Taika – Taika Waititi
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Taika is a minor character in Wizard101 who appears in the Wallaru Side Quest “Missing the Marquis.”
Marquis Mark has sent your wizard in search of Dream Water. In your search, you come across Robbie Margot, he tells you that he has squirrelled away some Dream Water and offers to sell it to you. Alas, your wizard doesn’t take him up on the offer. You continue your search for the elusive liquid. Taika informs you that the only source of Dream Water not protected by the Great Barrier is the Pink Lake protected by the Hex-Men.
Thank you to Marios C. for procuring the Photomance.
Taika David Cohen ONZM (born August 16, 1975), known professionally as Taika Waititi, is a New Zealand filmmaker, actor and comedian. Known for quirky comedy films and expanding his career as a voice actor and producer on numerous projects, he has received many accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and a Grammy Award. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022.
His feature films Boy (2010) and Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) have each been the top-grossing New Zealand film. Waititi’s 2003 short film Two Cars, One Night earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film. He co-wrote, co-directed and starred in the horror comedy film What We Do in the Shadows (2014) with Jemaine Clement, which was adapted into a television series of the same name in 2019. The series has been nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series.
His directing credits include the superhero films, Thor: Ragnarök (2017) and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), as well as the black comedy film Jojo Rabbit (2019), the last of which he also wrote and starred in as an imaginary version of Adolf Hitler. Jojo Rabbit received six Academy Award nominations and won Best Adapted Screenplay. Waititi also earned a Grammy Award for producing the film’s soundtrack.
In television, Waititi co-created and produced the comedy drama series Reservation Dogs, and directed, produced, and starred in the comedy Our Flag Means Death. In addition to directing an episode of the series The Mandalorian, he voiced the character IG-11, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance.
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