film with Chris Hemworth. Photograph / Norrie Montgomery / NZH
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Acclaimed Kiwi director Taika Waititi has acknowledged Australia s First Nations people as he prepares to start filming the next instalment in the Thor film saga with Chris Hemsworth.
Hemsworth and Waititi, 45, can be seen in the Instagram photo, shared by the Jojo Rabbit director, alongside traditional indigenous landowners of the area where the new Thor film will be shot.
Hollywood star Chris Hemsworth has started shooting for the superhero adventure, Thor: Love And Thunder in his home turf Australia and he was greeted with a traditional ‘Welcome to Country ceremony.
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In conversation with Entertainment Weekly, Robert Kirkman confirmed the live-action
Invincible movie “is still very much in development” and exists separately from the upcoming Amazon Studios animated series.
That is still very much in development. That hasn’t changed. We’re just taking a long time. But we’ve been fortunate enough to have a two-track plan with
Invincible. Right now we’ve got the animated series at Amazon, which is now on the cusp of launching, and then we’re also still developing it as a film series with Universal, with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg attached. So, those two things are still very much happening concurrently, which is somewhat weird, I guess. But there’ve been Spider-Man animated series and Spider-Man movies at the same time. So, I think we’re in good company.