Oscar-winning actor Sam Rockwell joins cast of next Taika Waititi helmed film

April 24, 2018

Oscar-winning actor Sam Rockwell, famous for his role in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, has signed up to join the cast of Taika Waititi's next film, Jojo Rabbit.

The Kiwi director is writing, starring in and directing the film which is set in Nazi Germany and tells the tale of German boy Jojo, his mother and his imaginary best friend Hitler, played by Waititi.

Fresh from his Oscar win for Best Supporting Actor, Rockwell is another high-profile star to lend his weight to the project with Scarlett Johansson already set to star as Jojo's mother.

Waititi is hot property in Hollywood after the commercial and critical success of his first major blockbuster, Marvel's Thor: Ragnarok.

Production is expected to begin on the film sometime this Autumn.

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