'Thor Ragnarok' director's Nazi satire 'Jojo Rabbit' gets ridiculous first trailer

Just the story of a Nazi-in-training and his imaginary friend Adolf.
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'Thor Ragnarok' director's Nazi satire 'Jojo Rabbit' gets ridiculous first trailer
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JoJo Rabbit looks exactly like the ridiculous Nazi satire you'd expect from Thor Ragnarok director Taika Waititi.

Waititi himself plays Adolf Hitler, the imaginary friend of aspiring 10-year-old Nazi JoJo (Roman Griffin Davis). JoJo's Nazi training is going just swimmingly until he finds a Jewish girl, Elsa, hidden in the attic (Thomasin McKenzie), being protected by none other than JoJo's mother (Scarlett Johansson). JoJo and Elsa start to bond, forcing the young boy to question his allegiance and whether the whole Nazi thing is maybe – you know, bad.

The cast also features Rebel Wilson, Alfie Allen, Sam Rockwell, and Stephen Merchant. Waititi penned the screenplay based on Christine Leunens' Caging Skies.

Jojo Rabbit arrives in select theaters Oct. 18.

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Proma Khosla

Proma Khosla is a Senior Entertainment Reporter writing about all things TV, from ranking Bridgerton crushes to composer interviews and leading Mashable's stateside coverage of Bollywood and South Asian representation. You might also catch her hosting video explainers or on Mashable's TikTok and Reels, or tweeting silly thoughts from @promawhatup.


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